ChristineE.WhittenMD

Summary

• Christine E. Whitten, M.D., is a retired anesthesiologist with 43 years' experience. She is the author of Whitten's Step-By-Step Guides, a series of books teaching airway management, intubation, and respiratory care. The first book, Anyone Can Intubate:A Step-By-Step Guide to Intubation and Airway Management is now in its fifth edition. Her second book is Pediatric Airway Management: A Step-By-Step Guide. Her books and training videos have been used to train medical students, residents, nurses, respiratory therapists, and first responders internationally. Her educational blog, Airwayjedi.com, is read by thousands of providers worldwide and has had nearly 2 million visitors.
  
  Whitten served two terms as chief of anesthesia and director of perioperative services for Kaiser Permanente San Diego. She served as the physician chair of the Kaiser School of Nurse Anesthesia until 2002. As the Southern California Permanente Regional Coordinator of Pain Management, she co-led the implementation of the national Kaiser Permanente multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Management Programs. She received the Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative Award of Excellence in 2000. She was also honored with the Johns Hopkins University Medical School Distinguished Medical Alumna Award in 2019.
  
  Prior to joining Kaiser, Whitten served as Director of Regional Anesthesia, and as co-director of the Chronic Pain Clinic, at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego. She left the Navy with the rank of commander in 1989. She was a frequent volunteer for Operation Smile and International Relief Teams health care missions to provide free surgery to children of underdeveloped countries. She has participated in surgical teams and instructed providers during trips to Mexico, Vietnam, Honduras, Kenya, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Thailand and Colombia.