Christopher Cunnyngham, M.D., is the new Medical Director of the INTEGRIS Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Baptist Medical Center.
Cunnyngham comes to INTEGRIS from Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center where he was the ECMO medical director of the pediatric intensive care unit and an assistant professor of pediatrics. Before that, he was a children’s critical care specialist at Methodist Children’s Hospital of South Texas in San Antonio.
Cunnyngham received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He completed his residency at Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma and his fellowship training at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. He is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree from Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.
Cunnyngham is a member of the Oklahoma County Medical Society, the Oklahoma State Medical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Extracoporeal Life Support Organization. He is also an instructor and managing partner of The Forge Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Edmond.
Cunnyngham replaces longtime medical director Johnny Griggs, M.D., who retired last year.