Dr. Christopher Ralph Steadman

Christopher, the son of Steven and Mary Steadman, graduated with honors from Dobyns-Bennett High School. He was selected as a Tennessee/Virginia Scholar. He was a member of the football team, wrestling team, Beta Club, and National Honors Society. He is also a member of the Boy Scouts of America having obtained the rank of Eagle Scout. He received the Rotary National Outstanding Academic Student Leadership Award.

Christopher graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology. He was  inducted into two national honor societies for academic achievement, Phi Eta Sigma and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He worked as an anesthesia technician in the operating room at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport.

Dr. Steadman received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of medicine. He completed his anesthesiology residency at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He is employed as an anesthesiologist in Bristol, Tennessee.