Christopher R. Morris MD

Christopher R. Morris, MD, a board certified rheumatologist with more than 15 years’ experience, is in private practice in Kingsport, Tennessee at Arthritis Associates. A native of Springfield, Illinois, he attended medical school at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and received his medical degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He completed his Internship and Residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, and Rheumatology fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.

Before entering private practice, he was Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at East Tennessee State Univeristy in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he was involved in numerous research projects. He is an active member, Councilor for the State of Tennessee, and serves on several Education Design Groups for Southern Medical Association. He has served on 4 Committees for the American College of Rheumatology, most recently Rheumpac, which advocates for issues important to people with arthritic diseases, as well as the physicians who care for them.

He is is married to Jane Alison Jackson Morris, and has two children Christopher Richard Jr. and Amanda Kathleen. His hobbies include being a life master in bridge, and Order of Merlin in the International Brotherhood of Magicians.