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Christopher Paynter, DO


Dr. Christopher Paynter is a Family Physician for SSM Health in Tipton, Missouri. He graduated from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences – College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians and the American Board of Family Medicine.

Dr. Paynter has served on the board for the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and is the immediate Past President of the Missouri Society of American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. He also serves as a Deacon and Leads the Men's Ministry with his local church, Freshwater Church of Jefferson City, MO. He is a current second-degree black belt in American Goju Ryu Karate. He hopes that this talk can provide ways to achieve work-life balance in today's hectic schedule.

Dr. Paynter discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.