Christopher Tedeschi, MD, MA, is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. He teaches wilderness, environmental and disaster medicine to learners at all levels, and is course director for the wilderness and disaster medicine elective at Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. He has previously served as director of emergency preparedness for Columbia Emergency Medicine, and currently leads clinical downtime preparedness efforts for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. 

His interests include nonfiction media production, especially as related to medicine. His work has appeared in Vox, Backpacker, Slate, Columbia Journalism Review, and others.

Tedeschi sits on the editorial board of the Journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, and is affiliated faculty at the NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute. He is particularly interested in social studies of science related to medicine as well as media coverage and ethical, legal and social issues during public health emergencies.