Chris Jernigan, DMD, began feeling symptoms of COVID-19, including body aches, drowsiness and a dry cough, according to his son. As the symptoms worsened, he had to be put on a ventilator at a local hospital, where he later died.
Dr. Jernigan earned his dental degree at Augusta University’s Dental College of Georgia. He obtained a master’s degree in orthodontics from Saint Louis University in Missouri. He was a member of the American Dental Association, Georgia Dental Association, Southern Association of Orthodontists and the American Association of Orthodontics.
