Kurt K. Rhynhart, MD, FACS

DHMC Trauma Medical Director and Divisional Chief of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Kurt Rhynhart, MD, FACS received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University and his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He completed his surgical internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and his surgical residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Dr. Rhynhart served with the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps where he was deployed with the 115th Field Hospital to Baghdad, Iraq. Upon return, Dr. Rhynhart completed his vascular surgery research at Beth Israel Deaconess and his Surgical Critical Care fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Dr. Rhynhart joined the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center staff in November of 2008 as a Trauma Surgeon. In 2010, he became Associate Trauma Medical Director and in 2012 became the Trauma Medical Director. In June of 2014, he became the Division Chief of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Rhynhart has served as an Associate Flight Director for DHART since 2012.