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1325 Eastmoreland Ave
suite 460
Memphis, TN 38104Phone+1 901-448-5770Fax+1 901-448-5940- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Chinelo Animalu is an infectious disease specialist in Memphis, TN and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals, Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis, and Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She received her medical degree from University of Nigeria Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 19 years. She is experienced in travel and tropical medicine, osteomyelitis, nosocomial infections, antibiotic stewardship, and transplant infectious disease.
Education & Training
- University of TennesseeFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2013 - 2015
- Tulane school of public health and tropical medicineMPH, public health, 2011 - 2015
- Ascension Illinois/Saint Joseph (Chicago)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2011
- University of Nigeria Faculty of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
- VA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
- IN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- GA State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- MO State Medical License 2024 - 2025
- SC State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- TX State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- WV State Medical License 2022 - 2024
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Associate Professor College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, UTHSC Memphis, TN, 2022
- Assistant Professor College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, UTHSC, Memphis TN, 2016
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Prolonged course of eravacycline leading to acute pancreatitis.Sylvia S Stefanos, Lyndsey Davis, Amruta Panwala, Michael S Gelfand, Chinelo N Animalu, B Tate Cutshall> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2023 Dec 1
- Disseminated Streptococcus gallinaceus infection. A new breed of zoonotic Streptococcus.Jay Patel, Peyton Murin, Navila Sharif, Chinelo Animalu> ;Journal of the National Medical Association. 2023 Jun 1
- Cryptococcal osteomyelitis in immunocompetent hosts.Kerry O Cleveland, Shirin A Mazumder, Chinelo Animalu, Michael S Gelfand> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2022 Nov 1
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Journal Articles
- Cyclospora Infection (Cyclosporiasis): Background, Pathophysiology, EpidemiologyC Animalu, MD, Jay Patel, BSc, Medscape Drugs and Diseases, 7/2021
- Ehrlichiosis: Background, etiology, epidemiologyC Animalu, MD, Spandana Vuyyuru, Medscape Drugs and Diseases, 6/2021
- Legionnaire’s disease: Background, pathophysiology, etiologyC Animalu, MD, Michael Stuart Bronze, MD, Medscape Drugs and Diseases., 3/2021
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Abstracts/Posters
- Clinical Presentation, Treatment, and Outcomes for People with HIV with Histoplasmosis in Memphis, TennesseeJulia C Cook, MD, Corey Lin, MSc, Barbara E Menzies, MD, Christian J Fuchs, MD, Chinelo N Animalu, MD, Shirin A Mazumder, MD, Neena Thomas-Gosain, MD, Nathan A Summers..., Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 7, Issue Supplement 1, October 2020, Page S498, 10/2020
Press Mentions
- GHS-TV's CrosstalkSeptember 11th, 2021
- An infectious disease expert shares information on staying safe and healthy as businesses begin to reopenOctober 24th, 2020
- infectious disease specialist in Memphis addresses concerns about reopening schools during corona virus pandemicOctober 24th, 2020
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Professional Memberships
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- Infectious disease society of america -IDSAMember
- Association of Nigeria Physicians in the Americas ANPAMember
- Tennessee Medical Association (TMA)Member
- The Memphis Medical Society (MMS)Member
- Bluff City Medical Society, Memphis (BCMS)Member
- American Association of HIV Medicine (AAHIV)Member
Hospital Affiliations
- University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, Tennessee
- Methodist Healthcare Memphis HospitalsMemphis, Tennessee
- Baptist Memorial Hospital - MemphisMemphis, Tennessee
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