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Office
3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-936-2000Fax+1 615-327-5348- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. James Atkinson III, MD is a board certified pathologist in Nashville, Tennessee. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Tennessee. He is affiliated with Tennessee Valley HCS - Nashville and Murfreesboro and is a Professor at Microbiology and Immunology.
Education & Training
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1981 - 1985
- Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 1982 - 2025
- American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsDisruption of Z-Disc Function Promotes Mechanical Dysfunction in Human Myocardium: Evidence for a Dual Myofilament Modulatory Role by Alpha-Actinin 2.Michelle Rodriguez Garcia, Jeffrey Schmeckpeper, Maicon Landim-Vieira, Isabella Leite Coscarella, Xuan Fang, Weikang Ma, Payton A Spran, Shengyao Yuan, Lin Qi, Aida Ra...> ;International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023 Sep 26
- Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) resumption after severe graft injury in a heart transplant recipient with nivolumab-sensitive metastatic melanoma and renal cell carc...Warren Tai, Gary C Doolittle, Zubair Shah, James B Atkinson, Elaine Russell, Randall E Genton, Javid J Moslehi, Charles B Porter> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 Dec 1
- 6 citationsPD-L1 (Programmed Death Ligand 1) as a Marker of Acute Cellular Rejection After Heart Transplantation.Arrush Choudhary, D. Marshall Brinkley, Sepideh Besharati, Wouter C. Meijers, James B. Atkinson, Kaushik Amancherla, Qingfeng Zhu, Shi Huang, Lee S. Nguyen, Joe-Elie S...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2021 Sep 24
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Professional Memberships
- Member
Hospital Affiliations
- Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical CenterMemphis, Tennessee
- Tennessee Valley HCS - Nashville and MurfreesboroNashville, Tennessee