
Monica Marie Farley MD
Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
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1670 Clairmont Rd# StationDecatur, GA 30033
Phone+1 404-728-7688
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Summary
- Dr. Monica Farley is an infectious disease specialist in Atlanta, GA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University Hospital. She received her medical degree from University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and has been in practice 37 years. She is experienced in streptococcus, streptococcus pneumoniae, and haemophilus influenzae.
Education & Training
Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1983 - 1985
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1983
Emory University School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1981
University of Missouri Kansas City School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
GA State Medical License 1981 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Outstanding Women in Medicine Emory University School of Medicine, 2015
- Founders' Medal Award Recipient Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, 2015
- Fellow Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program, Drexel University, 2014
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Serotype-specific pneumococcal invasiveness: a global meta-analysis of paired estimates of disease incidence and carriage prevalence.Katherine E Gallagher, Fredrick Odiwour, Christian Bottomley, John Ojal, Aisha Adamu
The Lancet. Microbe. 2026-03-01 - 3 citationsA US case-control study to estimate infant group B streptococcal disease serological thresholds of risk-reduction.Julia C Rhodes, Rebecca Kahn, Shanna Bolcen, Nong Shang, Yunmi Chung
Nature Communications. 2025-10-23 - 3 citationsThe epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the United States during 2008-2023: an analysis of active, laboratory, population-based, multistate surveillance data.Namrata Prasad, Miwako Kobayashi, Jennifer P Collins, Amy B Rubis, Gordana Derado
Lancet Regional Health. Americas. 2025-07-01
Journal Articles
- Risk Factors for Community-Associated Clostridium Difficile Infection in Adults: A Case-Control StudyMonica Farley, MD, Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- The Burden of Influenza Hospitalizations in Infants from 2003-2012, United StatesChaves SS, Perez A, Farley MM, Miller L, Schaffner W, Lindegren ML, Sharangpani R, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Thomas A, Boulton R, Baumbach J, Hancock EB, Bandyopadhyay ..., Pediatr Infect Dis J, 1/26/2014
- Comparing clinical characteristics between hospitalized adults with laboratory-confirmed influenza A and B virus infectionSu S, Chaves SS, Perez A, D'Mello T, Kirley PD, Yousey-Hindes K, Farley MM, Harris M, Sharangpani R, Lynfield R, Morin C, Hancock EB, Zansky S, Hollick GE, Fowler B, M..., Clin Infect Dis, 1/15/2014
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases: a multidisciplinary perspective.Stephens DS, Moxon ER, Adams J, Altizer S, Antonovics S, Aral S, Berkelman R, Bond E, Bull J, Cauthen G, Farley MM, et al, Am J Med Sci, Proceedings of the Symposium on Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University, 1/1/1998
Lectures
- "Pneumococcal Vaccines"Bethesda, MD - 1/13/2015
- "CDC's Emerging Infections Program at 20 years-a collaboration of the academic, clinical, and public health communities"San Diego, CA - 1/9/2015
- "Pneumococcal Vaccines for Adults and Children, 2013"San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2013
Other
- "Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcal Disease)"Farley MM, Decision Support in Medicine, LLC
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Wilmington, DE - 1/1/2013 - Adults with asthma need a pneumococcal vaccine. But you knew that-or did you?Nuorti JP, Rehm SJ, Farley MM, Intern Med News
1/1/2010 - Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 1990: Report from a Multistate Active Surveillance System.Zangwill KM, Schuchat A, Wenger JD, and the Group B Streptococcal Disease Study Group (MM Farley, member), CDC Surveillance Summaries, MMWR 1992; 41(No. SS-6):25-32
1/20/1992
Press Mentions
Repurposing a Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug for COVID-19December 14th, 2020
Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Diagnoses Associated with Influenza in Hospitalized AdultsMarch 2nd, 2020
WHO Announces Next Decade’s Urgent Health Challenges: Emory Experts Aim for SolutionsJanuary 17th, 2020
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