ShirleyD.SchlessingerMD

Nephrology • Jackson, MS

Physician

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Office
2500 North State Street
Department Of Medicine/Division Of Nephrology
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone+1 601-984-5687
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Education & Training

University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 1990 - 1993
University of Mississippi Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 1989 - 1990
University of Mississippi Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1989
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

MS State Medical License 1986 - 2024
LA State Medical License 1985 - 2001
AL State Medical License Active through 2001
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Ethical issues in transplantation: living related donation in the setting of severe neurological damage without brain death.
Shirley Schlessinger, Errol D. Crook, Ruth Black, Henry Barber> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2002 Oct 1
1 citations
Levaquin induced acute tubulointerstitial nephritis--two case reports.
Michael L Wood, Shirley Schlessinger> ;Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 2002 Apr 1
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura as a cause of renal failure in an elderly African-American female.
Mark N A Klein, Shirley Schlessinger> ;Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 2002 Apr 1
Salvaging life from the grim reaper.
Shirley Schlessinger> ;Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 1997 Dec 1
1 citations
Organ donation and recovery in Mississippi: update 1996.
Shirley Schlessinger> ;Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 1996 Aug 1
23 citations
Cyclosporine inhibits the renal response to L-arginine in human kidney transplant recipients.
Robert S. Gaston, Shirley Schlessinger, Paul W. Sanders, Catherine V. Barker, Curtis Jj, David G. Warnock> ;Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 1995 Jan 1
94 citations
Clinical documentation of end-stage renal disease due to hypertension.
Shirley Schlessinger, Martha R. Tankersley, John J. Curtis> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 1994 May 1
Community-based internal medicine residency training--a report on our first two years.
White, J. P., Schlessinger, S. D., O'Connell, J. B.> ;J Miss State Med Assoc. 1996 Aug
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Press Mentions

Endocrinology Director, Pharmacy Tech, Internal Med Residents Garner Distinctions in University of Mississippi Medical CenterJune 26th, 2021

Hospital Affiliations

University of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, Mississippi