Marquetta L. Faulkner, MD, MBA, FACP, FASN

Interim Chair
Internal Medicine
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
Nashville, TN  37208

Phone: 615-327-6277

mfaulkner@mmc.edu

 
 
 
Professional Education
Dates Attended
Institution Name
City, State Degree/Area of Study
1973 - 1977
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas Bachelors of Science
1977 - 1981
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, Tennessee Doctor of Medicine
1981 - 1984
Hubbard Hospital at Meharry Medical College
Nashville, Tennessee Internal Medicine Residency
1987 - 1989
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY Nephrology Fellowship
2005 - 2006
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee Physicians Executive Masters of Business
Research Interests / Specialty

Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis, Diabetic Nephropathy and Quality Management of Care.

 

Publications/Scholarly Activities
  1. Whelton PK, Lee JY, Kusek JW, Charleston J. DeBruge J. Douglas M, Faulkner M, Greene PG, Jones CA, Kiefer S, Kirk KA, Levell B, Norris K, Powers SN, Retta TM, Smith DE, and Ward H.  Recruitment experience in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Pilot Study.  Controlled Clinical Trials, 17:17S-33S, 1996.

  2. Kusek JW, Lee JY, Charleston J, Faulkner M, Levell B, Milligan S, and Norris K. Participant satisfaction in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Pilot Study.  Controlled Clinical Trials, 16:17S33S, 1996.

  3. Kusek JW, Thompson R, Burgin L, Tisher C, Phillips R, Brittain K, Jaen L, Johnson F and the AASK Group.   Successful use of state-funded public health clinics computerized chart review, and community liason workers to recruit African Americans with renal diseases due to hypertension into a clinical trial.  Ethnicity & Disease.  8:273, 1998.

  4. Cheek D, Lipkowitz M, Kopple J, Pogue V, Rostand S, Wang SR and the AASK Group.  Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and history of stroke by region:  Observations from the African American Study of Kidney Disease (AASK).   Ethnicity & Disease.  8:279, 1998.

  5. Jamerson K, Gassman J, Greene, P, Hiremath L, Kusek J, Norris K, Thornley-Brown D and the AASK Group.   African Americans have high rates of adherence to therapy in a clinical trial.  Ethnicity & Disease.  8:274, 1998
 

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