ChineloNgoziAnimaluMDMPH, FACP, FIDSA

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis

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1325 Eastmoreland Ave
Ste 370
Memphis, TN 38104
Phone+1 901-758-7888

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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 double board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the field of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases/ HIV Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America (FIDSA). She holds a Master of Public Health degree from Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans. She’s vastly published in major academic journals nationally and internationally. Her areas of expertise include travel and tropical medicine, nosocomial infections, antibiotic stewardship, and transplant infectious disease.

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

Fellow American College of Physicians (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2024
Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, UTHSC Memphis, TN, 2022
FIDSA -Fellow Infectious Disease Society of America FIDSA, 2022
Clinical Faculty Mentor - Internal Medicine Residency Program Methodist University Hospital, Memphis TN, 2022
Academic Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program Methodist University Hospital, Memphis Tennessee, 2022
Certified Antimicrobial Stewardship Program John Hopkins University, 2021
Clinical Perceptor for Medical Students M1/M2 Univ of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis Tennessee, 2020
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, UTHSC, Memphis TN, 2016
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PubMed

Effect of HIV Status and Charlson Comorbidity Index on COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes in a Case-Control Study.
Rebecca C Gerrity, Melissa Parkinson, Rachel Strength, Chinelo N Animalu, Nathan Davidson
Southern Medical Journal. 2024-11-01
3 citations
Prolonged course of eravacycline leading to acute pancreatitis.
Sylvia S Stefanos, Lyndsey Davis, Amruta Panwala, Michael S Gelfand, Chinelo N Animalu
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2023-12-01
Disseminated Streptococcus gallinaceus infection. A new breed of zoonotic Streptococcus.
Jay Patel, Peyton Murin, Navila Sharif, Chinelo Animalu
Journal of the National Medical Association. 2023-06-01

Journal Articles

Cyclospora Infection (Cyclosporiasis): Background, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology
C Animalu, MD, Jay Patel, BSc, Medscape Drugs and Diseases, 7/2021
Ehrlichiosis: Background, etiology, epidemiology
C Animalu, MD, Spandana Vuyyuru, Medscape Drugs and Diseases, 6/2021
Legionnaire’s disease: Background, pathophysiology, etiology
C Animalu, MD, Michael Stuart Bronze, MD, Medscape Drugs and Diseases., 3/2021
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome
chinelo Animalu, MD, MPH, Medscape, 6/11/2020
Leclercia adecarboxylata osteomyelitis of the leg with infected hardware in an immunocompetent patient
Animalu C, Carrera A, Mazumder S., Annals of pharmacotherapy, 8/9/2019
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Abstracts/Posters

Clinical Presentation, Treatment, and Outcomes for People with HIV with Histoplasmosis in Memphis, Tennessee
Julia 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

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
Officials discuss ways for students to return to classesOctober 24th, 2020
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