MarkAnthonyPowersMD

Pulmonology • Durham, NC

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Associate Professor Emeritus of Medicine

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Office
Retired
Durham, NC 27704

Summary

Dr. Mark Powers is a retired pulmonologist in Durham, NC and was affiliated with Duke University. He received his medical degree from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and has been in practice 40 years. He specialized in asthma & copd and general pulmonology.
He is currently teaching beekeeping, growing pesticide free food, and writing fiction. He published his debut novel, A Swarm in May, in May of 2021.
His second novel, Breath and Mercy, launches May 12, 2022.
For more visit www.markanthonypowers.com.

Home - Hawksbill Press

Mark Anthony Powers did not anticipate writing his best-selling debut novel, A Swarm in May , when he retired from medicine, although he has always enjoyed read

Novels Website

Read about my debut bestselling novel, A Swarm in May, and its prequel, Breath and Mercy

Hawksbill Press | A Swarm in May, the book by author Mark Powers

A Swarm in May utilizes his years as a physician and beekeeper to create a medical mystery that weaves together systemic racism, baseball and beekeeping.

Education & Training

University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1981 - 1983
University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1980
Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2017 - 2021
North Carolina Beekeepers AssociationMaster Beekeeper

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top MD Consumers Checkbook
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

51 citations
The obesity hypoventilation syndrome.
Mark A. Powers
Respiratory Care. 2008-12-01
24 citations
Effect of allergic bronchoconstriction on airways epithelial permeability to large polar solutes in the guinea pig.
V. Ranga, Mark A. Powers, M. Padilla, G. L. Strope, L. Fowler
The American Review of Respiratory Disease. 1983-12-01
34 citations
Rhodococcus equi causing human pulmonary infection: review of 29 cases.
Joseph Lasky, Nathan Pulkingham, Mark A. Powers, David Durack
Southern Medical Journal. 1991-10-01

Journal Articles

Bee Sting Allergy: What You Need to Know
Mark Anthony Powers, American Bee Journal, 12/2018
Dyspnea and Hypoxia in a 64 year-old male traveler
chastain c; cox g; powers ma, CHEST, 2012