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Monica Farley, MD, Infectious Disease, Decatur, GA

MonicaMarieFarleyMD

Infectious Disease Decatur, GA

Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

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  • Office

    1670 Clairmont Rd
    # Station
    Decatur, GA 30033
    Phone+1 404-728-7688
    Fax+1 404-329-2210

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 Medicine
    Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1983 - 1985
  • Emory University School of Medicine
    Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1983
  • Emory University School of Medicine
    Emory University School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1981
  • University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
    University of Missouri Kansas City School of MedicineClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 1981 - 2025
  • 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
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Risk Factors for Community-Associated Clostridium Difficile Infection in Adults: A Case-Control Study  
    Monica Farley, MD, Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • The Burden of Influenza Hospitalizations in Infants from 2003-2012, United States  
    Chaves 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 infection  
    Su 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
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Books/Book Chapters

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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
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Other

  • "Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcal Disease)" 
    Farley MM, Decision Support in Medicine, LLC
    http://www.decisionsupportinmedicine.com
    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
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Press Mentions

  • Repurposing a Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug for COVID-19
    Repurposing a Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug for COVID-19December 14th, 2020
  • Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Diagnoses Associated with Influenza in Hospitalized Adults
    Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Diagnoses Associated with Influenza in Hospitalized AdultsMarch 2nd, 2020
  • WHO Announces Next Decade’s Urgent Health Challenges: Emory Experts Aim for Solutions
    WHO Announces Next Decade’s Urgent Health Challenges: Emory Experts Aim for SolutionsJanuary 17th, 2020
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