RobertWesleyFarrMD

Infectious Disease • Charleston, WV

Physician

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Office
3100 Maccorkle Ave SE
Ste 902
Charleston, WV 25304
Phone+1 304-388-6590

Fax+1 304-388-6595

Education & Training

Navy Medicine Operational Training Center Aerospace MedicineResidency, Preventive Medicine, 2000 - 2002
West Virginia UniversityM.P.H., 2000
University of ColoradoFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1987 - 1990
West Virginia UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1986
University of TennesseeInternship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
West Virginia University School of MedicineClass of 1978
West Virginia UniversityB.A., Biology, 1975

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2015 - 2026
WV State Medical License 1981 - 2026
CO State Medical License 1987 - 1991
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Delta Omega Public Health Honorary 2013
Meritorious Service Medal 2004, 2008-2009, 2013, 2015
Phi Kappa Phi 2000
Alpha Omega Alpha 1998
Nominee for Clinician of the Year Award Nominee for Clinician of the Year Award, 1997
Robert Waldman Award 1986
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal 1982, 2002, 2006-2007
Whitehill Award in Chemistry 1972
Associate Fellow Aerospace Medical Association
Fellow American College of Physicians
Fellow Infectious Diseases Society of America
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Hepatitis in aviation personnel.
R. Wesley Farr, Paul D. Kane
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 2003-04-01
Alternative treatment for head pediculosis in confined environments and space travel.
Farr Rw
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 2002-12-01
1 citations
Clinical outcomes of naval aviation personnel with cholelithiasis.
R. Wesley Farr, Paul D. Kane
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 2002-07-01

Journal Articles

Suspected meningococcus meningitis on an aircraft carrier
Farr RW, Gonzalez MJ, Garbauskas H, Zinderman CE, LeMar JE, Milit Med, 1/1/2004
Letter to Editor: Alternative Treatment for Head Pediculosis in Confined Environments and Space Travel
Farr RW, Aviat Space Environ Med, 1/1/2002
Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess unresponsive to amphotericin B and itraconazole
Lacy M, Farr RW, Pore RS, Infect Dis Clin Pract, 1/1/1998
Utilizing an epidemiological profile for HIV prevention community planning in West Virginia
Foglia G, Farr RW, WV Med J, 1/1/1998
It’s time to establish needle exchange program in West Virginia
Farr RW, Foglia G, WV Med J, 1/1/1998
Listeria monocytogenes rhomboencephalitis with cranial nerve palsies: a case report
Shaffer DN, Drevets DA, Farr RW, WV Med J, 1/1/1998
JC virus: a source of confusion (Letter)
Farr RW, AIDS, 1/1/1996
Leptospirosis (State-of-the Art Clinical Article)
Farr RW, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/1995
Incidence of adenovirus and respiratory syncitial virus in chronic otitis media with effusion using the polymerase chain reaction
Shaw CB, Obermeyer N, Wetmore SJ, Spirou GA, Farr RW, Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 1/1/1995
Citrobacter pericarditis secondary to a subphrenic abscess
Farr RW, Khakoo RA, Maxwell LP, Hill RC, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/1994
Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA in sera of patients with HIV infection by nested polymerase chain reaction
Ding LM, Zhang MT, Liu KZ, Walton C, Farr W, J Hepatol (Chinese), 1/1/1994
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Farr RW, WV Med J, 1/1/1994
Inactivation of human immunodeficiency virus by a medical waste disposal process utilizing chlorine dioxide
Farr RW, Walton C, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 1/1/1993
Report of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sinusitis in a patient with AIDS
Farr RW, WV Med J, 1/1/1993
Dobutamine for myocardial depression in meningococcemia
Farr RW, Lapp NL, Thomas DL, WV Med J, 1/1/1988
Meningococcal disease
Thomas D, Farr RW, Fisher MA, WV Med J, 1/1/1986
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Books/Book Chapters

Conn's Current Therapy.
Chapter: Relapsing fevers.
Lacy M, Farr RWEditors: Rakel RE.W.B. Saunders Company, Harcourt Brace & Company1997

Lectures

Malaria, SARS, Tuberculosis, Bioterrorism, Clinical Cases
Chiangmai, Thailand - 1/1/2005
Smallpox Vaccination Program
Norfolk, VA - 1/1/2004
Hepatitis; Schistosomiasis
Brooks AFB, San Antonio, TX - 1/1/2002
West Nile Virus and Hepatitis in Naval Aviators
Norfolk, VA - 1/1/2002
Carrier-Based Aeromedical Evacuation
1/1/2002
Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Course
West Virginia University - 1/23/2001
Surveillance Systems for Emerging Infectious and Occupational/Environmental Diseases
1/28/2000
Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Symposium
Washington, DC - 1/29/1999
Missionary Medicine Course
Ntorosso, Mali, West Africa - 1/14/1999
International Aspects of HIV Infection
Asheville, NC - 1/29/1998
Ambulatory Management of HIV Infection
Roanoke, VA - 1/10/1997
Hepatitis B- The STD Easiest to Prevent
Wilmington, DE - 1/17/1995
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Other

Case report. Obstructive sleep apnea in an aviator.
Farr RW, SUSNFS Newsletter
1/1/2003
Case report. Transient ischemic attack secondary to patent foramen ovale.
Farr RW, SUSNFS Newsletter
1/1/2003
Clinical outcomes of naval aviation personnel with cholelithiasis.
Farr RW, SUSNFS Newsletter
1/1/2001
Emergence of Rift Valley fever outside Africa.
Farr RW, SUSNFS Newsletter
1/1/2001
Inhalational anthrax.
Farr RW, SUSNFS Newsletter
1/1/2001
Post-exposure prophylaxis for HCWs exposed to HIV.
Farr RW, SUSNFS Newsletter
1/1/2001
West Nile virus.
Farr RW, SUSNFS Newsletter
1/1/2001
New drug for treatment and chemoprophylaxis of malaria.
Farr RW, SUSNFS Newsletter
1/1/2000
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