TheodoraPheaPinnockMD

Summary

• Dr. Pinnock’s background includes considerable experience with public awareness and public health programs. She amassed a rare body of knowledge and experiences, locally, nationally and internationally about the effects of health and human services designed for delivery to the poor and disadvantaged. In addition, she presented to Tennessee legislature committees on numerous occasions concerning the status and impact of public policy and legislation.
  
  Theodora Pinnock. MD. was a National Merit Scholarship winner and received her B.A. from Rice University in Houston, Texas and her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. She completed a pediatric residency program at Washington University School of Medicine’s St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and a post-residency fellowship in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. From 1992-97, she served as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Vanderbilt University Medical School in the child development division. In addition, she consults with the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Administrative Office training judicial staff, Department of Children Services' staff, guardian ad litems and foster care review boards across the state on issues such as normal development, child development impacted by foster care, adolescent development, behavioral problems and developmental disabilities.
  
  From 2003-2009, Dr. Pinnock headed up the Maternal and Child Health Division of the Tennessee Department of Health. Under her leadership, the section significantly expanded home visiting services. In 2008, she completed a post doctoral certificate in Public Health Leadership from East Tennessee State University.
  
  From 2009-2012, Dr. Pinnock practiced privately as a developmental and behavioral pediatrician with two Meharry alumni. In 2013, she joined the faculty at Meharry as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics