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STAFF
Anthony Chapdelaine, M.D. MSPH
Curriculum vitae
P. Anthony Chapdelaine, Jr.
POSITION/TITLE:
- Medical Doctor, Board-Certified General Preventive Medicine & Public Health
CLINICAL PRACTICE:
General Medical Practice
General Preventive Medicine (including behavior change strategies)
Post-menopausal, Alzheimer, Male Hormone Elderly Population
Chronic Disease Testing: Cancer tests, saliva and blood tests for hormonal dysregulation (thyroid, adrenal, ovary, etc.), tissue mineral analysis (including heavy metal toxins), urine, stool, saliva and blood tests for digestive system dysbiosis, candidiasis, infection, malabsorption, and others
Nutritional Counseling
Autism
Lyme Disease
Training and Expertise in the following (although not necessarily part of daily clinic practice):
Public Health (including community diagnosis and intervention)
Emotional Freedom Technique® (EFT)
Healing Touch® Practitioner, Apprentice
Reconnective Healing® Practitioner
Autonomic Response Testing® (ART)
Computerized Electrodermal Screening, Certification though Star Tech Health, Inc.
Neurostructural Integrative Technique® (NST)
EDUCATION
Institution and Location |
Degree |
Year |
Field |
St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA |
BA |
1972 |
Sociol/Math |
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
|
1982 |
Post-BA |
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN |
MD |
1989 |
Medicine |
Meharry Medical College, Nashville,TN |
MSPH |
1992 |
Post Graduate |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1/01-present Faculty, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
7/00-present Private clinical practice, Natural Health Bridge Clinic, consulting
6/95 -7/00 Chief Medical Doctor & member Executive Management Team, Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Health Department
1996-1999 Peer Review Committee, Tennessee Managed Care Network
8/95 -10/97 Member, Tennessee HIV Prevention Community Planning Project
1993-1999 Consultant, St. Thomas Clinical Ethics Center, St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN
1/95-6/95 Director, General Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
1992-6/95 Assistant Professor, Dept. Family and Preventive Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
6/95-1/01 Adjunct Professor, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
1992-6/95 Epidemiologist, Dept. Family and Preventive Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
1994 Tennessee Humanities Council Scholar
1993-6/95 Medical Director/Consulting Physician, Samaritan Recovery Community, Inc., Nashville, TN
1994-6/95 Consulting Physician, Salvation Army, Nashville, TN
1994-2/96 Consultant and Subcontractor, CDC / Nashville Prevention Marketing Initiative Planning Committee
1974-1986 CEO and President, AC Projects, Inc., Franklin, TN
POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
1991-1992 Chief Resident, Preventive Medicine, Meharry
1990-1992 Resident Preventive Medicine program, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
1989-1990 PGY-1 Internal Medicine program, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
COMMENDATIONS
1994 "Burning Bridges Award," Samaritan Recovery Community, Inc.
1991 School of Graduate Studies, Community Health Sciences Recognition Award for Academic Excellence, Meharry Medical College (MMC)
1989 Lange Book Award (Presented at MMC for academic achievement)
1989 Dean's List, MMC
1988 Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (Junior year), MMC
1987 Dean's List, MMC
1987 Outstanding Student Award, Pharmacology, MMC
1986 Dean's List, MMC
1983 Honorable Mention, Academy of American Poets' Competition
1979 Tennessee State Education Association Recognition Award (for school reporting)
1972 Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society, St. Ambrose College
1969 Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, St. Ambrose College
1969 Alpha Chi Honor Society, St. Ambrose College
BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS
Marquis' Who's Who in America 2000-2008, 54th-62nd Editions, Marquis Publishing Board, Chicago, IL
Strathmore's Who's Who 1999-2004, Westbury, NY
Marquis' Who's Who in the World 2001-2008 18th-25th Editions, Marquis Publishing Board, Chicago, IL
Marquis' Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2002-2003, 4th Edition, Marquis Publishing Board, Chicago, IL
GRANTS
7/93-7/94 Co-PI, AMPHS/AIDS Research Consortium Grant, "Communication Styles and Risk Behaviors for AIDS among Urban African American Adolescents"
9/95-10/00 Co-PI, NIH Grant R96-370, "HIV Risk Reduction for Incarcerated Women"
7/95-1999 Co-PI, Nashville/Davidson County Site, "Efficacy and Safety of Rifapentine Combination Therapy Compared to Standard Therapy in the Treatment of Previously Untreated Pulmonary Tuberculosis"
9/96-7/00 Co-Investigator, Metro Health Dept. Site, VA-CDC Tuberculosis Research Consortium Grant, "Efficacy and Safety of Once Weekly Rifapentine and Isoniazid (INH) Compared to Twice Weekly Rifampin and INH in the Continuation Phase of Therapy for Pulmonary Tuberculosis"
9/96-9/97 PI, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Grant, "Developing an Ongoing Collaboration between Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Health Department and Vanderbilt University Medical Center Clinicians"
PUBLICATIONS
Chapdelaine PA Sr., Chapdelaine PA, Jr.: "The Eating Alive System," Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, 2004;252:122.
The Tuberculosis Trials Consortium: "Rifapentine and isoniazid once a week versus rifampicin and isoniazid twice a week for treatment of drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-negative patients: a randomised clinical trial," The Lancet, 2002;360:528-34.
Chapdelaine PA Sr., Chapdelaine PA, Jr.: "Basic Research on the Cell, Book Review," Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, 2002;229/230:156-58.
Vernon A,Burman W, Benator D, Khan A, Bozeman L, for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium: "Acquired rifamycin monoresistance in patients with HIV-related tuberculosis treated with once-weekly rifapentine and isoniazid," The Lancet, 1999;353:1843-47.
St. Lawrence JS, Chapdelaine PA, Devieux JG, Shelby MC, Little CE, O'Bannon RE, Brasfield TL, Eldridge GD: "Measuring perceived barriers to condom use: psychometric evaluation of the condom barriers scale," Assessment, 1999;6:391-400.
Chapdelaine, PA: "Chlorination or Ozonation?" AJPH, 1993;83:1347-1348, LTE.
Chapdelaine, PA: "Patient Perception of Illness Revisited," Family Medicine, 1993;25:225-26, LTE
Chapdelaine, PA: "Terminal illness and risk of suicide," JAMA, 1993; 269: 2847-2848, LTE.
Chapdelaine, PA: "Analysis of Data," J of Family Practice,1993;36:259,LTE.
Chapdelaine, PA: "Rapid Classification of Positive Blood Cultures," JAMA, 1992;268:1267, LTE.
Chapdelaine, PA: "Lipids, Exercise and Coronary Heart Disease," Archives of Internal Medicine, 1992, 152:1721-22, LTE.
Chapdelaine, PA: "Water Treatment: Disinfection Problems," Townsend Letter for Doctors, Ed. Jonathan Collin, MD. July 1991, Number 96, pages 528-533.
Chapdelaine, PA: "Bulimia and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome," Fertility and Sterility, 1991, 56:585,LTE.
Chapdelaine, PA: Employment Predictors for Spinal Cord Injured Persons Following Vocational Rehabilitation, MSPH Thesis, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 1992.
PRESENTATIONS
White BD, Chapdelaine, Jr. PA: "Clinical Ethics Training for Staff Physicians: Towards Evaluating Impact." Presented at the 2nd Annual Chicago Conference on Ethics in Healthcare Institutions, August 4-6, 1993, Chicago.
Devieux J, Chapdelaine, Jr. PA: "Risk Behaviors, Communication Styles and Condom Use Among Urban African-American Adolescents." Presented at the VII International Conference on AIDS Education, November 13, 1993, Chicago.
Chapdelaine, Jr. PA, Devieux, J: "Community Diagnosis: Davidson County AIDS/HIV Data." Prevention Marketing Initiative, Community AIDS Partnership, CDC Prevention Marketing Project, August, 1994.
Devieux J, Chapdelaine, Jr. PA: "Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about HIV/AIDS, condoms, and condom use among women living in high-risk urban communities." Presented at Research Centers In Minority Institutions of Puerto Rico, International AIDS Symposium, November 3-4, 1994, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Carter, RA, Chapdelaine, PA. "Condom Use Correlates in an African American, Low Income Community." American Public Health Association (APHA), San Diego, October 27-November 2, 1995.
ABSTRACTS
Brase, DA, Hajiloo, L, Lantum, M, Chapdelaine, P, Edeki, TI."Phenytoin Disposition in African Americans." American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 1994.
Brase, DA, Chapdelaine, P, Hajiloo-Abedi, L, Edeki, TI. "Sex-specific Difference in the Rate of Decline of Plasma Phenytoin between African Americans and Caucasians." Experimental Biology, 1996.
BOOKS
Chapdelaine PA, Sr., Chapdelaine Tony, George Hay: The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 1985 (Nominated for the "Hugo Award": Science Fiction's version of the "Oscar")
MEMBERSHIPS
American Medical Association (1990-1996)
American Association of Public Health Physicians (1990-2000)
The Tennessee Public Health Association (1996-2000)
CERTIFICATIONS
Board-Certification, American Board of Preventive Medicine, General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, January 1994
HOBBIES
Photography, writing (non-fiction, fiction, poetry), music, drama, mountain hiking, biking