Melissa A. Shenep, MD

Melissa A. Shenep, MD

  • Clinical MD Fellow
  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship

Departments

Education

BS - Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
MD - UTHSC College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
Pediatric Residency - UTHSC College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
Infectious Diseases Fellowship -  St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Research Interests

  • Study of antimicrobials from ideal administration in established medication to novel therapies in immunocompromised children 
  • Infection prevention
  • Determinates of disease and disease severity

Contact Information

Melissa A. Shenep, MD St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Selected Publications

Shenep MA, Tanner MR, Sun Y, Culley T, Hayden RT, Flynn PM, Tang L, Wolf J. Catheter‐Related Complications in Children With Cancer Receiving Parenteral Nutrition: Change in Risk Is Moderated by Catheter Type. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 41(6):1063-1071, 2017. doi:10.1177/0148607115624087

Hunt WR, Zughaier SM, Guentert DE, Shenep MA, Koval M, McCarty NA, Hansen JM. Hyperglycemia impedes lung bacterial clearance in a murine model of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 306(1):L43-49, 2014. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00224.2013

Shenep MA*, Shenep LE*, Cheatham W, Hoffman JM, Hale A, Williams BF, Perkins R, Hewitt CB, Hayden RT, Shenep JL. Efficacy of intravascular catheter lock solutions containing preservatives in the prevention of microbial colonization. J Hosp Infect 79(4):317-322, 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.07.010 (*co-first authors)

Last update: August 2021

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