Dr. Chinelo Animalu
MD, MPH, FIDSA
Dr Animalu is an Associate Professor of Medicine, division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. She is a product of the renowned College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu campus where she obtained her medical degree (MD/MBBS). She completed her internship and Internal medicine residency training at St Joseph hospital affiliated with University of Illinois, Chicago. She later obtained a master’s degree in public health (MPH) from Tulane University, New Orleans. Subsequently, Dr Animalu completed an Infectious disease fellowship program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. She has been an infectious disease attending physician at Methodist University hospital, Memphis since 2015 till date and faculty member with College of Medicine UTHSC, Memphis from 2016 till date.
She is double board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She is a fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America (FIDSA) and fellow American College of Physicians (FACP). Her areas of interest are orthopedic infections, infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship. She is well published in peer reviewed medical journals. She is actively involved in numerous mentoring activities in the College, especially among the minority community.