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Craig S. Dorko, M.D.

Position
Associate Professor

Education
  • University of Tennessee at Knoxville - B.S. in Engineering; 1979-1983
  • University of Tennessee at Memphis - MD; 1983-1987
  • University of Tennessee at Memphis - Internship & Residency in Internal Medicine; 1987-1990

Professional Positions and Honors
  • Staff Physician, The Regional Medical Center; 1990-present
  • Staff Physician, William F. Bowld Hospital; 1997-present
  • Staff Physician, Baptist Memorial Hospital; 1997-present

Committees
  • Ambulatory Care Cost Savings Committee; 1990-1994
  • Physician Steering Committee; 1992-1994
  • Outpatient Department Committee; 1992-present
  • Clinical Competency Committee for Residency Education; 1993-present
  • HMO Pharmacy Selection Task Force Committee; 1994-1997
  • TLC Formulary Committee; 1994-1997
  • TLC Utilization Review Committee; 1994-1997
  • Productivity Committee; 1996-present
  • P&T Committee; 1996-present
  • Diabetes Advisory Council; 1999-present
  • Juran Project; 2002-present

Teaching Experience
  • Attending Physician, Internal Medicine Hospital Wards, Resident Clinic, & Consultation Service
  • Attending Physician, Adult Special Care Clinic & Emergency Department
  • Instructor, Medical Endoscopy Clinic
  • Preceptor, Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship

Relevant Publications
  1. Byrd DC, Stephen MA, Hamann GL, Dorko CS: Subcutaneous Phytonadione for Reversal of Wafarin-Induced Elevation of the International Normalized Ratio. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1999;56:2312-2315.
  2. Chapman DC, Stephens MA, Hamann GL, Bailey LE, Dorko CS. Accuracy, clinical correlation, and patient acceptance of two handheld prothrombin time monitoring devices in the ambulatory setting. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 1999;33:775-780.
  3. Morrison RE, Wan JY, Dorko CS, Sargent SJ, Land MA, Bronze CB. Use of telephone medicine for the care of patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection or AIDS: Comparison of a private infectious disease practice with a university clinic practice. Clin Infec Dis, 1997;24:269-70.
  4. Dorko CS, Morrison RE, Steel G, Arheart KL, Sargent SJ. Telephone access to a university HIV/AIDS clinic. J Tenn Med Assoc, 1995:88:386-388.

Abstracts Presented
  1. Chapman D, Stephen M, Hamann G, Dorko C, Bailey L: Accuracy of Two Hand-held Prothrombin Time Monitoring Devices in the Ambulatory Setting. American Society of Health System Pharmacists Mid-Year Meeting. Atlanta, GA. December 1997.
  2. Hamann G, Stephens M, Dorko C: Evaluation of a Dosage Conversion between Lisinopril and Benazepril in Ambulatory Hypertensive Patents. American society of Health System Pharmacists Mid-Year Meeting. Atlanta, GA. December 1997.
  3. Morrison RE, Dorko, CS, Wan JY, Vieron LN. Comparison of telephone calls to a private general internal medicine practice with calls to a university faculty practice: the town and the gown. Southern Regional SGIM meeting, New Orleans, LA, February, 1996.
  4. Morrison RE, Wan JY, Dorko CS, Sargent SJ, Land MA, Bronze CB. Comparison of telephone access to a university HIV/AIDS clinic and a private infectious disease practice. Submitted for presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America annual meeting, September 16-18, 1995, San Francisco, CA.
  5. Morrison RE, Steel G, Arheart KL, Sargent SJ, Dorko CS. Telephone access to a university HIV/AIDS clinic. Presented at the meeting of the Southern Section, Society for General Internal Medicine, New Orleans, LA, February 5, 1994.

Poster Presentations
  1. Accuracy, Clinical Correlation, and Patient Acceptance of Two Handheld Prothrombin Time Monitoring Devices in the Ambulatory Setting.
  2. Evaluation of the Conversion of Hypertensive Patients Stabilized on Lisinopril to Benazepril in an Ambulatory Care Setting, Utilizing Clinical Pharmacists.
  3. IN DEPTH (Interventions in Diabetes Education and Pharmacotherapy) Pharmacy Practice Research Project. Evaluated Improvement in Glycemic Control of Noncompliant Patients Through a Pharmacist Run Clinic.