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Catherine Womack, M.D.

Position
Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine

Education / Training
  • University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS) - B.A. in Accounting; 1982-1986
  • University of Memphis (Memphis, TN) - Pre-Med Courses; 1988-1990
  • The University of Tennessee at Memphis - M.D.; 1991-1995
  • The University of Tennessee at Memphis - Internal Medicine Internship and Residency; 1995-1998

Board Certification
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Certified Clinical Densitometrist (C.C.D.), the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD)

Professional Positions
  • Internist with UT Medical Group, Memphis, August 1998 - present
  • Assistant Director, Internal Medicine, Baptist Memorial Hospital East, Memphis, August 1998 - July 2000
  • Instructor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, August 1998 - July 2000
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, UT Memphis, August 2000 - July 2008
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, UT Memphis, August 2008 - present
  • Co-Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, UT Memphis, October 1, 2007 - present

Honors
  • Gerald Plitman Award, Outstanding Endocrine Resident, 1997-1998
  • Named to Woodward/White's eight annual "Best Doctors" list, August 2000
  • Selected by peers to be included in "Best Doctors in America" 2002
  • UT Top Twenty Internal Medicine Teachers - 2003, 2007

Relevant Publications
  1. Carbone LD, Cross JD, Raza SH, Bush AJ, Sepanski RJ, Dhawan S, Khan BQ, Gupta M, Ahmad K, Khouzam RN, Dishmon DA, Nesheiwat JP, Hajjar MA, Chishti WA, Nasser W, Khan M, Womack CR, Cho T, Haskin AR, Weber KT. Fracture risk in men with congestive heart failure. Risk reduction with spironolactone. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008; 52:135-138.
  2. Tylavsky FA, Ryder KA, Li R, Park V, Womack C, Norwood J, Carbone L, Cheng S. Preliminary findings: 25(OH)D levels and PTH are indicators of rapid bone accrual in pubertal children. J Am Coll Nutr. 2007; 26:462-70.
  3. Hayden ML, Womack CR. Caring for Patients with Allergic Rhinitis. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. 2007; 19: 290-298.
  4. Carbone LD, Barrow KD, Vannerson JA, Boatright D, Womack C. Training requirements for DXA technologists in the United States. J Clin Densitom. 2005;8(3):251-260.
  5. Tylavsky FA, Holliday K, Danish RK, Womack C, Norwood J, Carbone LD. Fruit and vegetable intakes are an independent predictor of bone size in early pubertal children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004;79:311-317.
  6. Ryder KM, Williams J, Womack C, Nayak NG, Nasef S, Bush A, Tylavsky FA, Carbone L. Appendicular fractures: a significant problem among institutionalized adults with developmental disabilities. Am J Mental Retardation 2003;108:340-346.

Abstracts/Poster Presentations
  1. Hayes B, Curtis J , Johnson KC, Laster A, Saag K, Sepanski R, Tanner B, Womack CR, Carbone, LD. Impact Of Medicare Cutbacks In DXA Reimbursement On Care Of Patients At Risk For Fracture. Poster presentation International Society for Clinical Densitometry Annual Meeting in 2008, San Francisco1. Hayes B, Curtis J , Johnson KC, Laster A, Saag K, Sepanski R, Tanner B, Womack CR, Carbone, LD. Impact Of Medicare Cutbacks In DXA Reimbursement On Care Of Patients At Risk For Fracture. Poster presentation International Society for Clinical Densitometry Annual Meeting in 2008, San Francisco
  2. Carbone LD, Cross J, Raza S. Sepanski R, Dhawan S, Khan B, Gupta M, Ahmad K, Khouzam R, Dishmon D, Nesheiwat J, Chrishti W, Hajjar A, Nasser W, Khan M, Womack C, Cho T, Haskin A, Weber KT. Spironolactone use and risk of fracture in men with congestive heart failure [abstr]. J Bone Miner Res. 2007;22 (Suppl 1):S198.
  3. Curtis JR, Carbone L, Cheng H., Hayes B., Laster A, Matthews R., Saag KG, Sepanski R, Tanner B., Womack C, Delzell E. Longitudinal patterns in bone mass measurement among U.S. Medicare beneficiaries. JBMR 22 (Suppl 1):M324, 2007.
  4. Carbone LD, Barrow KD, Vannerson J, Boatright MD, Womack C. Training requirements for DXA technologists in the United States. Accepted for Oral Presentation, International Society for Clinical Densitometry Annual Meeting in 2005, New Orleans.
  5. Ryder K, Tylavsky F, Kritchevsky S, Womack C, McFadden K, Carbone L. Does magnesium supplementation prevent bone loss following liver transplant? American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, poster presentation, JBMR Vol 16, Suppl, September 2000
  6. Ryder KM, Williams T, Womack C, Nayak N, Nasef S, Pentecost B, Bush A, Tylavsky FA, Carbone LD. Fractures in an institutionalized non-ambulatory adult cohort (Abstract). J Bone Min Res. 14:S259, Sept. 1999.