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Melody Palmore MD

  • Department of Medicine
    Associate Professor
  • (404) 616-2493
  • mpalmor@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Melody Pratt Palmore, joined the Emory Faculty in 1991 as the medical director of the Women's Clinic at the Grady Infectious Disease Program.

Dr. Palmore received her medical degree from The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1985. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania in 1988, and then went on to pursue a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Palmore has overseen the growth of services for Women at the Ponce Clinic, to include full service comprehensive, preventive, and gynecological outpatient care. As an attending at the Ponce Clinic, she serves as consultant and primary care provider in the Main Outpatient Clinic, and on the inpatient Special Immunology Service. Dr. Palmore is also involved in clinical research at the Ponce Clinic, and has participated as a sub-investigator in the AIDS Clinical Trial Group for 22 years.

Dr. Palmore's primary interests lie in improving the delivery of health care to HIV-infected women.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Residency from Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship, Infectious Diseases from Thomas Jefferson University

Research

Publications

  • Multisite Mpox Infection and Viral Dynamics Among Persons With HIV in Metro Atlanta.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 229 Page(s): S213 - S218
    03/26/2024 Authors: Damhorst GL; Fujita AW; Fitts E; Szabo B; Bowers HB; Sabino C; Ahmed A; Wang E; Piantadosi A; McLendon K
  • Acanthamoeba castellanii encephalitis in a patient with AIDS: a case report and literature review.
    Lancet Infect Dis Volume: 22 Page(s): e59 - e65
    02/01/2022 Authors: Damhorst GL; Watts A; Hernandez-Romieu A; Mel N; Palmore M; Ali IKM; Neill SG; Kalapila A; Cope JR
  • Acanthamoeba castellanii encephalitis in a patient with AIDS a case report and literature review
    LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES Volume: 22 Page(s): E59 - E65
    02/01/2022 Authors: Damhorst GL; Watts A; Hernandez-Romieu A; Mel N; Palmore M; Ali IKM; Neill SG; Kalapila A; Cope JR; Palmore M
  • Improved Perinatal and Postpartum Human Immunodeficiency Virus Outcomes After Use of a Perinatal Care Coordination Team.
    Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 6 Page(s): ofz183
    06/01/2019 Authors: Hackett S; Badell ML; Meade CM; Davis JM; Blue J; Curtin L; Camacho-Gonzalez A; Chahroudi A; Chakraborty R; Nguyen MLT
  • Less Bone Loss With Maraviroc- Versus Tenofovir-Containing Antiretroviral Therapy in the AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5303 Study.
    Clin Infect Dis Volume: 61 Page(s): 1179 - 1188
    10/01/2015 Authors: Taiwo BO; Chan ES; Fichtenbaum CJ; Ribaudo H; Tsibris A; Klingman KL; Eron JJ; Berzins B; Robertson K; Landay A
  • Development of fatal acute liver failure in HIV-HBV coinfected patients.
    World J Gastroenterol Volume: 16 Page(s): 4107 - 4111
    08/28/2010 Authors: Anderson AM; Mosunjac MB; Palmore MP; Osborn MK; Muir AJ
  • Human immunodeficiency virus-associated cytomegalovirus infection with multiple small vessel cerebral infarcts in the setting of early immune reconstitution.
    J Neurovirol Volume: 16 Page(s): 179 - 184
    03/01/2010 Authors: Anderson AM; Fountain JA; Green SB; Bloom SA; Palmore MP
  • Randomized controlled trial of an intervention to prevent adherence failure among HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy.
    Health Psychol Volume: 27 Page(s): 159 - 169
    03/01/2008 Authors: Koenig LJ; Pals SL; Bush T; Pratt Palmore M; Stratford D; Ellerbrock TV
  • Overview and implementation of an intervention to prevent adherence failure among HIV-infected adults initiating antiretroviral therapy: lessons learned from Project HEART.
    AIDS Care Volume: 18 Page(s): 895 - 903
    11/01/2006 Authors: Davies G; Koenig LJ; Stratford D; Palmore M; Bush T; Golde M; Malatino E; Todd-Turner M; Ellerbrock TV
  • The menstrual cycle does not affect human immunodeficiency virus type 1 levels in vaginal secretions.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 185 Page(s): 170 - 177
    01/15/2002 Authors: Villanueva JM; Ellerbrock TV; Lennox JL; Bush TJ; Wright TC; Pratt-Palmore M; Evans-Strickfaden T; Conley LJ; Schnell C; Hart CE
  • Cellular replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 occurs in vaginal secretions.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 184 Page(s): 28 - 36
    07/01/2001 Authors: Ellerbrock TV; Lennox JL; Clancy KA; Schinazi RF; Wright TC; Pratt-Palmore M; Evans-Strickfaden T; Schnell C; Pai R; Conley LJ
  • Indinavir, nevirapine, stavudine, and lamivudine for human immunodeficiency virus-infected, amprenavir-experienced subjects: AIDS Clinical Trials Group protocol 373.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 183 Page(s): 715 - 721
    03/01/2001 Authors: Gulick RM; Smeaton LM; D'Aquila RT; Eron JJ; Currier JS; Gerber JG; Acosta E; Sommadossi JP; Tung R; Snyder S
  • PCR-based quantification of replication-competent HIV-1 in female genital secretions
    AIDS Volume: 15 Page(s): S21 - S21
    02/01/2001 Authors: Evans-Strickfaden T; Garcia-Lerma C; Ellerbrock TV; Lennox JL; Wright TC; Pratt-Palmore M; Schnell C; Bush T; Hart C
  • Correlation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA levels in blood and the female genital tract.
    Volume: 179 Page(s): 871 - 882
    04/01/1999 Authors: Hart CE; Lennox JL; Pratt-Palmore M; Wright TC; Schinazi RF; Evans-Strickfaden T; Bush TJ; Schnell C; Conley LJ; Clancy KA
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