Brad Blankenship
Internist
230 Roosevelt Road McMinnville Tennessee, 37110About
Brad Blankenship, MD, maintains a position within ReGenesis Health Care located in McMinnville, Tennessee. Dr. Blankenship is an integrative internal medicine physician with nearly 30 years of experience in the field. With double board certification from the esteemed American Board of Internal Medicine, in various sub-specialties, and the American Board of Obesity Medicine, Dr. Blankenship is a doctor of distinction. He has received the Best of the Best Doctors Award in his area in the year 2010. With specific expertise in chronic fatigue, weight issues, and stress management, Dr. Blankenship firmly believes in health through healing, "it is never too late to begin again". To extend his knowledge and skills across the nation, Dr. Blankenship created a radio program and writes regularly in his communities weekly newspaper column as well.
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Education and Training
Univeristy of Tennessee Health Science Center
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine- Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology; American Board of Obesity Medicine- Bariatric Medicine
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Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Created a Radio Program -
Awards
- Certificate of Environmental Accomplishment
- Best of the Best Doctors Award in McMinnville, TN,, 2010
Internships
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
Professional Society Memberships
- Obesity Action Coalition, Tennessee Medical Association, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Articles and Publications
- Writes in a Weekly Newspaper Column
What do you attribute your success to?
- Interested in every individual and evaluates patients based on foundational issues-not only symptoms. He gives objective evaluations without judging. He also, always believed in thinking outside the box.
Hobbies / Sports
- Cooking, Pottery, Organic Gardening
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