2019 Outstanding Alumnus Award Winner
Dr. Mariencheck, a former division chief and clinical associate professor of Pulmonary Medicine at UTHSC, has been practicing medicine for more than 50 years.
Specializing in critical care medicine and pulmonary disease, Dr. Mariencheck is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary Diseases, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Mariencheck has been involved in many professional organizations. He has been president of the American Lung Association of Tennessee, president of the Tennessee Thoracic Society, vice president of the Memphis Academy of Internal Medicine, and served on the boards of the Sarcoidosis Research Institute and the Will Rogers Memorial Foundation.
He is an internist at Mid-South Pulmonary Specialists, PC, in Memphis. Before graduating from UTHSC, Dr. Mariencheck received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He also completed a fellowship in pulmonary and environmental medicine at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
A veteran of the United States Army, Dr. Mariencheck served as chief of Allergy and Pulmonary Services and Internal Medicine at Ireland Army Hospital in Fort Knox, Kentucky from 1969-1971.
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