Mark R. Corkins MD, FASPEN, AGAF, FAAP
Division Chief and Professor; St. Jude Endowed Chair for Excellence in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Dr. Mark Corkins is the Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s in Memphis, TN. He is the St. Jude Endowed Chair of Excellence in Pediatric Gastroenterology. Dr. Corkins is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Gastroenterological Association, and ASPEN and an honorary member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dr. Corkins has served on the ASPEN Board of Directors and completed two terms on the AAP-Committee on Nutrition. In 2007, he was ASPEN’s Nutrition Support Physician of the year and was the 2018 Excellence in Nutrition Support Education Award winner. He has been the head editor of several nutrition textbooks, author of numerous journal articles, and a member of the task force that created the new definition for pediatric malnutrition. As of July 2021, he is the chair of the AAP’s Committee on Nutrition.
Email: markcorkins@yahoo.com