Ben P. Folk, III, M.D. - Cardiology

Certification and Licensure:
Diplomate, Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX), June 1981.
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, September 11, 1985.
Diplomate, Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease, November 11, 1987.
American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support Affiliate Faculty, March 1687, 1987.

Education:
Undergraduate – Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, September
1971 through May 1975; B.A. in General Biology, May 1975.
Graduate – Department of Anatomy, University of Mississippi Graduate
School, Jackson, MS, June 1976 through February 1978; M.S. in anatomy, February.
Medical – University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS,
September 1978 through May 1981; M.D., May 1981.

Postgraduate Training:
Internship – Internal Medicine (Categorical), Vanderbilt University Affiliated
hospitals, Nashville, TN, July 1981 through June 1984.
Residency – Internal Medicine (Categorical), Vanderbilt University
affiliated Hospitals, Nashville, TN, July 1982 through June 1984.
Fellowship – Cardiology, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN,
clinical fellowship in cardiology, July 1684 through June 1986.

Continuing Medical Education:
“Current Therapy & Prophylaxis of Medical, Pediatric & Surgical
Infections”, Infectious Disease Division of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN, September 29, 1983, 4 credit hours in Category 1.
“Critical Care Medicine 1985”, Pre-Session Postgraduate Course,
American College of Physicians, March 26-27, 1985, 11 credit hours in Category 1.
Participation in the 66th Annual Session, American College of Physicians,
March 28-31, 1985, Washington, D.C., 24 credit hours in Category 1.
“Ventricular Arrhythmias: Current Concepts of Therapy” sponsored by the
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, March 8, 1986, Atlanta, GA, 3 credit hours in Category 1.
“Determinants of Survival in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure”
sponsored by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, March 8, 1986, Atlanta, GA, 4.5 credit hours in Category1.
Participation in the 35th Annual Scientific Session of the American College
of Cardiology, March 1986, Atlanta, GA.
Participation in the 37th Annual Scientific Session of the American College
of Cardiology, March 1987, New Orleans, LA.
Participation in the 39th annual Scientific Session of the American College
of Cardiology, March 1990, New Orleans, LA.
“Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Acute Myocardial Infarction”, Continuing
Education Department, Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, August 28-29, 1987, 5.5 credit hours in Category 1.
Encainide Speakers Forum sponsored by Bristol-Myers Laboratories,
Scottsdale, Arizona, March 9-11, 1988.
“Cholesterol & Coronary Disease…Reducing the Risk”, College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, June 10, 1988, 1.5 credit hours in Category 1.
International Iopamidol Symposium, University of Florida College of
Medicine, May 20-21, 1988, Washington, DC, 7 credit hours in Category 1.
Practicing Cardiologists Pacing Seminar, Medtronic Professional
Education Department, October 7, 1988, 12 credit hours in Category 1.

Staff Privileges:
Current – Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville, MS attending
medical staff privileges, January 1986 to present.
Bolivar Medical Center, Cleveland, MS, courtesy medical staff
privileges, 1986 to present.
Previous – St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN – assisting medical staff
privileges, April 1985 – resigned July 1986.
Westside Hospital, Nashville, TN – courtesy medical staff
privileges, September 1985 – resigned July 1986.
Baptist Hospital, Nashville, TN – courtesy medical staff privileges,
March 1986 – resigned July 1986.

Professional Memberships:
Member, Delta Medical Society
Member, MS State Medical Association
Member, American Medical Association
Member, American Society of Internal Medicine
Fellow, American College of Cardiology, elected August 22, 1988
Fellow, American College of Physicians, elected January, 1991.

Awards and Honors:
May 1979 through May 1980 – vice president of the Associated Student
Body, University of MS Medical Center.
June 1980 through May 1981 – president of the Associated Student Body,
University of MS Medical Center.
May 1980 through May 1981 – editor-in-chief of the “Murmur”, University of
MS Medical Center student newspaper.
May 1980 and May 1981 – student delegate to the MS State Medical
Association meeting, Biloxi, MS.
July 1980 – delegate for the University of MS School of Medicine to the
Student Business Section of the Annual American Medical Association meeting, Chicago, IL.
October 1987 through October 1991 – chairman, CCU/ICU Committee,
Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville, MS.
October 1991 through October 1995 – chairman, Department of
Medicine, Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville, MS.
October 1995 to present – vice chief of staff, Delta Regional Medical
Center, Greenville, MS

Bibliography:
Thesis, 1978: Folk BP III: Comparisons of inguinal lymph nodes of
nulliparous, lactating, and multiparous TS mice. M.S. in Anatomy at the University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS.
Abstract, 1978: Folk BP III, Morino T, and Langford HG. Effects of drugs that affect rennin or angiotensin on salt appetite. Clinical Res. 26:779a.
Abstract, 1979: Dalhouse AD, Langford HG, Folk BP III, and Jeffcoat LF:
Effect of desoxycorticosterone acetate on salt appetite in adrenalectomized rats. Presentd to the American Physiological Society at its 1979 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Unpublished, 1979: Folk BP III: The effects of clonidine, converting enzyme
blocker (SQ 14,225), propranolol, and indomethacin on salt appetite of salt depleted Sprague Dawley rats. Submitted to HG Langford, University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS.
Osler Paper, 1981: Folk BP III. Peptic ulceration as a complication of
therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: a case report and review of the literature. Johns Hopkins Medical School, Osler Medical Service, January 1981.
Unpublished, 1985: Folk BP III: Pulmonary Artery Balloon Floatation
Catheter. Written as a cardiology fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Letter, 1987: George Al, Folk BP III, Crecelius PL, Campbell WB. Calcium
and cardiac arrest. Annals of Internal Medicine 106(3): 472, 1987.
Paper, 1989: George Al, Folk BP III, Crecelius PL, Campbell WB: Pre-Arrest
Morbidity and Other Correlates of Survival after In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest. American Journal of Medicine 89: 28-34; July 1989.
Unpublished case report, 1989, Folk BP III, Whiteside JW, Jennings HS, and
Thomas LS. Containment of spontaneous left ventricular rupture of uncertain etiology.