Meet Dr. Taryll L Jenkins, MD
Board Certified American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
MEDICAL EDUCATION
1998 – 2002
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine,
Nashville, Tennessee
Earned Doctorate of Medicine
2002 – 2006
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residential Training
University of Texas at Houston, Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas
Performed duties in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology.
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
1994 – 1998
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Earned Bachelor’s of Science in Microbiology with minor in Chemistry
EDUCATIONAL HONORS/AWARDS
2001
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine
2001
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine
2001
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine
2000
Real Men Can Cook Scholarship Award, Meharry Medical College
2000
Academic Honors, Meharry Medical College
Pathology, Physical Diagnosis, Behavioral Science, Pharmacology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
1999
Meharry Medical Student Research Fellowship
1999
Sue Minter Memorial Scholarship Award, Meharry Medical College
1999
Academic Honors, Meharry Medical College
Histology and Introduction to Clinical Medicine
1999 – 2002
Dean’s List, Meharry Medical College
1994 – 1998
Tuition Exemption Scholarship, Louisiana State University
VOLUNTEER/WORK EXPERIENCE
2005
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas
Volunteered medical services for victims of Hurricane Katrina
2002 – present
University of Texas at Houston, Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas
Performed duties in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology
2000
The Meharrian, Meharry Medical College Performed various duties
as a member of the yearbook staff
2001
Assistant Baseball Coach, West Charlotte Park, Nashville, Tennessee – Instructed teen’s age 13-15 in the fundamentals of competitive baseball
2001
Our Kids’ Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Volunteered at annual fund-raiser to aid sexually abused children
2000
Meharry Day Care Center, Meharry Medical College
Read to children attending the daycare facility.
1999-2002
Big Brother/Big Sister Program, Meharry Medical College
Served as an advisor to first and second year medical students
1999 – 2002
Academic Assistant/Tutor, Meharry Medical College
Tutored first and second year medical and dental students in Microbiology, Pathology, Histology, and Neuroscience.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2005
Primary Research Investigator, University of Texas at
Houston Worked with Joan Mastrobattista, M.D., University of Texas
at Houston. Investigated training standards in neonatal
circumcision techniques and methods of analgesia in Obstetric
and Gynecology residency training programs in American College
of Obstetrics and Gynecology District VII
1999
Research Assistant, Meharry Medical College Worked with James Foster, PhD
Meharry Medical College. Investigated the role of cytochrome p450 and steroid production in both the inner ear and olfactory mucosa using in situ hybridization techniques
1998
Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Worked with John Battista, PhD., Louisiana State University.
Researched the effects of high dosages of ultraviolet and gamma ray irradiation on
the protein structure on the radiation-resistant microorganism, Deinococcus radiodurans using protein gel electrophoresis.
1996
Research Assistant, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana Worked with John Battista, PhD., Louisiana State University.
Served as a research assistant gaining experience in the following fields:
DNA sequencing techniques, recombinant DNA techniques, protein gel electrophoresis,
and effects of carcinogens and carcinogenic metabolites on transgenic mice.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Weight Lifting, Golf and Running