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Dr. Emily C. Barker, MD

Concierge Internal Medicine physician, Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt Health

Dr. Barker is an internist at Vanderbilt Health who joined its Executive Wellness and Concierge Medicine program in 2019.

3807 Cleghorn Avenue, Suite 900, Nashville, TN 37215
At a glance
Practice model
Executive Wellness and Concierge Medicine program at Vanderbilt
Board certification
American Board of Internal Medicine

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About Dr. Barker

Dr. Barker is an internist and an assistant professor of medicine at Vanderbilt Health. She joined Vanderbilt Executive Wellness and Concierge Medicine in 2019. She earned her medical degree at Tulane University School of Medicine in 2002 and finished her internship and residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2005.

In 2006 she completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care at New York University. She spent two years on the faculty at the University of California, San Diego. In 2011 she established River Oaks Doctors Group, which was one of the first concierge medicine programs in Houston.

Her practice philosophy is built on close and lasting relationships with patients, and she knows their medications and their families.

Membership and fees

Fees are not published. Ask the practice.

Services

Executive wellness Concierge medicine Internal medicine
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Education and credentials

Degree
MD
College
University of California, Santa Barbara
Medical school
Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency
Internship and residency, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship
Pulmonary and critical care, New York University
Board certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
NPI
1497950299

Location

3807 Cleghorn Avenue, Suite 900, Nashville, TN 37215
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Recognition and research

Teaching and research roles

Previously served as senior associate residency program director for internal medicine residents at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston.
Previously taught third-year medical students during their internal medicine rotation at UC San Diego.

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Questions patients ask

Does Dr. Barker take insurance, or offer a membership?

She is part of the Executive Wellness and Concierge Medicine program at Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt and its affiliates are in-network with the insurance plans they list and out-of-network with some others.

Is Dr. Barker board certified?

Yes. She was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in 2006.

Where did Dr. Barker train?

She received her medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2002. She completed her internship and residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2005 and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at New York University in 2006.

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