The Tankersley Clinic: Memphis Allergy
- Allergy in Memphis: We accept new patients! The Tankersley Clinic provides allergy, respiratory and skin care for adult and pediatric patients. The Tankersley Clinic, PLLC, was founded by Dr. Mike Tankersley in Memphis in 2017. Dr. Tankersley is a fellowship-trained and board-certified Adult and Pediatric Allergist/Immunologist.
- We accept all private insurance plans, TRICARE, Medicaid (TN, MS and AR) and Medicare.
- Collierville/Germantown location:1458 West Poplar Avenue, Suite 205, 38017-0631 (inside the Baptist Hospital Collierville Physician Office Building above Campbell Clinic)
- Downtown Memphis location: 95 S Main, Suite 102, 38103 (one block up from the historic Peabody Hotel)
- Phone: 901-335-8966
- Fax: 901-244-2021
- Email: allergy@thetankersleyclinic.com
- Collierville/Germantown Allergy Office Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Downtown Memphis Allergy Office Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Wednesday
- Copay, deductible and/or co-insurance are due at the time of the visit. We recommend you contact your insurance to confirm your copay, deductible and/or coinsurance for a specialty visit. If no testing is performed, your detailed evaluation and management will be less than $275. Dr. Tankersley will discuss any recommended testing after he performs a detailed history and physical. If you have questions about the cost of recommended testing, Dr. Tankersley and his staff can discuss this during your visit.
- Although a rare occurrence, if you have a commercial secondary insurance policy (i.e., it is not a Medicare supplement or a Medicaid plan), please understand due to insurance complexity, we do not verify commercial secondary insurances at the initial visit. Payment will be required based on your primary insurance. Once the claim has been settled by your primary and secondary carriers, we will determine future coverage by your secondary carrier and apply it to subsequent visits. If there are any resultant credits, they will be applied to a future visit or refunded.
- Please note, if you have an insurance plan with a high deductible which has not been met, that your visit to include all testing performed could range upwards to $900. As it is your money, you may pay with a health savings account credit card at the time of your visit. However, any health savings account managed by your employer or carrier will not be considered at your visit and will be settled at the time that our office receives the explanation of benefits. Any credits will be refunded to you or applied to your next visit. Our goal is for you to have a zero account balance when you leave our office. Credits create additional work for our staff and result in a loss of revenue as the credit card companies do not refund us their charges. If you have any questions about your payment responsibilities, ask! Our goal is for you to know all the services our practice provides. However, please understand it is ultimately your responsibility to know the details of your insurance coverage.
- If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment, please notify us as soon as possible. Please note there is a $150 charge for no-shows or appointments cancelled less than 24 hours.
- We accept payment with credit card (Discover, Master Card and Visa), debit card, check or cash.
- Your insurance carrier will provide both you and our office with an explanation of benefits (EOB) containing an itemized list of charges, allowed amounts and payment responsibilities between you and your carrier. It is your responsibility to contact your carrier with questions about your EOB.
- Upon request and after your insurance carrier has made a final determination on the claim associated with the visit, our clinic is happy to provide a summary of your account balance.
- Under HIPAA, patients must be allowed access to their medical records. We have a patient portal where labs and x-rays can be viewed and printed. We send the new patient note to the referring provider and/or PCP. Upon request and free of charge, we can fax your medical records to another medical clinic; we can fax you your medical records; and we can email you your medical records. We strive to be a green clinic and prefer to not print medical records. Under HIPAA, we are allowed 30 days to print your medical records. Our clinic charge for printed copies are $20 for medical records 5 pages or less in length and then $0.50 per page for each page copied after the first 5 pages.
- Dr. Tankersley is a Professor on the teaching faculty within the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. He volunteers his time in this academic capacity and frequently has medical students working with him in his clinic.
- Dr. Tankersley has participated in medical mission trips to China, Russia, Honduras and Mexico as a part of civilian and military humanitarian missions. He is a recipient of the Air Force Achievement, Accommodation and Meritorious medals and the Army Achievement Medal. He is a graduate of the Air Force Squadron Officers School, Air Command and Staff College and an Excellent Graduate of Air War College.
- Dr. Tankersley’s research expertise is in the areas of immunotherapy (subcutaneous and sublingual) and venom hypersensitivity. His articles have been published in the internationally respected The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He has lectured internationally and frequently speaks and presents his research at the national meetings of both the AAAAI and the ACAAI. He has been a reviewer for The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and Pediatrics. He has served as an Associate Editor and the CME Series Editor for Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology which is the official publication of the ACAAI and as a Consulting Clinician for The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology’s Molecular Mechanisms in Allergy and Clinical Immunology review series.
- Dr. Tankersley has held academic faculty appointments at SAUSHEC, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, Uniformed Services University Health System in Washington, D.C., and University of TN Health Science Center.
- On 30 Sep 2008, the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General awarded Dr. Tankersley the Special Experience Identifier denoting Clinical/Academic Grand Master for his outstanding qualifications and exceptional professional abilities in the field of Allergy and Immunology.
- Dr. Tankersley completed his MBA in 2017 in the Haslam College of Business, UT Knoxville Physician Education MBA (PEMBA) program.
- His interests include spending time with family, reading and maintaining a regular exercise program. He completed his first and last (one and done!) marathon Dec 2008 with a time of 3 hours 37 minutes.
- Dr. Tankersley and his wife, Jessie, have 13 children and 9 grandchildren. They are active members in the community and their local church.
Mike Tankersley, MD, MBA
- A second-generation Memphian, Dr. Tankersley received his education from kindergarten through medical school in Memphis.
- He is double board-certified by The American Board of Allergy and Immunology (ABAI) and the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP).
- A decorated Air Force Allergist/Immunologist, Dr. Tankersley retired from the military in the grade of Colonel in 2015 after 22 years of active duty service to our nation and returned to his hometown of Memphis to serve his community.
- Dr. Tankersley is also currently on the teaching faculty at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics. He serves on the teaching staff for the UTHSC Allergy/Immunology fellowship program where he also works with the residents and medical students.
- As a Cecil C. Humphreys Presidential Scholar, he received his B.S. in Biology in 1989 from the University of Memphis and was a defensive back on the Tigers football team.
- A recipient of the Air Force Health Professions Scholarship (HPSP), he was initially commissioned into the US Air Force (USAF) Reserve, Medical Reserve Corps, August 16, 1989, and attended medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC) College of Medicine. He received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree in 1993.
- He completed his pediatric internship and residency with the USAF at Keesler Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base (AFB), in Biloxi, Mississippi. Upon completion of residency, Dr. Tankersley was honored by being selected to serve on faculty for one year as the Chief of Pediatric Residents at Keesler. He was then chosen for a fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Allergy/Immunology at Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas, which he completed in June of 1999.
- Prior to his retirement from the Air Force, Dr. Tankersley served from 2012-2015 as the Air Force's top academician in his role as Chief of Graduate Medical Education at Randolph Air Force Base (AFB) in San Antonio, Texas. He directed and administered Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) undergraduate medical education and graduate medical education (GME) programs for more than 2,500 medical students and physicians and over 100 Air Force GME programs around the nation. He conferred with accrediting organizations, specialty boards, medical schools and all Armed Services Surgeons General on matters related to physician education. In addition, he oversaw the USAF’s ACCME-accredited Continuing Medical Education Program annually approving over 100 CME activities and over 4000 category I CME credits. Dr. Tankersley chaired the Air Force's HPSP Selection Boards for 3 years selecting students into the Air Force's prestigious medical school scholarship program. He managed the Air Force’s Health Professions Education Requirements Board (HPERB) and Joint Services Graduate Medical Education Selection Board (JSGMESB) processes, identifying AFMS GME training requirements and selecting Air Force physician trainees for residency and fellowship positions. During this time he continued to serve on the teaching faculty for the Air Force’s Allergy/Immunology fellowship program at Wilford Hall in San Antonio.
- From 2009-2012, Dr. Tankersley served as the Program Director for the Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program within the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC). During this period, he also served as the Division Chief for Allergy and Immunology within the Department of Medicine for the San Antonio Military Health System (SAMHS) at Brook Army Medical Center, Ft Sam Houston and the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (WHASC), Lackland AFB, in San Antonio, Texas. SAMHS with its 19 primary care clinics and over 100 specialty services, oversaw the healthcare delivery of 230,000 Department of Defense (DoD) beneficiaries in the San Antonio metropolitan region. Healthcare services were provided by the San Antonio Military Medical Center, a Level 1 trauma center and the DoD’s largest inpatient hospital at Ft Sam Houston, and the WHASC at Lackland AFB, the DoD’s largest outpatient ambulatory surgery center. Responsible for an $8.2 million annual budget, he supervised 50 staff and led a service that delivered more than 480,000 immunizations and 160,000 patient encounters annually at 5 separate sites during 7 day per week operations which included the anthrax and smallpox vaccine programs. Dr. Tankersley oversaw the training for the Air Force's only Allergy and Immunology training program with ACGME-accreditation for 9 fellows and directed the management of specialty training and allergy care for 17 bases across 4 states providing oversight to 17 physicians and 30 technicians. In addition, he controlled the Air Force's largest allergy immunotherapy mixing lab. Prior to becoming the Program Director, he was a faculty member of the Wilford Hall Allergy/Immunology fellowship program from 2005-09.
- From 1999-2005, Dr. Tankersley served as Division Chief of Allergy/Immunology and Chief of Immunizations at Elmendorf Medical Center, Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage, Alaska. During this time, he also functioned as the Pacific Air Force (PACAF) Command Surgeon’s Consultant in Allergy/Immunology for nine Air Force bases in the Pacific region covering Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, Korea and Guam. In this capacity he provided oversight for the delivery of all Allergy/Immunology care and over 150,000 immunizations annually at these facilities. He served in consultation for adverse vaccine reactions to include those from the anthrax and smallpox vaccination programs.
- Consistent with our core value of Service before Self, he has participated in multiple medical mission trips to China, Mexico, Honduras and Russia.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I book an appointment?
Call us at 901-335-8966, click online via our home page or email us at allergy@thetankersleyclinic.com
Where are you located? What region do you serve?
We have two locations! Our downtown Memphis location is on historic Main Street. See our S. Main webpage for further details Our Germantown/Collierville office is at the border of Germantown and Collierville near the intersection of Poplar and Houston Levee at 1458 W Poplar Ave, Suite 205, 38017-0631 (inside the Baptist Hospital Collierville Physician Office Building above Campbell Clinic). We're an easy access to West TN and North MS off 385 / I-269.
The Tankersley Clinic provides adult and pediatric allergy, respiratory and skin care to the Mid-South region which includes Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, Cordova, Arlington, Lakeland, Bartlett, Millington and Munford; West Tennessee including Brownsville, Dyersburg and Jackson; North Mississippi including Byhalia, Olive Branch, Oxford, Southaven and Tupelo; and East Arkansas including West Memphis and Marion. It has been our honor to serve patients who drive up to drive 2 hours to see Dr. Tankersley. For those patients > 30 minutes from our office, arrangements can be made for you to receive your allergy shots in the office of your primary care provider. We serve as a regional referral center providing the full spectrum of care that would be expected in a University academic setting in a personal and warm private practice setting where you will know our staff by name and be known by our staff.
I have a high deductible, how much will the visit cost?
If no testing is performed, your detailed evaluation and management is generally less than $275. Dr. Tankersley will discuss any recommended testing after he performs a detailed history and physical. If you have questions about the cost of recommended testing, Dr. Tankersley and his staff can discuss this during your visit.