Dr. Vishnu Garla has been named Associate Medicine Director for the UMMC Clinical Research and Trials Unit. Dr. Garla is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology and specializes in osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases in the Metabolic Bone Clinic. He will continue in his current role as a clinician and clinical trialist, but will also provide expanded medical administrative support for the two major components of the Mississippi Clinical Research and Trials Center (MCRTC). He will focus on the expansion of the MCRTC’s activities, business and influence on clinical research throughout the UMMC system.
