Congratulations to the faculty and incoming interns who were honored at the School of Medicine Honors Day on May 6, 2022.
Clinical Professor of the Year
Dr. Jessie Harvey (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
This award is given to one faculty member on campus and is selected by the graduating seniors in the School of Medicine.
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Dr. John Caleb Grenn and Monica Kala
This award recognizes one student and one faculty member who demonstrate both clinical excellence and outstanding compassion in the delivery of care and who show respect for patients, their families, and healthcare colleagues. Dr. John Caleb Grenn is currently a Pediatrics Chief Resident and will be joining the Department as an Assistant Professor in the Divisions of General Medicine and Hospital Medicine in July. Monica Kala is an incoming medicine-pediatrics intern.
Dean’s Awards
Michael Azar and Matthew Bridges (incoming categorical interns)
These annual awards are given to the four students who have achieved the highest academic average in their class.
J. Robert Snavely Award
Matthew Bridges (incoming categorical intern)
Established in memory of Dr. Snavely, the first chairman of the Department of Medicine, this award goes to a senior medical student for outstanding performance in the clinical medicine block.
James E. Griffith (Griff) Award
Michael Azar (incoming categorical intern)
This award is sponsored by the American Lung Association and is in memory of Dr. James E. Griffith.
James C. Waites, MD Medical Student of the Year Award
Brent Ferguson (incoming medicine-pediatrics intern)
Medical Alumni Scholarship
Matthew Bridges (incoming categorical intern)
Robert Clayton Maynor, Jr Leadership Award and the Meyer and Genevieve Falk Endowment Award
Benjamin Rushing (incoming preliminary intern)
Dr. Jefferson Hollingsworth Medical Scholarship
Matthew Bridges (incoming categorical intern) and Monica Kala (incoming medicine-pediatrics intern)
Dee and Bill Keeton, MD Scholarship
Dylan Tribolet (incoming medicine-pediatrics intern)
Dr. and Mrs. James Rayner School of Medicine Scholarship and the Helen Turner Academic Medicine Award
Monica Kala (incoming medicine-pediatrics intern)
Mississippi Blood Services Scholarship
Rodney Kipchumba (incoming preliminary intern)
Anna Lauren Winter (incoming categorical intern)
Segars Family Educational Fund
Meredith Cobb (incoming categorical intern)
Leonard W. Fabian Award
Rodney Kipchumba (incoming preliminary intern)
Medical Scholars Research Program
Katie Jones (incoming categorical intern), Khalid Manzoul (incoming preliminary intern) Matthew McMullan (incoming categorical intern)
Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program
Graham Hodge (incoming medicine-pediatrics intern), Yousef Hreish (incoming categorical intern), Lee Ogletree (incoming categorical intern), Zachary Watters (incoming categorical intern)
Progress Notes 