Hear from Dr. Matt Rhinewalt, former UMMC medicine-pediatrics resident and current North Mississippi primary care physician. Here, Dr. Rhinewalt shares a bit about his training and what he has been up to since graduation.
First, tell us about you and your time at UMMC.
I am married to a very supportive wife named Hannah. She worked as a registered nurse in adult psychiatry at UMMC while I completed medical school and residency at UMMC. We have a 13 year old son named Ian and a 5 year old son named Paul. After completing the excellent Internal Medicine-Pediatric residency training program at UMMC, I enjoyed additional training as a Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellow at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Where are you now and what are you doing?
We live in Saltillo, MS, which is Hannah’s hometown. I work with a private practice clinic in New Albany, MS, called the Internal Medicine and Pediatric Clinic of New Albany (www.impcna.com). We provide inpatient and outpatient services for our patients as well as cover high risk nursery call. I am honored to assist in training third-year medical students as an adjunct faculty member with the Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine. I also work as a medical director for Segue Health, which is a transitional care program throughout the state of Mississippi. In addition to this, I am an associate medical director for Legacy Hospice where I also assist with improving physician regulatory compliance issues. I am quite blessed to have the opportunity to work with and collaborate with many excellent colleagues over quite a large area.
What do you miss most about UMMC?
I genuinely enjoy expanding my knowledge, understanding, and skillset as it relates to medicine. It was exciting to be surrounded by so many others with the same enjoyment. I also certainly appreciate the friendships that I developed during my time at UMMC!
Share a memory or more of your time here at UMMC.
In medical school, Kenneth ‘Scoot’ Saul, Christopher Weeks, and I drove to Houston, TX, for the required clinical skills examination. On the way back we discovered my car battery was bad just before we found ourselves stuck on the 18 mile Atchafalaya Basin Bridge on the west side of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, due to some type of hazardous waste spill. The 8 hours spent on the bridge added quite a memory to our long adventure back.
I also have many great memories involving patients, support staff, students and attending physicians that are too numerous from which to choose.
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