Welcome new faculty members to the Department of Medicine!
Dr. Mohamed Hassanein – Division of Nephrology
Dr. Tulip Jhaveri – Division of Infectious Diseases
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Dr. Beverly “Gwen” Windham has been appointed to the Clinical Neuroscience and Neurodegeneration Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review by the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Jasmine Kency has been named Medical Director of the Office of Patient Experience (OPE). Dr. Kency will work directly with hospital executive leaders, OPE staff, UMMC medical staff and other stakeholders to sustain and grow work that supports patient and family centered care at UMMC.
Resident Spotlight: Dr. Hilary Elom
Get to know Dr. Hilary Elom, PGY-II internal medicine resident, public health graduate, and Captain in the US Army National Guard.
Congratulations to our 2021 Medical Student Summer Research Program Mentors
Congratulations and thanks to these faculty members selected as Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) Summer of Research Mentors!
Dr. Pegah Hosseini-Carroll
Dr. Michael Hall
Dr. Gailen Marshall
Dr. Michael McMullan
Congratulations to the 2021 Department of Medicine Award Winners!
Mentoring Award: Dr. Marion Wofford
Master Clinician: Dr. Douglas Wolfe
Outstanding Service: Dr. Brett Jeter
Outstanding Service (Staff Member):
Sandy Sartin
Educator of the Year: Dr. Prakhar Vijayvargiya
Fellow Focus: Dr. Charles Grogan, PGY-V
Self-proclaimed computer nerd and Allergy and Immunology fellow Dr. Charles Grogan talks about training in Mississippi, COVID and telemedicine, and why he loves UMMC.
The recent graduation ceremonies for our medical students were certainly different this year. The usual cheering and other outbursts were muffled by masks worn at some graduation exercises, while sporadic loud yells (or shouts) of excitement pierced through the masks at other ceremonies. Some attendees screamed, clapped, and whistled –– despite instructions to maintain a solemn demeanor until the designated time.
Dr. Visnu Garla, Associate Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, co-authored a paper out this month titled “Dapagliflozin in patients with cardiometabolic risk factors hospitalised with COVID-19 (DARE-19): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial” in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.
Intern Spotlight: Dr. Ben Billingsley
Get to know Dr. Ben Billingsley, categorical intern for the internal medicine residency program. A native Mississippian, Ben shares about his background, path to medicine, and why he chose to train at UMMC.
Division Spotlight: Digestive DIseases
ivision of Digestive Diseases provides outstanding care to those with gastroenterology and hepatology-related diseases. Dr. Sarah Glover, Professor and Division Director, has bolstered the division’s research mission with her distinguished work in hereditary alpha tryptasemia syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and most recently, COVID-19 and immunity.
UMMC joins the Cardiometabolic Center Alliance as a Charter Member
UMMC has joined the Cardiometabolic Center Alliance (CMCA) as a Charter Member. Dr. Elizabeth Fryoux, Assistant Professor in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine, will serve as the Lead Physician.
