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Fellow Focus: KaKa Adams
Get to know KaKa Adams, Texan, PGY-IV fellow in Allergy and Immunology, and scuba diver. Here, Dr. Adams shares about her path through pediatrics to UMMC for fellowship training.
2025 Fellowship Match
This year, the Department celebrated an overall fantastic fellowship match. Congratulations to all!
Colony Park South opening early 2025
Several of the Department of Medicine specialties are moving to Colony Park South in early 2025.
2024 Griffith-Pinkston Memorial Golf Tournament was an Ace in the Hole
The 2024 Griffith-Pinkston Memorial Golf Tournament was held at Lake Caroline Golf Club on Monday, November 11th, a day of beautiful weather, exceptional golf, and a hole in one!
Fellow Focus: Dr. Ben Billingsley
Get to know Dr. Ben Billingsley, PGY-IV fellow in Digestive Diseases and die-hard Mississippi State fan. Here, he shares his path to UMMC and fellowship and a bit about what he loves at UMMC.
Intern Spotlight: Dr. Brooke Winstead
Get to know Mississippian Dr. Brooke Winstead, vegetable canner, internal medicine intern, and pharmacist! Here, she shares her path to medicine and UMMC for training.
Recap: 2024 ACP Abstract Day
The Department of Medicine and American College of Physicians hosted the 2024 ACP Abstract Day on October 31st in the Student Union.
This year’s Griffith-Pinkston Memorial Golf Tournament has been scheduled for Monday, November 11, 2024, at Lake Caroline Golf Club in Madison, Mississippi.
Dr. Saleha Aziz, PGY-3 internal medicine resident, was given the 2024 Early Career Investigator Award in Healthcare Disparities Research Award by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Foundation.
Resident Spotlight: Dr. Patrick McDaniel
Get to know Dr. Patrick McDaniel – pickleballer, Delta native, and PGY-2 internal medicine resident.
Intern Spotlight: Dr. Wanya Pridgen
Get to know Dr. Wanya Pridgen, South Carolina native, medicine-pediatrics intern, and sneaker specialist.
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