Congratulations to the SIX Trailblazer Teaching Awards this year!
Category: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Congratulations to these 3 members of the Department who had big work anniversaries recently!
Several faculty and trainees co-authored an important study published last month in Nature Immunology.
Introducing the Incidental Pulmonary Nodule Program
Introducing UMMC’s Incidental Pulmonary Nodule Program
Congratulations to the four Department of Medicine faculty who received 2024 UMMC Excellence in Research Awards!
2025 Fellowship Match
This year, the Department celebrated an overall fantastic fellowship match. Congratulations to all!
Fellow Focus: Dr. Trest Underwood
Meet Dr. Trest Underwood, Mississippi native, pulmonary/critical care PGY-IV fellow, and football fan.
Welcome 7 new faculty this month to UMMC!
Margaret Cosnahan, MD
Wilson Helmhout, MD
W. Fowler Joiner, Jr, MD
Rachana Marathi, MD
Elizabeth Picciola, MD
Meredith Sloan, MD
Raj Tumma, MD
The academic year ends June 30th and resident and fellow graduation ceremonies were held last week. Congratulations to all the residents, fellows, and faculty who received awards this year and best of luck to all graduating and moving on either in their training or into practice!
Featured Nurse: Kenyadra McCullum
May 6th is National Nurses Day and we in the Department of Medicine are forever grateful for our awesome nurses! Kenyadra McCullum, RN is one of our many amazing nurses featured this month.
The Alpha Mississippi Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Honor Society inducted their 2024 initiates on March 19th. Congrats to all!
A stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) can be emotionally and physically draining. UMMC has Mississippi’s only ICU Recovery Clinic.
Progress Notes 