Dr. Shirley Schlessinger retired after 34 years of service to UMMC in June 2019. Dr. Schlessinger held many key leadership roles within the university, including
Dr. Tanya Robinson has joined the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of medicine in the Division of Digestive Diseases. A native of Jackson,
Congratulations to all the residents and fellows who received awards at their respective graduations! Best of luck to all graduating and moving on either in
I am pleased to be able to begin a regular newsletter feature that will highlight activities, opportunities and challenges for the research mission of the Department
Dr. Kimberly Harkins was awarded the Laureate Award for the Mississippi Chapter of American College of Physicians (ACP) on May 31st at the 2019 MS/AL
Dr. Lyssa Weatherly, Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatrics, was awarded the School of Medicine’s “Clinical Professor of the Year,” which was voted on
Where are you from? I was born in Oakland, California but moved to Whidbey Island in Washington State when I was 10 years old. We
Dr. Hamid Ullah has joined the Hospitalist Division from Salem Health in Oregon. He completed his medical school in Pakistan and residency in Internal Medicine
Dr. Savannah Duckworth, Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Hypertension, was voted as the faculty recipient of the Leonard Tow award
Congratulations to the Department of Medicine award winners for the 2018-2019 academic year! Mentoring Award – Dr. Wisit Cheungpasitporn (Nephrology) This award is for
Welcome to our new chief medical residents, who started on June 1, 2019! Dr. Andrew Brown Hometown: Madison, MS Undergrad School: University of Southern Mississippi Medical
Dr. Bhagyashri “Bhagy” Navalkele, Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, recently presented “Impact of a Multidisciplinary Team on Reducing Hospital-acquired Clostridiodes difficile Infections (CDI) at
