Genetic discovery uncovers answers to one patient’s lifelong health questions
Battling a severe heart condition and weakened muscles had become a way of life for 42-year-old Brian McDade of Clinton. It wasn’t until he met Dr. Pawel Pomianowski, medical director of the newly-established Division of Genetics and Genomics, that he would learn his symptoms were part of a rare chromosomal disorder that affects only 200 people worldwide.
Published on Monday, April 29, 2024
Front and Center: Hannah Lambert
Hannah Lambert is starting her career where she started her life: at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The state’s 2015 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Champion, Lambert’s first five months of life were in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s of Mississippi.
Published on Monday, April 22, 2024
New program is a case of requested development
More than 1,000 people are teaching here at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, but they are also learning – and they want to learn more. To that end, leaders at the Medical Center created a sweeping, all-embracing program with their name on it.
Published on Monday, April 22, 2024
#2024UMMCGrad: School of Nursing’s Carter, Haynes combine nursing, military service
School of Nursing degree candidates Raven Carter and Kevin Haynes share a love of health care and a love of country. Carter, a sergeant in the Army National Guard, and Haynes, who served in the U.S. Air Force as a senior airman until 2016, will be among traditional BSN graduates from UMMC during commencement May 24.
Published on Monday, April 22, 2024