The University of Mississippi Medical Center is an academic health science center dedicated to education, research, patient care and ending health disparities. http://www.umc.edu/ University of Mississippi Medical Center en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 07:45:32 -0500 dis-web@umc.edu (UMMC Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 07:45:32 -0500 dis-web@umc.edu (UMMC Webmaster) 15 http://www.umc.edu/App_Themes/UMCDefault/Images/template/ummc_logo_rss.gif http://www.umc.edu/ University of Mississippi Medical Center News 100 134 From the University of Mississippi Medical Center Division of Public Affairs For more information contact the Division of Public Affairs at (601) 984-1100. Photos of graduates are available upon request. Please see attached Excel sheet for a complete list of graduates or click here.JACKSON, Miss. – A record 681 physicians, dentists, nurses, allied health professionals and graduate students in the health sciences were awarded degrees during the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s 57th Commencement, the largest ever, held May 24 at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson.    http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517539 Press Releases 2147517539 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: UMMC Commencement 

 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517518 Media Alerts 2147517518 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 The vegetable garden lies in the morning sun on the east side of Johnson Elementary School in Jackson – three long, raised beds bursting with greens, stalks and spindles flowering seeds and thread-like leaves. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517267 Centerview 2147517267 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 He doesn’t remember the deer, the ambulance or the ICU.There’s a black hole in Dan Turner’s memory of 30 days’ duration. A 270-pound chunk of irony with antlers crashed into him, bursting from the woods in the early-December dusk. But he doesn’t remember it. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517251 Centerview 2147517251 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 The Mississippi Dental Association, in partnership with University of Mississippi Medical Center, sponsored a Mission of Mercy event in Pearl, MS last April. Nearly 1,300 patients received free dental care during the two day event. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517066 Press Releases 2147517066 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 When Dr. James D. Hardy and his surgical team became the first to successfully transplant a lung from one human to another, there were no social media available to tout the landmark event. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517268 Centerview 2147517268 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Mary McNair remembers her mother as an “amazing lady who had a great sense of humor.” A sense of humor which helped her cope with Alzheimer’s disease. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517266 Centerview 2147517266 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Hospital administrators and directors who volunteered to give up their parking spaces on campus board the shuttle to take them to their new parking spaces at Veterans Memorial Stadium, while the employees who won the “Trading Spaces” drawing as part of Employee Appreciation Week wave to them. Other events during the week included a “We are UMMC” video contest, Team Spirit Awards, food giveaways, Circles Concierge Service gift basket drawings, gift shop discounts, retirement seminars, cooking demonstrations, a Toastmasters Club presentation, and presentations by guest speakers Marshall Ramsey and Walt Grayson. The UMMC Appreciation Night at the Mississippi Braves game originally scheduled for May 2 has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 16. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517274 Centerview 2147517274 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 The 2013 Excellence in Nursing Awards were presented to Medical Center nurses during a May 8 ceremony at the Norman C. Nelson Student Union.  Recipients include, seated from left, Clarissa Thompson-McGee, Nurse Mentor of the Year; Kimberly Edwards, Nurse Manager of the Year; Debbie Konkle-Parker, Nurse Researcher of the Year; Amy Williams, Nurse in a Non-traditional Setting of the Year; Gordon Gartrell, Nurse Rookie of the Year; and standing from left, Skye Stoker, Nursing Unit of the Year; Traci Dickens, Licensed Practical Nurse of the Year; Sarah Gilbert, Clinical Practice Nurse of the Year; Jennifer Hargett, Nurse Educator of the Year; Jacqueline Carrillo and Cheryl Dunaway, Advanced Practice Nurses of the Year; Richard Alexander, Nurse of the Year; and Cissy Bailey, Nursing Unit of the Year. (Enlarge photo) http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517273 Centerview 2147517273 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 As UMMC joins a nationwide study of women with HIV, paving a path to funding and 20 years of accumulated data, organizers hope more Medical Center researchers will climb aboard. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517265 Centerview 2147517265 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT:  Batson Children’s Hospital will introduce 9-year-old John Matthew Davis Jr. of Canton as the 2013 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® Mississippi Champion during a celebratory event open to the public. John Matthew will be making his grand entrance with the assistance of the Jackson Fire Department and Jackson Police Department. 
 
 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147517118 Media Alerts 2147517118 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 (Jackson, Miss.) – Today, the Mississippi Center for Justice and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) announce a medical-legal partnership to provide free civil legal services to people living with HIV/AIDS. The collaboration—which includes a joint agreement with the Center, UMMC, the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Crossroads Clinics Central and the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation—marks the first-ever medical-legal partnership in the state of Mississippi. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516972 Press Releases 2147516972 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 (Jackson, Miss.) – Join representatives from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Crossroads Clinics Central and Mississippi Center for Justice to learn more about the state’s first-ever Medical-Legal Partnership, which will provide on-site access to legal services for people living with HIV/AIDS. The program provides training to medical personnel to enable them to refer patients for legal assistance that is often needed to address housing and employment discrimination. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516943 Media Alerts 2147516943 Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 The Band Perry shook Jackson's Thalia Mara Hall on Sunday evening with a roaring country concert to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research at UMMC’s Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516939 Press Releases 2147516939 Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Not so long ago when she was a cheerleader in college, Jennifer Kennedy performed a no-handed back flip during the halftime routine of a basketball game and broke her prosthetic leg. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516581 Centerview 2147516581 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 When Julie Evers Crump was about five months’ pregnant, a physician solemnly ushered her into a private room with two chairs and a box of Kleenex. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516586 Centerview 2147516586 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Michelle Palokas, inpatient clinical director at Batson Children’s Hospital, recalls going into a patient’s room as a staff nurse and being stumped when the patient’s family asked when the patient’s MRI was scheduled. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516584 Centerview 2147516584 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 The growing obesity crisis means pregnant mothers will more often run up against increasingly severe complications, leaving doctors, especially in rural areas, to transfer women to tertiary-care centers like the University of Mississippi Medical Center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516592 Centerview 2147516592 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 TIME magazine has named HIV specialist Dr. Hannah Gay, associate professor of pediatrics, to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, the 2013 TIME 100. Gay is the first UMMC faculty member to make the list. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516594 Centerview 2147516594 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Perched on the eve of retirement, Ann Gordon is excited about her department’s future. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516589 Centerview 2147516589 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: A symposium on congenital heart disease hosted by the Children’s Heart Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
  http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516128 Media Alerts 2147516128 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Batson Children’s Hospital’s congenital heart surgery program recently completed its 1,000th operation on four-month-old McKinley Davis of Waynesboro, who was released late yesterday. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147516003 Press Releases 2147516003 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – More than 100 people are registered to attend the annual meeting of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS), hosted this week, and for the first time, by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515994 Press Releases 2147515994 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Ceremony of Thanksgiving for Anatomical Donors http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515921 Media Alerts 2147515921 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi has one of the highest smoking rates in the nation, with 26 percent of its residents lighting up regularly. But even non-smokers should be aware of the warning signs for oral cancer. For that reason, physicians and dentists at the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Oral Oncology Clinic urge everyone to take advantage of the free oral screenings to be on Monday, April 22, and Tuesday, April 23, as part of Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515729 Press Releases 2147515729 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – TIME named HIV specialist Dr. Hannah Gay, UMMC associate professor of pediatrics, to the 2013 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515660 Press Releases 2147515660 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 A study in Jackson-area African-Americans found a correlation between weight and chronic kidney disease in obese men but not in the same category of women. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515538 Centerview 2147515538 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Zero to 60 in three seconds.That phrase usually applies only to the fastest cars in the world. But it also fits the warp-speed growth and success of Batson Children’s Hospital’s congenital heart surgery program. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515536 Centerview 2147515536 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Michelle Owens’ new home in Jackson is loaded with the standard features of a typical Habitat house – one of at least 556 built since the founding of Habitat for Humanity/Metro Jackson in 1986. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515523 Centerview 2147515523 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 The School of Dentistry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center will all but close down later this month when all of its 140 students and many faculty and staff members swap the school’s classrooms and clinics for a chance to provide free services to thousands of Mississippians who are living in pain from untreated dental conditions. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515537 Centerview 2147515537 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 The University Transplant Guild will host its fourth annual “Day at the Derby” fund-raiser to benefit University transplant patients from 4-10 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the Cotton Market Venue. Tickets cost $75 each and include food and drink. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515542 Centerview 2147515542 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. Robert (Bob) Dye Sloan, first chairman and head professor of the Department of Radiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, died April 3 in Medford, Ore. He was 95. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515541 Centerview 2147515541 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. LouAnn Woodward, associate vice chancellor for health affairs and vice dean of the School of Medicine, has been appointed to the nationally recognized accrediting body for U. S. and Canadian medical schools. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515540 Centerview 2147515540 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Personal advice from a three-time Grammy Award winner has helped Dr. Bettina M. Beech keep a healthy perspective on one of Mississippi’s most difficult challenges. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515539 Centerview 2147515539 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. LouAnn Woodward, the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s associate vice chancellor for Health Affairs, has been appointed to the nationally recognized accrediting body for U.S. and Canadian medical schools. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515238 Press Releases 2147515238 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – With the recent discovery of 66 unidentified graves at the former site of a mental institution, Mississippi State University, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and others are working together to lay bare a chapter of the state’s buried past. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147515007 Press Releases 2147515007 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: American Idol alum and Mississippi native Jasmine Murray will perform for and visit with patients.   http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514841 Media Alerts 2147514841 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – When Jennifer Wahnee Sherman entered Mississippi State University about 20 years ago, more people lived in her residence hall than in her hometown. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514839 Press Releases 2147514839 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 A compound in blueberries – pterostilbene – helps keep prostate cancer tumors from growing and spreading in mice, researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center reported in a paper published last month. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514816 Centerview 2147514816 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Mable Daniels’ great-grandmother was a patient in the State Insane Asylum about a century ago when she was laid to rest on the asylum grounds – before her family knew she had died. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514803 Centerview 2147514803 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Jackson-area teenagers who might typically avoid visiting the doctor will have a new teen-friendly option to address their health-care needs when the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing’s teen clinic opens later this month. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514817 Centerview 2147514817 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Participants in The Color Me Rad 5K, part of the Zippity Doo Dah Weekend March 23 in Jackson’s Fondren neighborhood, celebrate after the race in all their kaleidoscopic glory. Proceeds from the weekends festivities benefitted Batson Children’s Hospital. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514822 Centerview 2147514822 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Al Faulk, director of information technology solution strategies, interviews his son, Charlie, a former patient at the Batson Children’s Hospital, during the Mississippi Miracles Radiothon in the BCH lobby. The radiothon, which took place Feb. 27- March 1, raised more than $400,000. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514821 Centerview 2147514821 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 This spring, students at the University of Mississippi Medical Center will be forced to make some difficult life-altering decisions. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514819 Centerview 2147514819 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 In an operation that gave a Jackson mother a new chance at life, a team at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in March successfully completed the state’s first liver transplant in 22 years. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514818 Centerview 2147514818 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Fourth-year medical student Renaldo Williams announces his residency match to Vanderbilt in general surgery while an eager crowd of parents, student, spouses and families look on during the Medical Center’s Match Day 2013 ceremony March 15 at the downtown Marriott. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514820 Centerview 2147514820 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Founding of Mississippi’s chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America in cooperation with the Children’s Justice Center at UMMC. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147514697 Media Alerts 2147514697 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – A laptop computer missing from a University of Mississippi Medical Center clinical area has prompted UMMC officials to issue notice of a breach of patient health and personal information. 
 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147513508 Press Releases 2147513508 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Telehealth Project is set for a major expansion, thanks to a $450,000 grant from the Delta Regional Authority. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147513030 Centerview 2147513030 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 In the middle of a global media tornado of interest surrounding Dr. Hannah Gay’s functional curing of an HIV-infected child, the quiet, thoughtful Mississippi pediatrician never faltered. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147513015 Centerview 2147513015 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 After 13 years of working as a dental hygienist, Susan Hicks of Tupelo decided to shift gears and pursue a new career in teaching. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147513018 Centerview 2147513018 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 It was three years of high cholesterol that started everything. Rod Simmons visited his family physician in 2009, and when the test results came back showing his numbers were up for the third year in a row, he got a chiding from the doctor. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147513023 Centerview 2147513023 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 She didn’t break away from her boyfriend until after he broke her teeth, pulled her hair and forced her into his car, where he kept a gun. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147513021 Centerview 2147513021 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – In an operation that gave a Jackson mother a new chance at life, a team at the University of Mississippi Medical Center earlier this month successfully completed the state’s first liver transplant in 22 years. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147513101 Press Releases 2147513101 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: UMMC’s first liver-transplant recipient in 22 years will discuss her experience along with Medical Center transplant team members. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147513038 Media Alerts 2147513038 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Employees from SouthGroup Insurance recently presented $23,000 to Friends of Children’s Hospital’s chairman of the board, Sara Ray, second from right and past president, Jackie Petrus, third from right. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147513004 Press Releases 2147513004 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi music lovers will have a unique opportunity to hear one of country’s music’s hottest bands and support Alzheimer’s research at what’s expected to be a sold-out concert on May 5. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147512981 Press Releases 2147512981 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – A team of HIV experts from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School describe the first case of a so-called “functional cure” in an HIV-infected infant. The finding, the investigators say, may help pave the way to eliminating HIV infection in children. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147512421 Press Releases 2147512421 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Radio stations from across central Mississippi are joining forces for the 12th annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon. The event benefits Batson Children’s Hospital. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147512094 Media Alerts 2147512094 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Scientists analyzing a gene linked to obesity and diabetes found that people with certain variants experienced more cognitive decline in middle age. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147512124 Centerview 2147512124 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Inside the new home of the Lakeland Family Medicine Center, none of the doors stick open. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147512099 Centerview 2147512099 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Take a moment to think about what’s in your medicine cabinet. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147512127 Centerview 2147512127 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 23rd annual Taste of the U was held on February 23, at the Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center and grossed $52,000 for the UMMC Alliance. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147512126 Centerview 2147512126 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Before it was ever a place to Christopher Burney, Mississippi was a sound. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147512125 Centerview 2147512125 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Second-year dental student Hilary Sartain is coated by her fiancée, Dr. Alan Grimm, during the School of Dentistry Class of 2015 American College of Dentists White Coat Ceremony Feb. 22 at the Norman C. Nelson Student Union. The coats are presented to the students during their third-year transition from pre-clinical to clinical studies, when they see patients chairside. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147512128 Centerview 2147512128 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Food, drinks and costumes from far-flung volcanic islands to nearby Louisiana swamps will transform the Jackson Medical Mall into a massive multi-theme party and fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 23 during the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s annual Taste of the U. (Download High Resolution Image) http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511760 Press Releases 2147511760 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: The 5th Annual SouthGroup Insurance Make A Difference 5K Run/Walk and One-Mile Kids Fun Run http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511586 Media Alerts 2147511586 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT:  Miss Mississippi Marie Wicks will visit Batson Children’s Hospital patients during the annual Valentine’s Day Party. 
 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511297 Media Alerts 2147511297 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Teams at the University of Mississippi Medical Center transplanted a record 103 kidneys last year, a figure they could surpass in 2013 even while preparing to restart liver transplantations following a 22-year hiatus. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511095 Press Releases 2147511095 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. Ralph Didlake was on call the day police let him inside the smoke-filled office of his colleague, shortly after her estranged husband had broken in and shot her to death. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511252 Centerview 2147511252 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Teams at the University of Mississippi Medical Center transplanted a record 103 kidneys last year, a figure they could surpass in 2013 even while preparing to restart liver transplantations following a 22-year hiatus. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511288 Centerview 2147511288 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Two scientific journals are publishing Festschrift editions to honor Dr. Julius Cruse in recognition of his 47 years of contributions to immunopathology and his role as mentor to scores of students, faculty and colleagues. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511277 Centerview 2147511277 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 As pediatric pulmonary and surgical physicians for close to 80 years combined at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Dr. Richard and Dr. Suzanne Miller helped train hundreds of physicians and improve the lives of thousands of Mississippi children. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511281 Centerview 2147511281 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 During a lull between pint-sized patients, third-year dental student Adriane White and second-year dental student Hilary Sartain paused to catch their breath. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511287 Centerview 2147511287 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 On what would appear to be a normal workday in a typical office environment, employees are just settling into their regular job routines when they are abruptly interrupted by the unthinkable. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147511286 Centerview 2147511286 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT:  For the eighth consecutive year IHOP will host National Pancake Day benefitting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals of which Batson Children’s Hospital is apart. IHOP restaurants will offer each guest a free short stack of their famous buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147510274 Media Alerts 2147510274 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. Jonathan S. Jones, assistant professor of emergency medicine, has been elected as an at-large member to the American Academy of Emergency Medicine’s Young Physicians Section Board of Directors. He will serve on the board for one year. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147510004 Press Releases 2147510004 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: An estimated 1,100 children from Dawson, Galloway and Walton elementary schools in Jackson will receive free dental care as part of Give Kids a Smile Day, an annual event providing dental services to children from underserved communities. The event is part of the Give Kids a Smile National Children’s Access Day, founded by the American Dental Association. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509881 Media Alerts 2147509881 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 A new medical device now being used at the University of Mississippi Medical Center promises to keep athletes with certain shoulder separations on the playing field. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509792 Centerview 2147509792 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. Makram Ebeid and a team at UMMC recently performed two catheterized heart-repair procedures that streamed live to an international conference. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509805 Centerview 2147509805 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Rhonda Hale always took her keen vision for granted, but last summer, her whole world fell out of focus. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509811 Centerview 2147509811 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Thousands of Mississippi children and adolescents coping with behavioral and mental health issues need help, and they need it quickly. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509807 Centerview 2147509807 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 For four months, wherever Abby Blackburn took her 1-year-old son, Miller, people stared at him and his little blue helmet. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509809 Centerview 2147509809 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 After you follow our Instagram account, be sure to mention us in the photo description or comment section on your UMMC-related photos. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509813 Centerview 2147509813 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 A rare winter storm reached the Medical Center Jan. 17, blanketing the campus with snow.  For more photos of the wintry weather visit our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ummc1. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509812 Centerview 2147509812 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: D.J. Gregory from the Walking for Kids charity will present $25,000 to Batson Children’s Hospital http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509722 Media Alerts 2147509722 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Employees of the Members Exchange Federal Credit Unions in Ridgeland, Clinton and Pearl present Dr. Rick Barr, Suzan B. Thames Professor and Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, third from right, with a $2,014.44 check to help Batson Children’s Hospital. The money was raised through candy sales at each of the branches throughout 2012. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509586 Press Releases 2147509586 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 MEDIA ALERT:  Babalu and Table 100 donate $4,253 to Friends of children’s hospital http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509520 Media Alerts 2147509520 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. Makram Ebeid and a team at the University of Mississippi Medical Center performed two catheterized heart-repair procedures on Monday telecast live to an international conference. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509210 Press Releases 2147509210 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT:  Two Jackson Preparatory School juniors who raised funds with a 5k race, Pounding the Pavement for a Cure, will make a donation to the UMMC Cancer Institute for cancer research.   http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509143 Media Alerts 2147509143 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: A UMMC pediatric interventional cardiologist will perform two live procedures in Jackson that will be televised to the Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiology Symposium in Miami. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147509087 Media Alerts 2147509087 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Despite rising asthma rates nationally, Dr. Gailen Marshall believes a cure could be less than a lifetime away. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508836 Centerview 2147508836 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 As third-year medical student Bradley Deere helped mark the symbolic groundbreaking for UMMC’s new School of Medicine, he admitted in front of God, the governor and everybody that he was a “little jealous.” http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508818 Centerview 2147508818 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 A new Web-based application now being deployed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center promises to be a one-stop shop for the retrieval of historical (pre-Epic) patient data. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508835 Centerview 2147508835 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Mississippi’s health challenges, including access to medical care, are well documented. The Pediatric Specialty Outreach Clinics, a cooperative new partnership between the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Hattiesburg Clinic, offer a way to meet that challenge. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508831 Centerview 2147508831 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 On a soggy morning in December, nurse practitioner Kathy Rhodes and registered nurse Kayla Logan are treating a steady stream of runny-nosed preteens. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508833 Centerview 2147508833 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 As a cold rain beat on the window, Catherine Terhune savored the warmth and weight of her daughter’s body against her chest, enjoyed the slow, raspy music of her baby’s breathing that beat out the rhythm of another miracle. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508834 Centerview 2147508834 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 With the help of Nickelodeon star SpongeBob SquarePants, BankPlus presented a check for $148,785.40 to Friends of Children’s Hospital, representing the first year’s proceeds from the bank’s Friends of Children’s Hospital CheckCard program. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508321 Press Releases 2147508321 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Governor Phil Bryant, University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones and other state and local dignitaries unveiled plans and broke ground today on a $63 million building that will permit larger class sizes at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508240 Press Releases 2147508240 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Gov. Phil Bryant, University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones and other state and local dignitaries to reveal plans and break ground for a new University of Mississippi School of Medicine building. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508074 Media Alerts 2147508074 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Blues Marathon runners participating in a study of the effects of marathon training stress on the immune system will come in for a final clinical visit before the race. As well, Dr. Krissy Rehm, the study’s principal investigator, will discuss how stress may contribute to an individual’s susceptibility to colds, flu, allergy flare ups and other health issues. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147508033 Media Alerts 2147508033 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: The University Rehabilitation Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center will host a tour and presentation by three marathoners with spinal cord injuries who plan to kick off a campaign to race in 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 weeks, starting with the Mississippi Blues Marathon on Saturday. The athletes will give a brief presentation and visit with rehab patients at the center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507983 Media Alerts 2147507983 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – The MIND Center continued moving ahead in 2012, adding faculty and technology, and strengthening strategic partnerships, according to MIND Center Director Dr. Thomas H. Mosley Jr. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507692 Press Releases 2147507692 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – A sleep study by University of Mississippi Medical Center researchers beginning next week in up to 1,200 African-Americans promises to deepen knowledge about how sleep disorders may contribute to cardiovascular and other diseases. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507550 Press Releases 2147507550 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Members of Mississippi Highway Patrol will deliver toys collected in a state-wide drive to Batson Children’s Hospital. The toys, which were collected from more than 50 drop-off points in 43 Mississippi communities, will be given to patients in the hospital during the holidays. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507292 Media Alerts 2147507292 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Walmart Transportation will deliver a tractor-trailer filled with toys to Batson Children’s Hospital. 
 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507203 Media Alerts 2147507203 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A sleep study of 1,200 African-Americans begun this fall by University of Mississippi Medical Center researchers promises to deepen knowledge about how sleep disorders may contribute to cardiovascular and other diseases. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507085 Centerview 2147507085 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Tears filled Olevia Williams’ eyes as Jacob Partlow, her 12-year old son, walked onto Hollingsworth Field at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507084 Centerview 2147507084 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The last time Mohammad Ali took a jab at someone, he used a needle. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507086 Centerview 2147507086 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The inability of health-care professionals to understand and appropriately respond to a radically contrasting culture can have dire consequences on the quality of care they can provide. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507056 Centerview 2147507056 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Members of the School of Health Related Professions Associated Student Body hosted their annual toy drive Dec. 3 to benefit Batson Children’s Hospital patients. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507088 Centerview 2147507088 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The Batson Light-A-Light for Children was held December 4, at the Batson Children's Hospital. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507087 Centerview 2147507087 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 With Hurricane Sandy churning toward the eastern seaboard in October, Dr. Carl Mangum got the call to deploy with the Tennessee-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team and fly to Maryland to assist storm evacuees. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147507082 Centerview 2147507082 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Video commentary on bicycle-related injuries from Dr. Richard Summers, professor and chair of Emergency Medicine at UMMC. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506995 Media Alerts 2147506995 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT:  Cisco Systems’ annual “Santa Connection Program” will enable Batson Hospital patients to remotely connect and communicate with Santa using Cisco’s video collaboration technologies. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506976 Media Alerts 2147506976 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Parents with young athletes at risk for head injuries can now take advantage of a new type of concussion test offered at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506802 Press Releases 2147506802 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Batson Children’s Hospital will celebrate the holidays at its 23rd annual Light-a-Light ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. in the Batson Children’s Hospital lobby at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506688 Media Alerts 2147506688 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. Scott Stringer of Ridgeland, UMMC chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, assumed the presidency of the Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology (AADO) on Nov. 4. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506301 Press Releases 2147506301 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The 2013 Taste committee is seeking chef teams to participate in the annual Taste of the U, the major fund-raiser for the UMMC Alliance, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506243 Centerview 2147506243 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The explosive pace of technology is giving scientists insight into how tiny disease-causing bacteria mutate and spread on local, nationwide and worldwide scales. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506238 Centerview 2147506238 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Second-year dental student Trevor Tindle has a lot in common with her mother, Dr. Raanne Ray Tindle of Cleveland. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506227 Centerview 2147506227 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The photographs are horrifying. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506239 Centerview 2147506239 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The election of medical student Leland Husband to a prominent leadership position will help generate national recognition for his school and, he hopes, new ideas for improving health care for his state. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506242 Centerview 2147506242 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 When recent data from the intensive care unit indicated a spike in catheter-associated urinary tract infections, a potential solution to preventing this type of infection for patients at the University of Mississippi Medical Center came from a once-overlooked source. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506241 Centerview 2147506241 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 More than 15,000 people live in Tallahatchie County. Three of them are doctors. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506240 Centerview 2147506240 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Jackson Free Clinic reopening, open house, tour and interviews with student leaders
 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506101 Media Alerts 2147506101 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Medical students participating in Movember will show off their outlandish mustaches, groomed as a part of the national campaign to raise money and awareness for the men’s health issues of prostate and testicular cancers. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147506021 Media Alerts 2147506021 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: UMMC prostate cancer expert Dr. Srinivasan Vijayakumar, professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, will lead a tour of the department’s treatment areas and be available for interviews as part of the department’s public outreach during National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505969 Media Alerts 2147505969 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Special guests from Disney On Ice presents Treasure Trove will visit Batson Children’s Hospital patients during a meet and greet and Disney “tea party.” 
 
 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505944 Media Alerts 2147505944 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – The Kohl’s department store in Flowood recently donated $23,766 to the Batson Children’s Hospital’s Safety and Community Outreach program. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505458 Press Releases 2147505458 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The Friday afternoon multiple sclerosis clinics that Dr. Robert Herndon and two postdoctoral fellows ran during the late 1970s and early ‘80s grated them like a rasp. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505441 Centerview 2147505441 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Carson Pouncey of Brandon was “trapped” inside an earthquake-in-a-box. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505423 Centerview 2147505423 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Brooke Matherne had just enrolled in the Radiologic Technology Program at Delgado Community College in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina raged ashore in August 2005, displacing Matherne and her family. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505440 Centerview 2147505440 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Recent media scrutiny of the potential impact of the federal government’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on Mississippi hospitals has shined a spotlight on 30-day readmission rates for Medicare patients throughout the state. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505439 Centerview 2147505439 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Mary Ellis Cravey, 10, checks out her freshly painted face during the Batson Children’s Hospital annual Fall Carnival Oct. 31 at the Batson/Wiser courtyard. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505442 Centerview 2147505442 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 UMMC’s annual service organization donation drive is November 5-16. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505443 Centerview 2147505443 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Cystic Fibrosis Education Day is Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Jackson Medical Mall and is free to patients and families affected by the disease. The half-day continuing education program is also for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists and other health-care providers who are new to treating the disease or who need more information on caring for people suffering from cystic fibrosis. Numerous talks, discussions and panels will cover topics including the latest treatments and therapies, adult and pediatric CF care, reproduction, lung transplantation, resilience and more. The program starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 1:30 p.m.“We want to make every effort to educate everyone involved with CF patients to achieve the best possible care. This day will help boost center efforts in unveiling the mysteries of CF and replace fear with hope for our CF patients and families,” Dr. Nauman Chaudary, UMMC assistant professor of pulmonology.“We’re having a celebratory theme to mark the development of new drugs that act on the basic defect in CF and seem to improve the key manifestations of this disease. We want to share with our patients and families the success stories from the UMMC CF center and what to expect in future. This meeting also provides opportunities for families to network and share their experiences.”Cystic Fibrosis Education Day will be held at the UMMC Conference Center at the Jackson Medical Mall, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Dr. in Jackson. The Conference Center is on the mall’s northwest side.All attendees, including patients and families, must preregister. To register for the event, call (601) 984-1300, email Brea Cole at cbcole@umc.edu or visit http://conted.umc.edu/documents/cysticfibrosisdayprogram.pdfThe University of Mississippi Medical Center schools of medicine and nursing, and the Division of Continuing Health Professional Education are sponsoring the event. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505047 Press Releases 2147505047 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 MEDIA ALERT – Miss Mississippi and the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile to Visit Children’s Hospital During Fall Carnival 

 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147505031 Media Alerts 2147505031 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: The Great Delta Bear Affair will visit patients and hand out teddy bears named “Blair Bears” as a Theodore Roosevelt look alike and other characters tell the history of the teddy bear.  http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504793 Media Alerts 2147504793 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Central District Commissioner Dick Hall, Southern District Commissioner Tom King, Jerry Long (assistant to Northern District Commissioner Mike Tagert), Executive Director Melinda McGrath, State Maintenance Engineer Celina Sumrall and MDOT Litter Prevention Program Coordinators will present more than 1,000 pairs of socks collected through a sock drive to Children’s Hospital patients. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504790 Media Alerts 2147504790 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Batson Children’s Hospital’s Safety and Community Outreach program, together with Kohl’s and Safe Kids Mississippi will host a helmet and car seat safety check. Kohl’s representatives will also be on-hand to present a $23,766 check to the Safety and Community Outreach program. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504697 Media Alerts 2147504697 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A visit from Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, gave researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center a chance to show how they use tens of millions in yearly grant funding from his agency to help understand diseases, train students and improve human health. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504700 Centerview 2147504700 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 It’s that time again. Time to choose your favorite candidate for the national election and time to choose your favorite charities for the annual UMMCares campaign. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504715 Centerview 2147504715 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. James D. Hardy, professor and chairman of surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center from 1955-87, used the technology of his day to document some of the most important surgeries in UMMC’s history. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504717 Centerview 2147504717 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The story of Martha Patrick’s disease is carved in the landscape of her rust-brown limbs – a ridged, flesh-and-blood geology resembling a bird’s-eye view of the Grand Canyon at sunset. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504716 Centerview 2147504716 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The Alliance is a social and charitable organization that raises funds through multiple yearly events including Taste of the U and spring and fall luncheons. Funds support UMMC patients, students, families, faculty and staff. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504720 Centerview 2147504720 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Patients at Batson Children’s Hospital have one more reason to root for the Rebels and the Bulldogs. At each of the last three home football games at Mississippi State and Ole Miss, the universities will feature the state’s only children’s hospital in a campaign aimed at raising awareness of the hospital’s critical mission and needs. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504719 Centerview 2147504719 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 When Casey Stevens and a group of fellow occupational therapy students left for Haiti in August, they took with them three large suitcases stuffed with a hodgepodge of household things, like shelf liner, pipe insulation and leopard print duct tape. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504718 Centerview 2147504718 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT:  UMMC breast cancer expert Dr. Sophy Mangana will be available for interviews as part of the Department of Radiation Oncology’s public outreach during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month  WHEN:  Tomorrow 9:30-10:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 18 WHERE:  UMMC Department of Radiation Oncology, Jackson Medical Mall. Inside the main mall area on the north end WHY:  Breast cancer kills far too many Mississippi women every year. And unfortunately Mississippi has some of the highest rates nationally for incidence of late-stage breast cancer. But if caught early, breast cancer is quite treatable. These rates can be drastically reduced through awareness, prevention and screenings. Dr. Mangana, assistant professor of radiation oncology, will be available to discuss these topics. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504409 Media Alerts 2147504409 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT:  Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health and former head of the Human Genome Project, and U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran will be available for media interviews. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147504152 Media Alerts 2147504152 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A patent that biochemistry professor Dr. Drazen Raucher received last month represents a major accomplishment in his decade-long development of a cancer-fighting therapy. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147503953 Centerview 2147503953 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 When agitated patients come into emergency departments, many end up physically restrained and over sedated with medications. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147503954 Centerview 2147503954 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Sitting by itself on the edge of campus, removed from the four-hospital complex of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the single-story University Rehabilitation Center is easily overlooked. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147503951 Centerview 2147503951 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A comprehensive review of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s voluntary benefits program by an institutional benefits committee has resulted in unprecedented changes to UMMC employees’ 2013 insurance package. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147503952 Centerview 2147503952 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Facing surgery and hospitalization can be a stressful experience for anyone, especially a child. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147503950 Centerview 2147503950 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 On a recent morning at Batson Children’s Hospital, the sounds of surgery filled Operating Room 6: monitors beeped, a ventilator hissed, suction tubes squished, Tom Petty’s heart broke. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147503941 Centerview 2147503941 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A clinical trial of an experimental therapy that could start accepting patients next year in the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s emergency department may help save critically ill sepsis patients. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502821 Centerview 2147502821 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A crane swinging I-beams into place and a nearly constant blast of construction noise now common at the University of Mississippi Medical Center might make a distracting backdrop outside the window of Dr. Michael Lehman’s temporary office. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502819 Centerview 2147502819 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 If Ervin Fox ran a smoothie stand, he’d offer customers heart-healthy drinks in three sizes: Big Gulp, Middleman and Kiddy. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502816 Centerview 2147502816 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 One night in the middle of summer, Dr. LaDonna Northington found herself indulging in a brownie-ice cream combo when she turned to her Facebook friends for an impromptu intervention. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502818 Centerview 2147502818 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 For some Mississippians, the only thing worse than dying from HIV/AIDS is admitting they have it. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502807 Centerview 2147502807 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Greg Young, right, machinist, receives the flu vaccine from Whitney Melton, PICU nurse, while Ronnie Lindsey, second from left, machinist, receives a flu shot from Leanne Casey, pediatric ER nurse, during the Office of Student/Employee Health’s Campus Flu Blitz. The flu vaccine will be available free to all Medical Center faculty, staff and students this week in the Office of Student/Employee Health. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502822 Centerview 2147502822 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 It may be one of the biggest “Win-Win” relationships in residency training programs today. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502820 Centerview 2147502820 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Alzheimer’s Action Day, featuring a brown bag lunch discussion by Dr. Alexander Auchus, professor and chair of neurology, followed by free ice cream on the Student Union patio. Local Alzheimer’s experts and local caregivers will be available for interview. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502758 Media Alerts 2147502758 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson will formally launch this school year’s Science Training and Enrichment Program (STEP) during the orientation meeting for middle school students enrolled in the UMMC program. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502756 Media Alerts 2147502756 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – The university of Mississippi Medical Center’s enrichment program for middle school students, offered through the Division of Multicultural Affairs, is partnering with the City of Jackson this academic school year to promote the importance of eating healthy in the face of a growing obesity epidemic.Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray, and other community figures will be on hand for orientation day of this school year’s Science Training and Enrichment Program (STEP) on Saturday morning, Sept. 22 at UMMC.Under the guidance of Dr. Gaarmel Funches, Director of Community Education and Outreach in Multicultural Affairs, this year’s STEP program includes about 60 students from JPS, Choctaw Tribal Schools and Humphries County School District in the Mississippi Delta from grades six through eight. The Saturday institute, which meets once a month throughout most of the school year, is designed to provide academic enrichment in the areas of math and science in the form of hands-on interactive activities to develop critical thinking skills and reading comprehension for disadvantaged, underserved students and also to increase their awareness in health careers.“We focus on different organ systems every year,” said Dr. Jasmine Taylor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs. “This year we’re going to learn about the GI system, and we chose that because of the obesity epidemic we are fighting in this state. We know from the statistics how obesity is impacting our children and felt we needed to do something about that. Focusing on the gastrointestinal system will allow us to talk about nutrition and other obesity-related concerns.”Taylor said the focus complimented the mayor’s youth initiative on childhood obesity, making the partnership a natural fit. For that reason, this year’s STEP program is being sponsored in part by the Mayor’s office.STEP is one of many enrichment programs offered by Multicultural Affairs. Other initiatives provide outreach to elementary school students, high school, undergraduate and graduate students. “We’re trying to focus on those areas we feel students in Mississippi have trouble with. We’re still below the national average on math and science. STEP focuses on taking talented students in the 6-8th grades and making sure that they can connect the dots as to why it’s important to study math and science. They get a chance to meet real life people who use those skills day to day in their careers.”Mayor Johnson will formally kick off the 2012-13 school year at 9:00 a.m., Saturday morning in the Classroom Wing on the UMMC campus. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502754 Press Releases 2147502754 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – A form of pterostilbene, a compound found naturally in blueberries, reduces blood pressure in adults, according to results of a clinical trial presented today at the American Heart Association’s 2012 Scientific Sessions on High Blood Pressure Research in Washington, D.C. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502691 Press Releases 2147502691 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Medical Center researchers are exploring how children’s thinking styles, in particular the tendency to interpret situations as threatening, are influenced by their parents as well as their own temperaments. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502682 Press Releases 2147502682 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Mississippi Medical Center put the spotlight on Alzheimer’s disease on Friday, Sept. 21, in an effort to raise awareness about the disease and the importance of research by inviting employees and students to a brown bag lunch presentation and ice cream social as part of national Alzheimer’s Action Day. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502508 Press Releases 2147502508 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Federal-level restructuring of the National Children’s Study will end the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s involvement, meaning the loss of 53 local jobs and non-renewal of a five-year $12.8 million research contract that ends this month. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502188 Press Releases 2147502188 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 University of Mississippi Medical Center researchers are exploring how children’s thinking styles, in particular the tendency to interpret situations as threatening, are influenced by their parents as well as their own temperaments. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147502184 Centerview 2147502184 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT:     19th Annual Good Neighbor Day http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147501771 Media Alerts 2147501771 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Friends of Children’s Hospital, a group of volunteers dedicated to Batson Children’s Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, pledged $2 million Saturday night toward the creation of a new Children’s Heart Center at UMMC.
 
 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147500902 Press Releases 2147500902 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – The Department of Medicine of theUniversity of Mississippi School of Medicine and the Triplett family are proudto announce the endowment of the R. Faser Triplett, Sr., M.D. Chair in Allergyand Immunology. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147500620 Press Releases 2147500620 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Jack Mazurak at (601) 984-1970 or jmazurak@umc.edu. JACKSON, Miss. – Three University of Mississippi students finished a summer biomedical research program at the Medical Center campus in Jackson, presenting their work at a symposium last week.Rhea Kay Rowe [Enlarge Photo], Charles Powell  and Eshan Safaya were among more than 60 undergraduate students who worked in UMMC laboratories over the summer. All three were in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, or SURE, a program sponsored by the UM School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, which is based at UMMC.SURE gives students 10 weeks of hands-on biomedical research, training on basic laboratory techniques and equipment, and Friday lunchtime discussions on career paths by Medical Center faculty and post-doctoral fellows. It also pays a $3,500 stipend.“This is our main recruiting effort for the Graduate School. We put a great deal of effort into making certain that students take away a positive scientific experience,” said Dr. Joey Granger, distinguished professor of physiology and graduate school dean.The program ended Aug. 3 with a half-day symposium where each student presented his or her research in front of the other students, laboratory technicians, mentors and faculty members.Mary Canterbury, SURE program director, said the caliber of students was very high this year and a number of young, scientific minds came away interested in the school’s masters and doctoral programs. Powell, a sophomore exercise science major and fitness buff, worked on a heart-failure project in the laboratory of Dr. George Booz, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology.In the research, Powell used two models, one of a normal cardiovascular system, the other of a system with a certain signaling protein, STAT3, deleted. After creating high blood pressure in both systems, Powell and other researchers in the lab compared outcomes between the two models.During the summer he dove into research publications, reading and deciphering papers to better understand the mechanisms behind the research he was doing. “Really, I wanted to understand the science at a usable level,” Powell said.At the start of her sophomore year, Rowe, a chemistry major from Brandon, thought she might apply to medical school. A year later and with 10 weeks of hands-on research accomplished, she’s now leaning toward graduate school. “I’m interested in the details of science, which I don’t think I would get in medical school,” she said.Working on a kidney disease project with Dr. Stanley Smith, UMMC assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology, Rowe prepared and tested urine samples from about 150 patients. She helped analyze the samples using mass spectrometry then used software to quantify levels of arachidonic acid metabolites. Those quantifications can help researchers identify biomarkers that predict risk factors for chronic kidney disease progression. “It’s been really great and I’ve learned a lot,” Rowe said of her time in the SURE program. “The Friday seminars exposed us to different departments and career possibilities.”Safaya, a first-year pharmacy post-graduate and Jackson native, worked under Dr. Parminder Vig, UMMC professor of neurology, in a laboratory he’s quite familiar with.It was Safaya’s second summer in SURE and his fifth year at UMMC. As a Murrah High School student, he participated in a research program that paired him with Vig.Safaya researched spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), a neurodegenerative disease that degrades Purkinje neurons in the cerebellum and leads to difficulty coordinating motor functions and balance. Safaya and the lab’s scientists analyzed the effectiveness of different peptide-based treatments and how each treatment works different stages of the SCA1 disease. “SURE is a great experience, especially the second time around.  Your mentor seems more confident in your ability and skills and you can jump right into your research. Basically, you get to do things a graduate student does, but in your undergraduate years,” Safaya said.About 64 students participated in undergraduate research activities at UMMC this summer. The SURE program accepted 33 students out of 130 applicants. The remaining 31 students were enrolled in various other summer programs on campus.   For more information on SURE, go to graduate-school.umc.edu/SummerResearch.html http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147500180 Press Releases 2147500180 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Bruce Coleman at (601) 984-4743 or bcoleman@umc.edu <mailto:bcoleman@umc.edu> .Enlarge Photo JACKSON, Miss. – The Board of Directors of the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology elected Dr. Molly S. Clark, assistant professor of family medicine and director of health psychology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, to a four-year term on the board at its July meeting in Washington, D.C. Clark, a Brandon resident, will begin serving on the board on Jan. 1, 2013. The National Register is the largest credentialing organization for psychologists. Created in 1974, the independent, non-profit organization is the leading source of information on nationally credentialed psychologists in health care. Psychologists who are awarded national registrant status have achieved the highest educational and professional standards in health care. “My election to serve on the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology is an honor and a privilege,” Clark said. “The National Register provides distinction to the profession of psychology and value to its community of health service psychologists. “It is my sincere hope that my work with the NR Board will result in the continued growth of the organization and the services provided to psychologists, especially those early in their careers. In addition, I hope to bring a fresh perspective to the mission-driven activities of the National Register, such as creating increased opportunities for licensure mobility, positioning health service psychologists in integrated health-care settings an in state and federal health-care agencies, and marketing psychological services to consumers.” A licensed psychologist who received her Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi, Clark completed the doctoral residency program at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and the health psychology postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Family Medicine at UMMC. After working for several years in primary care at the G. V. “Sonny” Montgomery VA Medical Center, she became director of the health psychology fellowship in the Department of Family Medicine at UMMC. She has a faculty appointment in the Department of Human Behavior and Psychiatry at UMMC and provides direct treatment for patients and consults with Medical Center faculty regarding issues related to behavioral health. She also is involved in training health-care providers to increase collaborative care roles among primary-care providers and psychologists. Recipient of the 2010 Judy E. Hall Early Career Psychologist Award, Clark has been credentialed by the National Register since 2010. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147499702 Press Releases 2147499702 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Patrice Guilfoyle at (601) 815-3940 or pguilfoyle@umc.edu.Photo attached.JACKSON, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Medical Center has named Dr. Moeen Panni professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology. Before joining the medical center, Panni was chair of anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville (UF COM J), chief of anesthesiology at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center and director of the UF COM J anesthesiology residency and obstetric anesthesiology fellowship programs.Panni completed the joint medical school and Ph.D. program at the University of Cambridge, England with a doctorate in neuroscience in 1995. He completed his anesthesiology residency and obstetric anesthesia training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. From 2002-2005, he was an assistant professor and an attending anesthesiologist at Duke University Medical Center.In 2005, he moved to the University of Texas, Houston Medical School where he served as director of obstetric anesthesia and was an associate professor. In 2008, Panni joined the University of Florida at its Jacksonville campus. During his tenure there, he oversaw significant improvements in the department’s financial performance, clinical operating room efficiency and academic standing. Panni has authored a number of publications in the fields of neuroscience and obstetric anesthesia and has won numerous educational awards including the Society of Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology’s (SOAP) Research in Education Award in 2005 and the SOAP 2011 national “Teacher of the Year” award. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147499676 Press Releases 2147499676 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Patients with epilepsy, like those struggling with mental illness, often are stigmatized by a lack of public understanding of the seizure disorder’s symptoms and causes and the physical and emotional toll it takes.Dr. Abuhuziefa Abubakr, professor of neurology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, wants to raise awareness of treatment options that will help patients with epilepsy improve their quality of life and educate the public about the disorder.Abubakr is the new director of UMMC’s Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, the only one of its type in the state. A level 4 designation means the center offers a full-range of treatment options, from medications to surgery, as well as ongoing clinical research to find better treatment solutions.  Abubakr and a team of neurologists, neurosurgeons and other specialists evaluate patients to find the appropriate care in the management of epilepsy in adults and children. Additionally, Abubakr said the center trains the next generation of health-0care providers in epilepsy and neurophysiology.“There is a great opportunity to provide good quality care for patients here,” Abubakr said. “The state is in need of a center of excellence to provide all treatment of epilepsy.”Epilepsy is a condition that produces seizures affecting a variety of mental and physical functions. When a person has two or more unprovoked seizures, they are considered to have epilepsy.A seizure happens when a brief, strong surge of electrical activity affects part or all of the brain, according to the national Epilepsy Foundation. Seizures can last from a few seconds to a few minutes, causing symptoms from convulsions and loss of consciousness to some that are not always recognized as seizures by the person experiencing them or by health-care professionals, such as blank staring, lip smacking or jerking movements of the arms and legs.Tres Townsend, executive director of the Epilepsy Foundation of Mississippi, said educating the public about the disorder is the cornerstone of the organization’s mission. He said some adults mistakenly still have the old belief that a person having a seizure is “possessed,” and children with epilepsy are targets for bullies at school.Townsend said people may be surprised to know that one out of 26 Americans will experience a seizure at some point in his or her life, according to an Institute of Medicine report. She said the dearth of neurologists who specialize in epilepsy is a problem in Mississippi as it is nationwide.“We look forward to working with a facility like UMMC where the level of care is so great,” she said. “We often have patients calling us to find a doctor and it’s nice to have the center.”Abubakr said the condition’s impact on a patient’s quality of life is profound. Epilepsy affects the ability to drive, work independently, conduct personal relationships and learn because of memory difficulties. Sometimes the disorder is inherited and other times it’s the result of brain injury or tumors.The team of epilepsy specialists performs a complete patient evaluation, which includes advanced tests for seizure diagnosis and classifications and whether medication or surgery is the best treatment option. Abubakr’s team also works with female patients who may want to become pregnant. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147499528 Press Releases 2147499528 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Jack Mazurak at (601) 984-1970 or jmazurak@umc.edu.Photo attachedJACKSON, Miss. – A University of Mississippi Medical Center professor of cardiology and Jackson Heart Study researcher will receive a Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers next week, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Dr. Ervin Fox, a University of Mississippi School of Medicine graduate and an 11-year member of the UMMC faculty, was selected for his research into how cardiovascular and vascular structures and their functions relate to disease outcomes, particularly heart disease in African-Americans. He plans on attending the awards ceremony next week in Washington, D.C.“It’s always good to get appreciation for hard work and dedication and it’s good that this brings attention to the research that’s going on here in Jackson,” Fox said.“We have three large cohorts of African-Americans here in Jackson and the opportunities to improve what’s known about cardiovascular disease in African-Americans. That scientific knowledge can often be applied to all groups for better health. It’s imperative that we use our resources to conduct health-disparity research here at UMMC.”Awardees are selected for their pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and their commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education or community outreach.President Barack Obama named Fox as one of 96 recipients on Monday. The awards ceremony is scheduled for July 31 in Washington.“Discoveries in science and technology not only strengthen our economy, they inspire us as a people,” President Obama said. “The impressive accomplishments of today’s awardees so early in their careers promise even greater advances in the years ahead.”The Presidential Early Career Awards embody a national priority of producing scientists and engineers to advance the nation’s goals, tackle grand challenges, and contribute to the American economy. Fox earned a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering in 1989 from Mississippi State University and graduated from the School of Medicine in 1993. He completed an internal medicine residency at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, a general cardiology fellowship at Tulane Medical Center, and a fellowship in clinical and research in echo-cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He since earned a master’s in public health from Harvard University. In his research, Fox, a Clarksdale native, has used data collected from local African-American population-study groups in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC), Genetic Epidemiology Network of Atherosclerosis (GENOA), and Jackson Heart Study (JHS). Last year he received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the clinical and genetic determinates of vascular structure and function and how vascular structure and function relate to disease outcomes. Dr. Herman Taylor, JHS director and principal investigator, said UMMC and the whole state of Mississippi can take great pride in Fox’s designation. “We are proud of Ervin. He is a brilliant example of fine work that the JHS has helped facilitate over the years,” said Taylor, a cardiologist and UMMC professor of medicine. Taylor said JHS has helped researchers’ careers through mentoring, nurturing and providing opportunities to young investigators. “We are working hard to assure the continuation of opportunities such as the ones Ervin has had,” he said.JHS is funded by two NIH institutes, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities."This Presidential Award recognizes the achievements of scientists early in their career who show exceptional potential for leadership in science and technology. Many are currently funded by the National Institutes of Health,” said Dr. Francis S. Collins, NIH director. “These individuals have only recently started research in their fields, and they have the potential for long and productive careers working on discoveries to improve the health of our nation.” Since the Presidential Early Career Awards began in 1996, the NIH has granted funding to 213 recipients of the award. Of this year’s 20 honorees connected to the NIH, 17 are new investigators working at institutions around the nation. The others have positions in the NIH Intramural Programs. The awards, established by President Bill Clinton, are coordinated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President. Recipients of this year’s awards are employed or funded by the following departments and agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Interior, Department of Veteran Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation, which join together annually to nominate the most meritorious scientists and engineers whose early accomplishments show the greatest promise for assuring America’s preeminence in science and engineering and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions.For a list of recipients names and institutions, click here. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147499283 Press Releases 2147499283 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Jack Mazurak at (601) 984-1970 or jmazurak@umc.edu. Photo AttachedJACKSON, Miss. – The Jackson Heart Study moves into its next generation this week with a new feasibility study in children and grandchildren of original JHS participants.The Jackson Heart KIDS Study will officially begin with a ceremony and health fair Wednesday at the Jackson Medical Mall. Researchers plan to enroll about 200 Jackson-area African-American youths ages 12-19 in the year-long study. They will focus on the development of risks for obesity, diabetes and other metabolic conditions.If the feasibility study shows promise, researchers may apply for federal grants to fund a longer-term version.“JHS KIDS would be the first prospective, longitudinal cohort study of African-American youth in the Southern United States to examine sensitive developmental and transition periods and their associations in the development of obesity and metabolic-related risk factors,” said Dr. Warren A. Jones, the new study’s director and head of the University of Mississippi Medical Center Institute for Improvement of Geographic Minority Health.JHS KIDS is funded by a $200,000 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. UMMC and Wake Forest University are collaborating on the study. Dr. Bettina Beech, Wake Forest professor of pediatrics and social sciences & health policy, is the study’s principal investigator.The alarming national rate of childhood obesity prompted researchers planning JHS KIDS to focus on the growing problem.According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 31.9 percent of children and adolescents are overweight and 16.3 percent are obese. Additionally, one in five African-American children is obese, the examination survey found. In the past five years, the number of African-American children with diabetes has increased tenfold. Obesity is a known contributor to chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes. The American Heart Association recommended that obesity and heart-disease studies focus on weight changes over time, especially differences between childhood versus younger and older adult weight gains.  As such, the JHS KIDS is designed to help researchers examine behaviors that may influence obesity and subsequent chronic disease risk among African-Americans. Participants in JHS KIDS will receive a baseline exam and a follow-up at six months. Researchers will sort the data to estimate risk for overweight, obesity and related health problems. The data would also serve as baseline measures for a future, full-scale study. The JHS KIDS kickoff will include a Family Health Fair at the Jackson Medical Mall on July 25 from 10 a.m.  – 2 p.m. A program beginning at noon will feature speakers from the UMMC vice chancellor’s office, the Jackson mayor’s office and the Mississippi governor’s office. WLBT News Anchor Maggie Wade will serve as master of ceremonies.The event will also feature a fitness demonstration for adults and children, and the signing of a charter for the Celebrating African-American Families campaign by pastors from participating churches. Through the health fair, the campaign will recognize the strength, resilience, and importance of African-American families. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147499308 Press Releases 2147499308 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 23rd annual report also names UMMC one of the top-ranked hospitals in Metro JacksonFor more information contact Patrice Guilfoyle at (601) 815-3940 or pguilfoyle@umc.edu.JACKSON, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Medical Center is recognized in the specialties of cancer, nephrology and urology in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings. UMMC was also recognized as one of the best hospitals in the metropolitan Jackson region.UMMC had 22 physicians included on the list of U.S. News Top Doctors, which means they ranked among the top 10 percent of doctors nationally. These doctors span 17 specialty areas and were selected based on a peer nomination process. Of the 22 physicians on the list, eleven of them rank among the top 1 percent in the nation.Janet Harris, interim CEO of University Hospitals and Health System, said she was excited by the recognition. “Our teams have worked together with a continuing focus on quality care and patient outcomes. Our overall goal is to improve the health of all Mississippians and these teams and physicians are rightfully recognized for their outstanding efforts toward this cause,” she said.The hospital rankings, said U.S. News Health Rankings Editor Avery Comarow, are like a GPS-type aid to help steer patients to hospitals with strong skills in the procedures and medical conditions that present the biggest challenges.“All of these hospitals are the kinds of medical centers that should be on your list when you need the best care,” Comarow said. “They are where other hospitals send the toughest cases.”The regional rankings are aimed primarily at consumers whose care may not demand the special expertise found only at nationally ranked hospitals or who may not be willing or able to travel long distances for medical care. The U.S. News metro rankings give many such patients and their families more options of hospitals within their community and in their health insurance network, according to U.S. News. This year’s Best Hospitals, the 23rd annual edition, showcases more than 720 of the nation’s roughly 5,000 hospitals. Fewer than 150 are nationally ranked in at least one of 16 medical specialties. The rest of the recognized hospitals met a standard of performance nearly as demanding in one or more specialties.Hard numbers stand behind the rankings in most specialties—death rates, patient safety, procedure volume and other objective data. Responses to a national survey, in which physicians were asked to name hospitals they consider best in their specialty for the toughest cases, also were factored in. The rankings cover 16 medical specialties and all 94 metro areas that have at least 500,000 residents and at least one hospital that performed well enough to be ranked. The complete rankings and methodology are available at http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals and will also be featured in the U.S. News Best Hospitals guidebook. ####
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 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147499312 Press Releases 2147499312 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 For more information, contact John Clark Packer at (601) 815-7656.WHAT: Select players from the Mississippi State University football, volleyball, soccer and softball teams are coming to visit the patients at Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children.
 http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147498844 Media Alerts 2147498844 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Patrice Guilfoyle at (601) 815-3940 or pguilfoyle@umc.edu.JACKSON, Miss. – The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to the M.D. degree in United States and Canada, has continued accreditation of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine for an eight-year term. The medical school received no citations for noncompliance with accreditation standards, a first for the university and rare across the United States and Canada. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147498782 Press Releases 2147498782 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Patrice Guilfoyle at (601) 815-3940 or pguilfoyle@umc.edu.(Photo attached).  JACKSON, Miss. – Brandon resident Christopher M. Clark, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, was unanimously elected to a three-year term as a student member of the Board of Directors for Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society at the national level. Clark serves as president of UMMC’s AOA chapter. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147498631 Press Releases 2147498631 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Patrice Guilfoyle at (601) 815-3940 or pguilfoyle@umc.eduPhoto attached. JACKSON, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Medical Center has named Dr. Robert Brodell professor and chief of the Division of Dermatology. Prior to joining UMMC, he was in the private practice of dermatology and director of Skin Pathology Services, Inc., an independent certified dermatopathology lab in Warren, Ohio.Licensed in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, Brodell recently left his positions as professor of internal medicine, dermatology section, clinical professor of dermatopathology in pathology, and permanent master teacher at Northeastern Ohio Medical University, as well as his position as associate clinical professor of dermatology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.  He will retain his staff position as instructor in dermatology at University of Rochester School of Medicine.Brodell earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York and completed residency training in dermatology in 1984 and a fellowship in dermatopathology in 1985 at Washington University in St. Louis, where he was also chief resident.He has authored more than 213 articles and one book, “Warts: Diagnosis and Management an Evidence-based Approach,” and has delivered 1,316 invited medical lectures in the past 26 years.  He has been a Director of the American Board of Dermatology for the past decade and is the immediate past president of this organization. He was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147498453 Press Releases 2147498453 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Patrice Guilfoyle at (601) 815-3940 or pguilfoyle@umc.edu. A high-resolution photo can be found here.JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. James Shwayder is the new chair of the University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147498081 Press Releases 2147498081 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Media contact: Jack Mazurak at (601) 984-1970 or jmazurak@umc.edu. High-resolution photos are available here (Lehman, Michael), (Coolen, Lique).JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. Michael Lehman has joined the Medical Center faculty as a professor and chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147498073 Press Releases 2147498073 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500  Media contact: Patrice Guilfoyle at (601) 984-1100 or pguilfoyle@umc.edu.WHAT: The University of Mississippi Medical Center employees celebrate Independence Day. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147497904 Media Alerts 2147497904 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500  Media contact: Patrice Guilfoyle at (601) 815-3940 or pguilfoyle@umc.edu.JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. James E. Keeton, vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, issued the following statement today in light of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling: http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147497900 Press Releases 2147497900 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Mississippi Medical Center, which has the only bone marrow transplant program in the state, will participate in the national Be The Match campaign to improve the number of African American donors. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147497809 Press Releases 2147497809 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 (Enlarge Photo)JACKSON, Miss. – An emergency helicopter trip in May that brought a stroke patient from Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg landed the Clarke County resident the first spot in a clinical trial at the University of Mississippi Medical Center for stem-cell therapy. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147497854 Press Releases 2147497854 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – To mark the 17th National HIV Testing Day, two Mississippi organizations have come together to offer a free HIV screening in Jackson, themed, “Take the Test, Take Control.” http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147497824 Press Releases 2147497824 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 (Enlarge Photo)JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. Shirley Chen has joined the Medical Center faculty as an assistant professor of neurology as a neurocritical care/stroke specialist. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147497499 Press Releases 2147497499 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. Ray J. Rodriguez has joined the Medical Center faculty as an associate professor of pediatrics and a subspecialist in pediatric allergy and immunology. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147496759 Press Releases 2147496759 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Two faculty members and three medical students of the University of Mississippi Medical Center have been selected to participate in the first year of the GE-National Medical Fellowships’ Primary Care Leadership Program (PCLP). The program’s goal is to provide future health-care professionals the opportunity to experience primary care practice in community health centers across the country with the hope of drawing them into primary care. [Enlarge Photo] http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147496746 Press Releases 2147496746 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Friends of Children’s Hospital will receive more than $25,000 raised from the first Rocking for Children’s Hospital Benefit, a fundraiser hosted by singing group Southern Halo in Cleveland, Miss. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147495720 Media Alerts 2147495720 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – The University Comprehensive Stroke Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.  The award recognizes UMMC’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147495717 Press Releases 2147495717 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 (Enlarge Photo)JACKSON, Miss. – Dr. Alan Jones, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has been elected 2012-13 president-elect of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147495703 Press Releases 2147495703 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: A total of 614 students have earned degrees at the University of Mississippi Medical Center this year. University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones and Dr. James Keeton, UMMC vice chancellor for health affairs, will address students and an estimated 3,000 guests at the 56th annual UMMC commencement ceremony for graduating physicians, dentists, nurses, allied health professionals, and graduate students in the health sciences.  http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147495722 Media Alerts 2147495722 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 (Enlarge Photo)JACKSON, Miss. – After his more than two years of service as interim dean, Dr. Gary Reeves has been appointed dean of the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry. The appointment was announced by Dr. James E. Keeton, vice chancellor for health affairs at UMMC. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147494704 Press Releases 2147494704 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 (Enlarge Photo)JACKSON, Miss. – Construction of a new research building, which will include space for start-up biotechnology companies, could start in January 2013. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147494564 Press Releases 2147494564 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 (Enlarge Photo)JACKSON, Miss. – A study of Mississippi youth who deliberately hurt themselves, and one of the first to examine self-harm across several demographics, found behaviors such as hitting, burning, biting, banging and cutting extend to African-American teens, boys in particular. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147494232 Press Releases 2147494232 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – A $150,000 donation today by Health Management Associates Inc. to a fundraising campaign for the Jackson Free Clinic will help double the size of the student-run indigent-care facility.Executives from HMA presented Free Clinic student leaders with the donation during a news conference at the clinic.“Having this opportunity to help the Jackson Free Clinic as they expand their facility is truly an honor for us at Health Management,” said Tim Mitchell, Jackson network CEO for Health Management.  “As a company deeply rooted in Mississippi, we are always looking for ways to offer the best and most accessible health care to the communities we serve. We are grateful that the Jackson Free Clinic has allowed us to be a part of their vision to do the same.”HMA owns five hospitals in the metro area:  Madison River Oaks Medical Center, Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Women’s and River Oaks hospitals, both in Flowood, and Crossgates River Oaks Hospital in Brandon.“We’re elated and so grateful to receive such a large donation to support our campaign and ultimately our patients. With this gift we have met our fundraising goal and additionally established a lasting rapport with an amazing organization, which like us, serves to better the health of Mississippi,” said Bobby Tullos, Jackson Free Clinic director and fourth-year University of Mississippi School of Medicine student.The Jackson Free Clinic currently uses only half the space in the building it owns near the intersection of Fortification Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.The expansion and renovation, scheduled to start in June, will take two-to-three months. The changes will double the usable square footage to 5,152 and provide space for dental, occupational therapy and physical therapy services. As well, the project will:•    Increase the number of examination rooms from five to 10•    Provide a classroom for patient and student education•    Upgrade laboratory facilities•    Increase the waiting room size•    Provide a community conference room•    Upgrade restrooms•    Meet all handicap standards•    Expand diagnostic and volunteer subspecialty services•    Double the number of patients the clinic can seeThe 12-year-old Jackson Free Clinic is a not-for-profit that serves adult patients who don’t have health insurance and can’t otherwise afford care. School of Medicine students staff the clinic under the supervision of licensed physician volunteers from the Jackson community. All the clinic’s services are free.On a yearly budget of about $30,000, the clinic provides examinations, medications, lab work, diagnostic services and health education for patients. While both the clinic’s volunteer base and patient load grew through the past decade, its facilities have not.Through the fundraising campaign, First Choice, Jackson Free Clinic board members had hoped to raise at least $300,000 to cover the cost of construction.“We’ve reached our goal of $300,000, thanks to generous donations from HMA, Medical Center donors and many people in the UMMC and Jackson community,” Tullos said. “We are continuing the campaign to raise funds for equipment, supplies and overhead costs.”Architects Richard McNeel and Melissa Edwards at JBMH Architects in downtown Jackson donated their services to design and plan the renovations.Contractor Ray Floyd of Jackson-based Fountain Construction organized subcontractors and developed an at-cost plan for the construction. The facility will be medical grade and meet all state and federal requirements.The School of Medicine donated $150,000 to the clinic’s campaign in February, funding the school had accrued through undirected donations.“The volunteers at the Jackson Free Clinic provide important services to the community so we’re glad to be a part of their expansion campaign and we are thrilled to see the clinic receive such generous support from our health-care colleagues at Health Management,” said Dr. James Keeton, UMMC vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.At a reception on May 1 to thank numerous community and UMMC donors, students from the physical and occupational therapy programs presented a $50,000 check to the JFC on behalf of the University of Mississippi School of Health Related Professions (SHRP).Both the occupational therapy and physical therapy programs are housed within SHRP. When the renovated clinic reopens, therapy students from those programs will be able to volunteer and get hands-on experience.The Jackson Free Clinic Board is also working toward integrating other UMMC programs including students in SHRP’s Health Informatics and Information Management program and the Schools of Pharmacy and Dentistry.While the construction project is under way, the clinic will continue operations on its normal 11:30 a.m. -4 p.m. Saturday schedule from a temporary location at 809 N. State St. in Jackson. For more information about the Jackson Free Clinic or how to donate, visit www.jacksonfreeclinic.com.  http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147494022 Press Releases 2147494022 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Terry High School student Kaddarius Bullie, who was airlifted to UMMC following a car accident on Tuesday afternoon, has died. Cameron Toney, who was injured in the same accident, remains in good condition. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147494031 Press Releases 2147494031 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 What: Executives from Health Management Associates and its Jackson-area hospitals will present a donation to the student-run Jackson Free Clinic. University of Mississippi Medical Center students will accept the donation.  A photo and B-roll tour of the construction-ready clinic will follow the presentation. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147493937 Media Alerts 2147493937 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – Batson Children’s Hospital is proud to announce Christopher Peña Jr. has been named this year's Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® Mississippi Champion. Christopher will serve throughout 2012 as an ambassador for Batson hospital and all sick and injured children in the state of Mississippi.  http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147493863 Press Releases 2147493863 Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 JACKSON, Miss. – One of the three Pearl Police officers brought to the University of Mississippi Medical Center today has died. The officer’s time of death was 11:56 a.m. The other two officers injured during the incident are in good condition. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147493586 Press Releases 2147493586 Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 What: First-year students at the University of Mississippi Medical Center will gather to honor those who donated their bodies to science. Family members of those who donated their bodies will be in attendance.When: noon, Wednesday, April 25Where: Medical Center CemeteryWhy: Each year, many Mississippians make an extraordinary gift to UMMC by donating their bodies after death to support the education of health professionals. These anatomical donations play a critical role in helping students master the complex anatomy of the human body.Anatomy is one of the most important courses in the education of physicians, dentists, and other health professionals. It serves as a foundation for other disciplines such as physiology, pathology, neurology, and surgery.Note: If you intend to cover this ceremony, please contact Matt Westerfield at (601) 984-1100. Due to limited parking near the cemetery, parking in the Public Affairs lot may be required. If needed, shuttle service-a short distance to the ceremony site-will be provided.  http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147493181 Media Alerts 2147493181 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Mississippi has one of the highest smoking rates in the nation, with 26 percent of its residents lighting up regularly. But even non-smokers should be aware of the warning signs for oral cancer. For that reason, physicians and dentists at the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Oral Oncology Clinic urge everyone to take advantage of the free oral screening to be held April 27 as part of Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147493200 Press Releases 2147493200 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A two day conference at the University of Mississippi Medical Center Cancer Institute is bringing together scientists and physicians from nine Southeastern U.S. centers to improve cancer research by designing population studies and drug clinical trials that include minorities and by building tissue banks that better represent the region’s diversity. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147493163 Press Releases 2147493163 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 As it marks its two-year anniversary this month, the congenital heart surgery team at Batson Children’s Hospital has reason to celebrate. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147493166 Press Releases 2147493166 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 What: A two-day conference at the UMMC Cancer Institute will bring together scientists and physicians from nine Southeastern U.S. centers to continue their work in improving cancer research.When: Opening session, 1 p.m. Monday, April 23 *NOTE* B-roll tour of the Cancer Institute imaging facilities 11 a.m.Where: Jackson Medical Mall – UMMC conference room, Livingston Road entranceWhy: The consortium’s nine members, which represent five states and Puerto Rico, are collaborating to design population studies and drug clinical trials that include minorities, and to build tissue banks that better represent the region’s diversity. Research that more accurately reflects the genomics of different racial and ethnic groups will likely lead to more effective cancer treatments. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147493046 Media Alerts 2147493046 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. J. Preston Parry, a specialist in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, will lead a fertility seminar at University Physicians – Women’s Specialty Care at Mirror Lake on Thursday, April 26 from 6-7:30 p.m.  Parry will present, “Fertility Made Simple: Success, Safety and Financial Efficiency.” The seminar will address several issues, including normal fertility, how to test for infertility, how to increase chances for pregnancy and how to reduce the risk for multiples.   http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147492716 Press Releases 2147492716 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Myrna Ellen Alexander Nickens, the first female interventional cardiologist in Mississippi, has joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center faculty as an associate professor of medicine. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147492673 Press Releases 2147492673 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 What: The National Weather Service will announce that it has given its official StormReady Community designation to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. UMMC is the first health-care institution in the state – and only the second in the Southeast – to receive the classification.Who: Representatives scheduled to speak at the conference include:Jonathan Wilson, UMMC director of emergency servicesStephen Wilkinson, NWS forecast office warning coordination meteorologistAlan Gerrard, NWS Jackson meteorologist-in-chargeWhen: The media conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17.Where: The media conference is scheduled for the second-floor conference center at the Norman C. Nelson Student Union on UMMC’s main campus.Why: A program started in 1999 in Tulsa, Okla., StormReady helps provide the communication and safety skills communities need to save lives and property before and during weather-related events. According to the National Weather Service, StormReady communities are better prepared to save lives from the onslaught of severe weather through advanced planning, education and awareness.The Medical Center hosts Mississippi MedCom, a 24/7 statewide communications center, boasts  robust weather monitoring systems and maintains a contract with Schoolcast, a messaging system that can provide near-instantaneous communication over a variety of devices, such as mobile phones or computers – all factors which were considered for the StormReady designation. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147492526 Media Alerts 2147492526 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 What: American Idol alum and Mississippi native Jasmine Murray will visit the Batson Children’s Hospital.When: Friday, April 13, 11:30 a.m.Where: Lobby of the Batson Children’s Hospital  Why: Jasmine, wanting to give back to her home state, chose Mississippi’s only children’s hospital to share her vocal talents and brighten the day of Batson patients. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147492344 Media Alerts 2147492344 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 WHAT: Students and faculty members from the UMMC School of Nursing will provide free information on blood pressure, stroke prevention and nutrition to residents of the midtown Jackson community on the Millsaps College campus.WHEN: 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Friday, April 13WHERE: Millsaps College, West Street lawn (enter from the Riverside Street entrance)WHY: The School of Nursing's UNACARE clinic has become a medical home for many residents of Jackson's midtown neighborhood. Faculty members and students who serve in the clinic, which is located near Millsaps College, organized the health fair as part of an on-going effort to reach out to the community. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147492260 Media Alerts 2147492260 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 What: The 5th Annual Mississippi Stampede Car and Truck Show gives performance and classic car and truck enthusiasts a chance to give back to charity organizations.When: Saturday, April 7 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Where: Gray Daniels Ford in BrandonWhy: The event is sponsored by the Living Legends Mustang Club, Gray Daniels Auto, Rankin County Hotrods and OTRacing.net. Admission is free. Last year, the event raised $1,000 for Batson Children’s Hospital and included 75 Ford cars and trucks from all over Mississippi with more than 300 spectators. This year’s show has expanded to all makes and models of cars and trucks. For additional information on the 5th Annual Mississippi Stampede Car and Truck Show visit www.facebook.com/living.legends.mustang.club http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147491776 Media Alerts 2147491776 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 What: Mississippi’s First Lady, Deborah Bryant, will visit with the patients at Batson Children’s Hospital.When: Thursday, April 5, at 10:30 a.m.Where: Batson Children’s Hospital http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147491740 Media Alerts 2147491740 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 What: In honor of National Doctors’ Day, the Mississippi State Medical Association Alliance members are hosting a reception to honor pediatric cardiologists and the Children’s Heart Center at Batson Children’s Hospital.Who: The featured speaker of the evening is House Member and Chairman of the Public Health & Welfare Committee, the Honorable Sam Mims of McComb, who represents District 97. Other speakers include Dr. Owen B. Evans, former chair of pediatrics at UMMC, Dr. Marc Mitchell, chair of surgery at UMMC, Dr. Rick Barr, chair of pediatrics at UMMC, as well as past and current parents and patients of Batson Children’s Hospital.When:  Friday, March 30, at 7 p.m.Where: Table 100 restaurant in Flowood http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147491642 Media Alerts 2147491642 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. James Martin, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has been named co-chair of the National Advisory Workgroup to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Medicaid/CHIP recipients. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147491576 Press Releases 2147491576 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500  Members of the National Junior Honor Society at Jackson Preparatory School recently presented more than 3,000 books to the Eli Manning Children’s Clinics at Batson Children’s Hospital. The books were collected as part of a service project for the group. They will be used as part of the Reach Out and Read program at the clinics. The nationwide program promotes early literacy and school readiness by giving new, age-appropriate books to children at all well-child checkups. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147491661 Press Releases 2147491661 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 University of Mississippi Medical Center now offers a procedure that helps physicians better diagnose Parkinson’s disease. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147491572 Press Releases 2147491572 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Curious George will visit patients at Children’s Hospital as they celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  Malcolm White, Director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, co-owner of Hal & Mal's and founder of the Mal’s St. Paddy’s Parade, will join us as celebrity reader for the patients. Malcolm will read Curious George by H. A. Rey, whose illustrations are currently featured at the Mississippi Museum of Art. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147491110 Media Alerts 2147491110 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Radio stations from the Jackson and Meridian areas concluded their 11th annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon last week raising $381,329 for Batson Children's Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Jackson stations Y 101.7, US 96.3 and Mix 98.7 spent three days broadcasting live from the lobby of the Batson Hospital, while Meridian stations 97 OKK, 105.7 The Beat, Kiss 104 and Q101 broadcasted from Meridian. Hosts interviewed current and former patients and their families and hospital staff who care for them, asking listeners to call in pledges to benefit the hospital. The money will be used to fund equipment, research and programs that ensure the hospital is able to provide the most advanced level of medical care for Mississippi's children.More than 1,000 listeners called in during the broadcast to pledge their support and share stories of their own experiences at Batson Children's Hospital.A video about the event can be found at www.youtube.com/batsonhospital. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147490712 Press Releases 2147490712 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 For the seventh consecutive year IHOP will host National Pancake Day benefitting Batson Children's Hospital. IHOP restaurants will offer each guest a free short stack of their famous buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children's Miracle Network. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147490190 Media Alerts 2147490190 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Radio stations from the Jackson and Meridian areas will join forces this week to hold the 11th annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon beginning Wednesday, February 29, and continuing through Friday, March 2, from 6 a.m. - 7 p.m. The Radiothon benefits the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147490165 Press Releases 2147490165 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500  The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy celebrated the completion of a new education and research building on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center with a dedication ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 23. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147490122 Press Releases 2147490122 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Physicians and dentists at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have developed a multidisciplinary team approach to treating sleep apnea, which they hope will provide patients with an improved quality of life. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147489948 Press Releases 2147489948 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. Daniel Quon, a member of the School of Dentistry's first graduating class in 1979, was named 2011 Alumnus of the Year last spring at the annual Dental Alumni and Friends dinner. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147489951 Press Releases 2147489951 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Mississippi Medical Center will begin work this week on major improvements to its campus. The first phase includes preparation for road construction on campus, the creation of a new campus entrance on Lakeland Drive, and improvements to the Woodrow Wilson entrance that will eventually make it the "front door" to UMMC. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147489411 Press Releases 2147489411 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. Ricky P. Clay, former major in the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps, has joined University of Mississippi Health Care as chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the Medical Center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147489039 Press Releases 2147489039 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Remembrance, a support group for women and men who have experienced the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death, now offers confidential meetings from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month in the University Physicians Pavilion on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The next meeting is set for March 6. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488960 Press Releases 2147488960 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Patients in the early stages of select head and neck cancers have a less-invasive option for surgery through University of Mississippi Health Care. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488962 Press Releases 2147488962 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Employees of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) plan to wow the crowd as they prepare for the 22rd Annual Taste of the U on Feb. 25. UMMC departments and divisions create chef teams, menus and choose a theme, ranging from the Roaring '20s, to Hogwarts, to Mardi Gras and more. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147487997 Press Releases 2147487997 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. A. Wallace Conerly, vice chancellor emeritus for health affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and dean emeritus of the School of Medicine, died today in the UMMC hospital that bears his name. He was 76. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147487999 Press Releases 2147487999 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Mississippians will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear a music icon in one of his final performances and support Alzheimer's research at what's expected to be a sold-out concert next month. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488964 Press Releases 2147488964 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Mississippi Medical Center is reducing the size of its workforce by approximately 115 employees today. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488966 Press Releases 2147488966 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Mississippi State Department of Health are informing nearly 1,500 participants in research studies of a breach of their personal health information. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488974 Press Releases 2147488974 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Mississippi Medical Center and Health Management Associates, Inc., which owns 10 hospitals in Mississippi, have announced that they are exploring a possible affiliation to expand health professions education in the state, enhance the delivery and quality of medical services, and prepare both organizations for a changing national health-care landscape in the years ahead. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488976 Press Releases 2147488976 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Mississippi will host the first adult cystic fibrosis education day for families and patients living with the genetic disease on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the UMMC Conference Center at the Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488978 Press Releases 2147488978 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Batson Children's Hospital today dedicated its new Colonel Harland Sanders Children's Emergency Department and the Selby and Richard McRae Children's Trauma Unit, tripling the treatment area available for the state's only Level 1 pediatric emergency and trauma center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488979 Press Releases 2147488979 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The National Stroke Association selected the University of Mississippi Health Care Multidisciplinary Team as a recipient of the inaugural Raising Awareness In Stroke Excellence (RAISE) Award. The UMHC team, recognized as Outstanding Group, was one of six winners to be honored for their commitment to stroke education. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488982 Press Releases 2147488982 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 University Women's Care is offering childbirth classes in November, beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 in Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488984 Press Releases 2147488984 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Lynn Posey, left, presents a $4,815 donation to Children's Miracle Network Coordinator John Clark Packer, center, for Batson Children's Hospital on behalf of the Mississippi/Alabama Telecommunications Golf Tournament. Also joining the presentation is Jerry Renfroe, executive vice president of Telecommunications Association of the Southeast. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488986 Press Releases 2147488986 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 A study by researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco shows that rats given a popularly prescribed antidepressant during development exhibit brain abnormalities and behaviors characteristic of autism spectrum disorders. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488989 Press Releases 2147488989 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Dr. Sharla Gayle Patterson, who specializes in breast surgery and is fellowship-trained in breast surgical oncology, has earned certification in breast ultrasound from the American Society of Breast Surgeons. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488992 Press Releases 2147488992 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Chart of funds by source (PDF)The record $85 million in grants and contracts that UMMC received in fiscal year 2011 is helping researchers unravel the mysteries of cancer, diabetes and other deadly diseases, paying stipends for students and improving Mississippi’s health-care infrastructure through communication systems and outreach programs. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147488995 Press Releases 2147488995 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Mary Mixon of Terry, assistant administrator for University Hospital and Health System, is the recipient of the ONE Recognition Award presented by the Mississippi Hospital Association. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147489009 Press Releases 2147489009 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 University of Mississippi Health Care received the Supplier Diversity Leadership Award at United Healthcare's annual conference Sept. 22 in Chicago. It marked the first time a UHC-member organization received the award for the development and implementation of an outstanding supplier diversity program. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147489012 Press Releases 2147489012 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The state's only dedicated pediatric heart transplant team has performed the first heart transplant in eight years on 13-year-old Malcolm Jones of Winona. http://www.umc.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147489015 Press Releases 2147489015 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500