Betty "Betty Herrington" H. Melton, MD
Professor
Department:
SOM-Peds-Hematology/Oncology
Email:
bherrington@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5220
Education
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Childrens Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, Clinical Fellowship, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology | 2008 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | 2007 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, Pediatric Residency | 1993 |
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine, MD, Medicine | 1990 |
| University of Mississippi, BA, Biological Sciences | 1985 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Patient Advocacy Reporting System, Messenger Training, UMMC | 05/2017 - Present |
| Certification, Faculty Development, Developing Faculty Competencies in Assessment: A Course to Help Achieve the Goals of Competency Based Medical Education (CBME), Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education | 03/2015 - Present |
| Certification, Conflict of Interest Curriculum | 08/2014 - Present |
| Certification, Good Clinical Practices for Clinical Trials in Investigational Drugs | 08/2014 - Present |
| Re-certification, Board Re-Certification in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics | 07/2013 - 06/2018 |
| Re-certification, Board Re-Certification by the American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics | 07/2013 - 06/2018 |
| Certification, Women in Medicine and Science, Mid-Career Faculty Professional Development, Association of American Medical Colleges | 12/2013 - Present |
| Certification, Millsaps College Else School of Management, Business Advantage Program Certificate, Millsaps College | 12/2011 - Present |
| Certification, Certification, Education in Palliative Care and End of Life Care Oncology, National Cancer Institute | 2006 - Present |
| Certification, Board Certified in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics | 10/1993 - Present |
| DEA, Federal Drug Enforcement Administration Certificate, Federal Drug Enforcement Agency | 1991 - Present |
| Certification, Basic Life Support (continued re-certification), American Heart Association | 1990 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi Board of Registration in Medicine, Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure | 07/1990 - 06/2024 |
| Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (continued re-certification), American Heart Association | 1990 - Present |
| Certification, Board Certified in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics | 03/2009 - 03/2016 |
| Certification, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative-Program in the Protection of Human Research Subjects, University of Miami | 09/2013 - 08/2014 |
| Re-certification, Board Re-certification in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics | 03/2007 - 03/2013 |
| Certification, Instructor Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association | 2008 - 2009 |
| Licensure, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, Massachusetts Board of Medical Licensure | 2007 - 2008 |
| DEA, Massachusetts Drug Enforcement Administration Certificate, Massachusetts Drug Enforcement Agency | 2007 - 2008 |
Current Positions
| Division Chief, School of Medicine | 05/2023 - Present |
| Director | 07/2017 - Present |
| Professor | 07/2016 - Present |
| Director | 07/2010 - Present |
| Director | 07/2008 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Vice Chair, UMMC, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 05/2018 - 05/2023 |
| Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Development, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics | 07/2017 - 05/2023 |
| Director, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Program, Graduate School in the Health Sciences, University of Mississippi | 11/2015 - 08/2017 |
| Associate Professor, University of Mississippi, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences | 07/2015 - 06/2016 |
| Professor, Graduate School in the Health Sciences, University of Mississippi | 07/2015 - 08/2017 |
| Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/2011 - 06/2016 |
| Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/2008 - 06/2011 |
| Instructor, Dana-Farber Cancer Center/Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/2007 - 06/2008 |
| Fellow, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/2004 - 06/2007 |
| Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 04/2003 - 06/2004 |
| Clinical Faculty, non-salaried, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/1993 - 04/2003 |
| Pediatric Resident/House Officer, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/1990 - 06/1993 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, “Children’s Oncology Group Per Case & Specimen Reimbursement Agreement No. 3099”, Awarded as a subcontract from the Foundation for the Children’s Oncology Group, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute. | 07/2023 - Present |
| Extramural, “Children’s Oncology Group Per Case & Specimen Reimbursement Agreement No. 3099”, Awarded as a subcontract from the Foundation for the Children’s Oncology Group, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute. | 07/2008 - 06/2023 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Subhi Talal Younes, James Mason Shiflett, Kristin Weaver, Andrew Smith, Betty Herrington, Charlotte Taylor, and Kartik Reddy "Norrie disease with a spontaneously shrinking choroid plexus abnormality: A case report and review of the literature" Ophthalmic Genet 2021 Jun;42(3):344-348 PubMed ID: 33641574 | 2021 |
| Subhi Talal Younes PhD, Amanda Boudreaux, Kristin Weaver MD PhD, Cynthia Karlson PhD, Betty Herrington MD Use of next generation sequencing to identify novel drivers of cryptic, clinically aggressive brain tumors Journal of Neuro-Oncology Volume 22 Supplement 3 December, 2020 | 2020 |
| Subhi Talal Younes, Ph.D.,Betty Herrington, M.D. In Silico Analysis Identifies a Putative Cell-of-Origin for BRAF Fusion-Positive Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma Public Library of Science ONE(PLoS ONE)15(11) e0242521. November 18,2020 | 2020 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics September, 2020 | 2020 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee GATA 1 deficiency: recognition and risks (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics April, 2020 | 2020 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Midline Glioma/H3K27M mutation (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics February, 2020 | 2020 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Clinical and laboratory features and underlying defects of Pearson syndrome (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics January, 2020 | 2020 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Malignancies occurring with increased frequency in children with Down syndrome (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics December, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Marrow toxicity of radiation therapy (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics December, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Clinical and laboratory features of Rosai Dorfman Disease (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics December, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Potential complications of hyperleukocytosis in acute myeloid leukemia and management of hyperleukocytosis in acute myeloid leukemia (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics September, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Effects of hypoxia on tumor and normal tissue sensitivity to radiation (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics August, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Tumors occurring with increased frequency in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis Type I (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics July, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Clinical features of afibrinogenemias and dysfibrinogenemias and appropriate therapy for afibrinogenemia and dysfibrinogenemia (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics July, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee The differential diagnosis and treatment of ovarian tumors. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics April, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Clinical characteristics with chromosomal abnormalities in acute myeloid leukemia and the significance of rearrangements of the ATRA receptor gene in M3 acute myeloid leukemia (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics January, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee The association between hepatitis viruses and hepatocellular carcinoma.(Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics January, 2019 | 2019 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Leukoreduction does not effectively prevent graft-versus- host disease. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics September, 2018 | 2018 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Chronic myelogenous leukemia in children. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics August, 2018 | 2018 |
| Jones, Kelly,McNamara, Erin,Miller, Danny,Rohanizadegan, Mersedeh,Newman, Laura,Hayes, Frances,Herrington, Betty, Levitsky, Lynne,Lin, Angela Dual Diagnoses in 152 patients with Turner Syndrome:Knowledge of the second condition may lead to modification of treatment and/or surveillance. American Journal of Medical Genetics | 2018 |
| Nicholas S. Whipple, MD, MPH, Laura L. Marion, MD, David M. Dansie, MD, Andrea T. Murina, MD, Gail C. Megason, MD, Vani Vijayakumar, MD, and Betty L. Herrington, MD [18F]FDG-PET for Evaluating Pediatric Rosai–Dorfman Disease Pediatric Hematology and Oncology-accepted for publication | 2018 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee Clinical presentation, molecular biology, genetics, laboratory findings, and therapy in a patient with dyskeratosis congenita. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics March, 2018 | 2018 |
| J. Mason Shiflett, Betty Herrington, Ali Saad Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor Of The Cauda Equina In A Child: Report Of The First Case Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2018 Jan 16 | 2018 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee, Know the potential short- and long-term toxicities of chemotherapy mitotic inhibitors, which chemotherapy drugs are mitotic inhibitors, and which chemotherapy drugs are mitotic inhibitors (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics January, 2018 | 2018 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee, Osteosarcoma can occur as a late effect of radiation therapy (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics December, 2017 | 2017 |
| Betty Herrington, Mary-Jane S. Hogan, Zora Rogers, Banu Aygun,Shannon Carpenter,Katherine Chastain, Fernando F. Corrales-Medina, Nicholas F. Evageliou, James L. Harper, Kala Kamdar, Michael Kent, YoungNa Lee-Kim, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Kelly Walkovich, Amber Yates, Donald Yee, Esthesioneuroblastoma (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics November, 2017 | 2017 |
| Betty Herrington Know the incidence of each of the pathologic subtypes of Hodgkin disease in children. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics September, 2017 | 2017 |
| Betty Herrington Know the neurologic toxicity that can occur with high dose cytarabine (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics July, 2017 | 2017 |
| Betty Herrington Hypomagnesemia is common after cisplatin therapy. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics May, 2017 | 2017 |
| Betty Herrington Inheritance Pattern of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics March, 2017 | 2017 |
| Betty Herrington Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics February, 2017 | 2017 |
| Betty Herrington Clinical Presentation of Hepatoblastoma and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics January, 2017 | 2017 |
| Betty Herrington The importance of dental hygiene in patients receiving antineoplastic treatment and/or HSCT. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics December, 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington, MD The natural history of high grade gliomas. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics September, 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington Definitions of CNS 1, CNS 2, CNS 3 in the acute leukemias. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics August 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington Clinical and laboratory features of pineal tumors (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics July, 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington Complications and late effects of brain tumors (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics June, 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington Clinical and laboratory features of cerebellar astrocytoma. (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics May, 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington Complications and late effects of irradiation in the treatment of brain tumors (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics April, 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington Secondary malignancies associated with treatment of brain tumors (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics April, 2016 | 2016 |
| Andrew John Dodgshun; Nadine SantaCruz; Jaeho Hwang; Shakti H. Ramkissoon; Hayley Malkin; Guillaume Bergthold; Peter Manley; Susan Chi; Duncan MacGregor; Liliana Goumnerova; Michael Sullivan; Keith Ligon; Rameen Boroukhim; Betty Herrington; Mark W. Kieran; Jordan R. Hansford; Pratiti Bandopadhayay Disseminated glioneuronal tumors occurring in childhood - treatment outcomes and BRAF alterations including V600E mutation" Journal of Neuro-Oncology | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington Management of patients with central nervous system germ cell tumors (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics March, 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington Clinical, radiologic, and prognostic features of sacrococcygeal germ cell tumors (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics February, 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington Somatic abnormalities associated with Wilms tumor (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics February, 2016 | 2016 |
| Betty Herrington The relationship between histologic grade of gliomas and prognosis (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics December 2015 | 2015 |
| Betty Herrington The Clinical and laboratory features of optic pathway gliomas (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics September 2015 | 2015 |
| Megan R. Lyle, DO1, Jaydevsinh N. Dolia, MD2, Jonathan Fratkin, MD3, Todd A. Nichols, MD4, and Betty L. Herrington, Newly Identified Characteristics and Suggestions for Diagnosis and Treatment of Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal/ Neuroepithelial Tumors Child Neurology Open January - March 2015: 1-7 DOI: 10.1177/2329048X14567531 | 2015 |
| J Sitthi-Amorn, B Herrington, G Megason, J Pullen, C Gordon, S Hogan, T Koganti, C Hicks Transcriptome Analysis of Minimal Residual Disease in Subtypes of Pediatric B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Accepted for Publication in: Libertas Academica. Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology. 2015 May 24;9:51-60 | 2015 |
| Betty Herrington Tumors associated with genetic disorders (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics June 2015 | 2015 |
| Betty Herrington Clinical and laboratory features of brain stem glioma (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics May 2015 | 2015 |
| Betty Herrington The association between pineoblastoma and retinoblastoma (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics April 2015 | 2015 |
| J Raiker, E Manning, B Herrington, A May, S Leist-Haynes, P Graves, C Karlson Brief Neurocognitive Screening in Pediatric Brain Tumor: A Preliminary Investigation of the Lebby-Asbell Neurocognitive Screening Examination (LANSE) Brain Injury | 2015 |
| Betty Herrington Toxicities of asparaginase (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics March 2015 | 2015 |
| Betty Herrington Surgery alone is curative for cerebellar astrocytoma (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics February 2015 | 2015 |
| Betty Herrington Principles of management for patients with medulloblastoma (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics February 2015 | 2015 |
| Betty Herrington Prognostic factors in patients with medulloblastoma (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics November 2014 | 2014 |
| Betty Herrington Mechanisms of action of chemotherapy mitotic inhibitors (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics October 2014 | 2014 |
| Betty Herrington Distinguish neuroblastoma in bone marrow from other abnormal cells (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics September 2014 | 2014 |
| Betty Herrington Potential neurologic sequelae of brain tumors and their treatment (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics August 2014 | 2014 |
| Betty Herrington The clinical use of cyclophosphamide in treating childhood malignancies (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics July 2014 | 2014 |
| Betty Herrington The pathologic subtypes of gonadal/germ cell tumors relative to prognosis and patterns of spread (Educational Review Publication) Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) PREP Hematology Oncology American Academy of Pediatrics July 2014 | 2014 |
| P Williams, T Westmoreland, K Brown, B Herrington, D Sawaya, M Nowicki Gastric metastasis from an alveolar soft part sarcoma in a child: case report and review of the literature J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2013 May 3 | 2014 |
| Ku E, Thomas M, Ho CH, Whipple NS, Abdul-Rahman O, Megason GC, Herrington BL, Carmody JB, Charlton JR. Pediatr Rev. 2014 Mar;35(3):129-35. doi: 10.1542/pir.35-3-129. No abstract available. Index of suspicion. Pearson Syndrome Pediatr Rev. 2014 Mar;35(3):129-35 | 2014 |
| P Navalkele, S Jones, J Jones, J Salazar, P Toy, R Iyer, B Herrington Osteosarcoma Tumor Thrombus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Published in: The Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2013 February;16 (1):75-78. | 2013 |
| Kalpatthi R1, Thompson B, Lu M, Wang WC, Patel N, Kutlar A, Howard T, Luchtman-Jones L, Miller ST; BABY HUG Investigators. Collaborators (301)Driscoll MC, Speller-Brown B, Martin B, Glass P, Krohn K, Jiles C, Handy J, Tsuchida T, Chang T, Minniti C, O'Connell M, Heath C, Azine R, Darbari D, Washington-Batts L, Carpenter J, Luchtman-Jones L, Burgos A, Ware R, Schultz W, Davis J, Bonner M, Boustany RM, Johnson C, Zimmerman SA, Kelly T, Chen Q, Thornburg C, Mandy A, Dixon N, Millen J, Wechsler D, Burgett S, Weisleder P, Gallentine W, Armstrong M, Greenwell K, Rana S, Nguyen K, Reed C, Houston P, Yeagley E, Casella J, O'Haver C, Dixon S, Ash L, Zabel TA, Yohay K, Truelove K, Seaman P, Keefer J, Jordan L, Cox C, Lieberman D, Smith C, Sharp P, Coppage K, Shad A, Gonzalez C, Zaki A, Mying-Hpu K, Kem R, Wiley J, Fixler J, Marasciulo J, Kassa M, Hultgren L, Barredo J, Brown RC, Debenham E, Disco D, Jackson S, Ingram P, Griesemer DA, Porter K, Peterson J, Bergman S, Ribble S, Rackoff B, Cavalier ME, Kalpatthi R, Kuisel L, Wang W, Ware R, Wynn L, Strawn S, Fineburg-Buchner C, Khan R, Richardson J, Faughnan L, Carr S, Williams L, Morris B, Miller S, Rao SP, Graham S, Hittleman J, Chari G, Mishko M, Rey K, Strashun A, Gonzalez RS, Pegelow C, Toledano S, Armstrong FD, Hustace T, Levy J, Lopez R, Pino R, Wright D, Briery B, Lewis N, Thompson W, White E, Simon N, Barredo J, Alvarez O, Iyer R, Smith MG, Hand S, Walker T, Elkin D, Vedanarayanan VV, Oubre S, Kendig C, Thomas G, Rouse C, Hovas T, Coleman L, Herrington B, Estess D, Thames M, Roberts T, Breland T, Forsythe A, Hogan T, Bishop G, Rogers ZR, Cochran C, Corrigan N, Silver C, Dowling M, Adix L, Horvath S, Vicks C, Loyd N, Shull E, Marshall J, Mars R, Richardson S, Montefiore K, Burrows T, Gonzales S, Merryman R, Howard T, Bryan H, Berkow R, Madan-Swain A, Reddy A, Blair K, DeBerry-McDuffie J, McDonald R, Parsons K, Buchanan H, Whelan K, Holloway A, Dampier C, MacDermott ML, Anderson N, Meier M, Luck L, Cahill M, Grant M, Kothare S, Azizi J, Choi W, Carvalho K, Shafer F, Lerner N, Lane P, Brown C, Debenham E, Faircloth T, Johnson A, Philbrook B, Greve L, New-Bailey T, Hassen L, Rhodes J, Osunkwo I, Cherry K, Record B, Patton J, Sarnaik S, Whitten-Shurney W, Murphy M, Malian M, McCrae J, Majkowski M, Rajpurkar M, Ameli J, Storie-Kennedy K, Henderson O, Chitlur M, Grossman N, Rhoad C, Howard B, Rodrigues MB, Jiang H, Barton F, Brock P, Burkhardt K, Carberry S, Carroll M, Dotson J, Duh KI, Fish BJ, Fosse C, Gordon M, Gordon R, Haziminas J, Huang X, Huang X, Knight M, Li D, Luo Z, Lutz H, Martien A, McHale S, Meyer C, Rees R, Ricks T, Santos A, Terrin M, Thompson B, Tsanko A, Watford S, Wilkins P, Zhuang H, Chang H, Furtaw L, Goldsmith J, Levy S, Luksenburg H, Spillan D, Waclawiw M, Mattison D, Willoughby A, Zajicek A, Files B, Gelfand M, Helton K, Ichord RN, Jeng M, Kinney T, McCarville ME, Melhem E, Miller JH, Pavlakis S, Pearson HA, Ross A, Schwartz GJ, Shalaby-Rana EG, Shulkin B, Sutton M, Adams RJ, Odo N, Hilbert C, Luden J, Brown L, Shaffer T, Soler M, Quinones A, Bannon D, Edwards D, Kutlar A, Clair B, Davis D, Patel N, Holley L, Smith B, Loftin J, Sozansky A, Arocha D, Kulharya A, Miller P, Norris K, Prakash S, Ware RE, Dertinger S, Howard T, He J, Flanagan JM, Lederman H, Borowitz M, Cowan K, Chivrazzi P, Swift A, Quinn T, Luby M, Norton F. Comparison of hematologic measurements between local and central laboratories: data from the BABY HUG trial Clin Biochem. 2013 Feb;46(3):278-81. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.10.032. Epub 2012 Oct 31. | 2013 |
| J Hsu, C Gordon, G Megason, S Majumdar, A Ostrenga, B Herrington A Rare Case of Peripheral Neuropathy from Relapse of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia to the Brachial Plexus Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology. 2012 March | 2012 |
| W Pierce, A Hederman, C Gordon, A Ostrenga, B Herrington, A case of angioedema from dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers in a child with Burkitt lymphoma American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacy. 2011 March;68:402-406. | 2011 |
| Rogers ZR1, Wang WC, Luo Z, Iyer RV, Shalaby-Rana E, Dertinger SD, Shulkin BL, Miller JH, Files B, Lane PA, Thompson BW, Miller ST, Ware RE; BABY HUG. Collaborators (301)Driscoll MC, Speller-Brown B, Martin B, Glass P, Krohn K, Jiles C, Handy J, Tsuchida T, Chang T, Minniti C, O'Connell M, Heath C, Azine R, Darbari D, Washington-Batts L, Carpenter J, Luchtman-Jones L, Burgos A, Ware R, Schultz W, Davis J, Bonner M, Boustany RM, Johnson C, Zimmerman SA, Kelly T, Chen Q, Thornburg C, Mandy A, Dixon N, Millen J, Wechsler D, Burgett S, Weisleder P, Gallentine W, Armstrong M, Greenwell K, Rana S, Nguyen K, Reed C, Houston P, Yeagley E, Casella J, O'Haver C, Dixon S, Ash L, Zabel TA, Yohay K, Truelove K, Seaman P, Keefer J, Jordan L, Cox C, Lieberman D, Smith C, Sharp P, Coppage K, Shad A, Gonzalez C, Zaki A, Mying-Hpu K, Kem R, Wiley J, Fixler J, Marasciulo J, Kassa M, Hultgren L, Barredo J, Brown RC, Debenham E, Disco D, Jackson S, Ingram P, Griesemer DA, Porter K, Peterson J, Bergman S, Ribble S, Rackoff B, Cavalier ME, Kalpatthi R, Kuisel L, Wang W, Ware R, Wynn L, Strawn S, Fineburg-Buchner C, Khan R, Richardson J, Faughnan L, Carr S, Williams L, Morris B, Miller S, Rao SP, Graham S, Hittleman J, Chari G, Mishko M, Rey K, Strashun A, Gonzalez RS, Pegelow C, Toledano S, Armstrong FD, Hustace T, Levy J, Lopez R, Pino R, Wright D, Briery B, Lewis N, Thompson W, White E, Simon N, Barredo J, Alvarez O, Iyer R, Smith MG, Hand S, Walker T, Elkin D, Vedanarayanan VV, Oubre S, Kendig C, Thomas G, Rouse C, Hovas T, Coleman L, Herrington B, Estess D, Thames M, Roberts T, Breland T, Forsythe A, Hogan T, Bishop G, Rogers Z, Cochran C, Corrigan N, Silver C, Dowling M, Adix L, Horvath S, Vicks C, Loyd N, Shull E, Marshall J, Cook E, Richardson S, Montefiore K, Cook M, Burrows T, Gonzales S, Merryman R, Howard T, Bryan H, Berkow R, Madan-Swain A, Reddy A, Blair K, DeBerry-McDuffie J, McDonald R, Parsons K, Buchanan H, Whelan K, Holloway A, Dampier C, MacDermott ML, Anderson N, Meier M, Luck L, Cahill M, Grant M, Kothare S, Azizi J, Choi W, Carvalho K, Shafer F, Lerner N, Lane P, Brown C, Debenham E, Faircloth T, Johnson A, Philbrook B, Greve L, New-Bailey T, Hassen L, Rhodes J, Osunkwo I, Cherry K, Record B, Patton J, Sarnaik S, Whitten-Shurney W, Murphy M, Malian M, McCrae J, Majkowski M, Rajpurkar M, Ameli J, Storie-Kennedy K, Henderson O, Chitlur M, Grossman N, Rhoad C, Howard B, Rodrigues MB, Jiang H, Barton F, Brock P, Burkhardt K, Carberry S, Carroll M, Duh KI, Fish BJ, Fosse C, Gordon M, Gordon R, Haziminas J, Huang X, Knight M, Li D, Luo Z, Lutz H, Martien A, McHale S, Meyer C, Rees R, Ricks T, Santos A, Terrin M, Thompson B, Tsanko A, Watford S, Wilkins P, Zhuang H, Chang H, Furtaw L, Goldsmith J, Levy S, Luksenburg H, Spillan D, Waclawiw M, Mattison D, Willoughby A, Zajicek A, Armstrong FD, Files B, Gelfand M, Helton K, Ichord RN, Jeng M, Kinney T, McCarville ME, Melhem E, Miller JH, Pavlakis S, Pearson HA, Ross A, Schwartz GJ, Shalaby-Rana EG, Shulkin B, Sutton M, Adams RJ, Odo N, Hilbert C, Luden J, Brown L, Shaffer T, Soler M, Quinones A, Bannon D, Edwards D, Kutlar A, Clair B, Davis D, Patel N, Holley L, Smith B, Loftin J, Sozansky A, Arocha D, Kulharya A, Miller P, Norris K, Prakash S, Ware RE, Dertinger S, Howard T, He J, Flanagan JM, Lederman H, Borowitz M, Cowan K, Chivrazzi P, Swift A, Quinn T, Luby M, Norton F. Biomarkers of splenic function in infants with sickle cell anemia: baseline data from the BABY HUG Trial. Blood. 2011 Mar 3;117(9):2614-7. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-04-278747. Epub 2011 Jan | 2011 |
| S Majumdar, A Morris, C Gordon, JC Kermode, A Forsythe, B Herrington, GC Megason and R Iyer Alarmingly high prevalence of obesity in haemophilia in the state of MississippiPublished in: Haemophilia. 2010 May;16 (3):455-459 Published in: Haemophilia. 2010 May;16 (3):455-459 | 2010 |
| B Herrington, M Kieran Small Molecule Therapies in Children with Malignant Gliomas Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Sep;53(3):312-7. | 2009 |
| L Hiser, B Herrington, S Lobert Effect of noscapine and vincristine combination on demyelination and cell proliferation in vitro Leukemia and Lymphoma, Volume 49, Issue 8, August 2008 , pages 1603 - 1609 | 2008 |
Abstracts | |
| Clinton T. Case, Charlotte S. Taylor M.D., Betty L. Herrington M.D. Angiocentric Glioma, an Unexpected Presentation | 2024 |
| Clinton T. Case, Charlotte Taylor, Betty L. Herrington M.D. Angiocentric Glioma with an Unexpected Presentation Jackson Free Clinic Symposium | 2023 |
| Subhi Talal Younes MD PhD, Kristin Weaver MD PhD, Anderson Collier MD, Betty Herrington MD EZHIP is not expressed within the developing mouse or human brain 2022 International Society on Pediatric Neur-Oncology (ISPNO)meeting, Hamburg Germany | 2022 |
| Emily Turner, BA, Sonal Johal, Gailen Marshall, MD PhD, Betty Herrington, MD, Jane Criddle, RN, Alyssa Reddy, MD, Anju Sukumaran, MD, Youssef Al Hmada, MD, James Masson Shifflet, MD, & Cynthia Karlson, PhD Inflammatory Biomarkers and Psychological Sequela in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO) Hamburg, Germany | 2022 |
| Ryan Henry, Subhi Talal Younes, PhD, Betty Herrington, MD “Genomic, Transcriptomic, and DNA Methylation Profile of Disseminated Pilocytic Astrocytoma” Poster Presentation, Summer Research Program, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2021 |
| Subhi Talal Younes PhD, Amanda Boudreaux, Kristin Weaver MD PhD, Cynthia Karlson PhD, Betty Herrington MD Use of next generation sequencing to identify novel drivers of cryptic, clinically aggressive brain tumors 2020 International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO). Karuizawa, Japan | 2020 |
| John Bobo, M.S., Kaitlin Oswald, M.A., Jessica Seaborn, M.D., Betty Herrington, M.D., Katheryn Vannatta, Ph.D.,Cynthia Karlson, Ph.D. Title: Impact of Treatment Modality and Tumor Category on Physical and Emotional Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumor Poster presentation, International Society on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Denver, Colorado | 2018 |
| Jessica M Seaborn, MD, Cynthia Karlson, PHD, Laura A Newman, MD, Betty L Herrington, MD, Anderson B Collier, MD Improving Hospital Based Practices for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting with Early Prophylactic Use of Olanzapine in Children with Cancer Pediatric Blood and Cancer | 2018 |
| Harkey, C. Googe, B. Herrington Novel use of Sirolimus in the Treatment of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient. American Federation of Medical Research, Southern Regional Meeting New Orleans, LA | 2017 |
| Jones KL, McNamara EA, Herrington BL, Rahman OA, Lin AE Central and peripheral nervous system tumors in patients with Turner syndrome Platform presentation at the 37th Annual David W. Smith Workshop on Malformations and Morphogenesis September 9-14, 2016 at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, California. | 2016 |
| Metachronous supratentorial intracranial malignant tumors in two patients with prior infratentorial medulloblastoma on hormone therapy Society for Neuro-Oncology | 2015 |
| B Herrington, J Raiker, E Manning, C Karlson, J Criddle “Neurocognitive Screening Tool for Pediatric Brain Tumor: Reliability and Validity” International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Singapore | 2014 |
| J Sitthi-amorn, B Herrington, G Megason, J Pullen, C Gordo, S Hogan, T Koganti, R Ramani, C Hicks “Integrative molecular concept modeling of Genomic classifiers that distinguishes high WBC B-ALL in high-risk pediatric B-ALL patients” Abstract submitted for American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Spring Meeting, April, 2014 “Integrative molecular concept modeling of Genomic classifiers that distinguishes high WBC B-ALL in high-risk pediatric B-ALL patients” American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | 2014 |
| J Sitthi-Amorn, B Herrington, G Megason, J Pullen, C Gordon, S Hogan, T Koganti, C Hicks “Molecular Basis of Minimal Residual Disease in Subtypes of Pediatric B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia” Abstract submitted for American Society of Hematology Abstract submitted for American Society of Hematology, Fall meeting, December, 2013 | 2013 |
| C Karlson, E Manning, B Herrington, S Leist, J Criddle, D Elkin Early Neurocognitive Screening For Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients Abstract submitted for SIOP meeting, October 2012. | 2012 |
| V Vijayakumar, B Herrington Rosai - Dorfman Disease: Everything you need to know” Abstract submitted for Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting November, 2011. | 2011 |
| N Whipple, S Majumdar, C Gordon, A Hederman, MG Smith, A Forsythe, B Herrington, G Megason, R Iyer A Case Series of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Abstract Submitted for ASPHO Spring Meeting 2011. | 2011 |
| J Hsu, C Gordon, B Herrington, S Majumdar, N Ahmad, P Navalkele, G Megason Analysis of Provider Compliance with Long-Term Follow-Up Children’s Oncology Group Guidelines at a rural University-Based Hospital: A Retrospective Chart Review Abstract Submitted for ASPHO Spring Meeting 2011. | 2011 |
| W Pierce, A Hederman, C Gordon, A Ostrenga, B Herrington A Case of Angioedema From Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers in a Child with Burkitt Lymphoma Abstract Submitted for the Children’s Oncology meeting, September, 2010 | 2010 |
| N Whipple, L Marion, V Vijayakumar, B Herrington Using PET Scan in Evaluation of Pediatric Rosai-Dorfman Disease Abstract Submitted for the Children’s Oncology meeting, September, 2010. | 2010 |
| B Herrington, M Silvera, Y-L Chen, L Goumnerova, RM Scott, MW Kieran, NJ Ullrich FIESTA MR Imaging For Detection of Early Recurrence and Incomplete Resection in Children with Infratentorial Ependymoma Abstract Submitted for ISPNO meeting, June, 2008. Published in: Neuro-Oncology. 2008; 10:429. | 2008 |
| B Herrington, R Iyer, M Smith, O Abdul-Rahman, G Megason Pearson Syndrome Abstract Submitted to American Federation of Medical Research and Participating Societies, Southern Regional Meeting SSPR, February, 2007. Published in: Journal of Investigative Medicine, 55 (1), January 2007. | 2007 |
| L Hiser, B Herrington, S Lobert Noscapine is Synergistic with Vincristine and Provides Neuroprotection of Myelin in Cell Culture Abstract Submitted for AACR Annual Meeting April 2007. | 2007 |
| B Herrington, A Robinson, G Megason Treatment with Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation Combined with Enzyme Replacement for Children with Hurler Syndrome Abstract Submitted for ASPHO Spring Meeting, 2007. | 2007 |
| S Majumdar, B Herrington, T Breland, M Smith, G Megason, R Iyer A Rare Case of Deep Vein Thrombosis in a Patient with Hemoglobin SC Disease Associated with Transiently Elevated Antiphospolipid Antibodies and Parvovirus Infection Abstract Submitted to Sickle Cell Meeting Fall, 2006 | 2006 |
| J Wyatt-Ashmead, B Herrington, G Toczyl, G Moll, C Moll, A Ashmead, J Lancon, A Parent, J Gosche Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: Severe Sequelae Over a 13 Year Period Abstract Submitted to Society for Pediatric Pathologist. Spring, 2006. | 2006 |
| J Wyatt-Ashmead, B Herrington, G Toczyl, A Ashmead, L Young, H Gatlin, M Crawford, J Lancon, A Parent P53 Positive Pilocytic Astrocytomas Abstract Submitted to Society for Pediatric Pathologist. Spring, 2006 | 2006 |
Book Chapter | |
| Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Epidemiology Nathan and Oski’s Pediatric Oncology 2009 | 2009 |
Presentations
| Poster Presentation, Angiocentric Glioma, an Unexpected Presentation Clinton T. Case, Charlotte S. Taylor M.D., Betty L. Herrington M.D., ASPHO, Philadelphia, PA | 04/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology APHON Nurse BootCamp, APHON, UMMC | 03/2024 |
| Poster Presentation, Angiocentric Glioma with an Unexpected Presentation, Jackson Free Clinic Symposium | 11/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Faculty Development, Pediatric Hospitalist Division, UMMC | 02/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Faculty Development, Pediatric GI, UMMC | 01/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Interviewing and Hiring, Children's Leadership Program, UMMC | 01/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, MS College, Mississippi College School of Physician Assistant Studies | 06/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, 12 steps to improve medical bedside teaching, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's of Mississippi | 05/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, What is Strategic Planning and What is UMMC 2025, Children's Leadership Program, UMMC | 04/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Red Flags, PA School, Mississippi College | 07/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Effective Interviewing and Hiring Children's Leadership Program, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC | 05/2021 |
| Poster Presentation, Use of next generation sequencing to identify novel drivers of cryptic, clinically aggressive brain tumors, ISPNO, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan | 12/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Solid Tumors-Nelson Lecture, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC | 09/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Children's Oncology Group, Fall CNS Section Research Update, UMMC | 09/2020 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, MC PA Program, Mississippi College | 06/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Faculty Development Mentorship, UMMC | 04/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Interviewing and Hiring, UMMC Pediatrics | 03/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology profession overview, UMMC Pediatric Interest Group | 02/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Faculty Development, Promotion and Tenure, UMMC Pediatrics, Tupelo, MS | 01/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Faculty Development, Promotion and Tenure, UMMC Pediatrics, Grenada, MS | 01/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Oncologic Emergencies, MS College PA (Masters in Medicine) Program, UMMC | 07/2019 |
| Pediatric Faculty Meeting, Update on Promotion and Tenure and Leadership Development, Department of Pediatrics | 07/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Interviewing and Hiring, Children's Leadership Program, UMMC | 05/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Discussing Hospice Care, Compassus, Jackson, MS | 04/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Update, Pediatric Neurology Division, UMMC Pediatrics | 01/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology for the Physician Assistant, Mississippi College Physician Assistant Program, UMMC | 08/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, Title: Impact of Treatment Modality and Tumor Category on Physical and Emotional Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumors., ISPNO, Denver, Colorado | 07/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, Improving Hospital Based Practices for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting with Early Prophylactic Use of Olanzapine in Children with Cancer, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Pittsburg, PA | 05/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Clinical Trials Application: Data Collection and Quality Control, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation, Graduate Program, UMMC | 04/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Clinical Trials Application: Assessing and Reporting Adverse Events, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation, Graduate Program, UMMC | 04/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology for the Pediatric Neurologist, Pediatric Neurology Fellowship Training Program, UMMC | 04/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Clinical Trials Application: Starting to start: IRB submission, amendments, and developing informed consent forms, Graduate School in the Health Sciences, MSCI Program, CO51 UMMC | 02/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Clinical Trials Application: Introduction to Clinical Trials, Graduate School in Health Sciences, MSCI Program, CW211 | 01/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 05/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Electronic Professionalism, UMMC | 05/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Program Evaluation | 05/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Milestones and Evaluations, Medical Genetics Residency Training Program, Medical Genetics | 02/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Brain tumor classification and treatment, Children's Cancer Center Fellow Seminar | 01/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Clinical COG Trials update, Children's Cancer Center | 11/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Milestones and Evaluations, Pediatric Education Faculty Development, Department of Pediatrics | 09/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC | 07/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nelson Lecture, Pediatric Solid Tumors | 07/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Board Review, UMMC | 06/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Program Evaluation, Faculty Development Accreditation/Certification, UMMC | 05/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, UMMC | 05/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, New Program Development, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation, Alumni Affairs Board Meeting, UMMC | 03/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Promotion and Tenure, Leadership Development Lecture, Career Advancement, Faculty Development, UMMC | 03/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, New Program Development, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation, Council of Clinical Chairs, UMMC | 03/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC | 01/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Research Update, Children's Oncology Group Section Meeting, UMMC | 12/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 12/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 07/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Solid Tumors Nelson Lecture, UMMC Pediatrics, UMMC | 07/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Assessment in the Era of Outcomes-Based Medical Education, Department of Peditrics, UMMC | 06/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ethics Video Series-Ethical Dilemma, case presentation and panel discussion, taped presentation for Continuing Medical Education, Continuing Health Professional Education, UMMC | 06/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Program Evaluation Committee, Faculty Development Lecture, Ped Hematology/Oncology, UMMC | 05/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, Metachronous supratentorial intracranial malignant tumors in two patients with prior infratentorial medulloblastoma on hormone therapy, Society for Neuro-Oncology, San Diego California | 05/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Solid Tumors and Oncologic Emergencies, UMMC Pediatric Residency Training Program, UMMC | 04/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC | 04/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 04/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC | 02/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Advances in the clinical and molecular stratification of childhood Brain tumors; a foundation for risk-adapted treatment and improvements in, Pediatric Grand Rounds | 12/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 11/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 11/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 11/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 10/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 10/2014 |
| Ethics Video Series, Ethics Video Series-Ethical Dilemma, case presentation and panel discussion, taped presentation for Continuing Medical Education, Continuing Health Professional Education, UMMC | 09/2014 |
| Ethics Video Series, Ethics Video Series-Ethical Dilemma, case presentation and panel discussion, taped presentation for Continuing Medical Education, Continuing Health Professional Education, UMMC | 09/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UMMC | 09/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Error Prevention Training, UMMC, UMMC | 08/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Managing Grief, UMMC, Nelson Student Union | 08/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, “Neurocognitive Screening Tool for Pediatric Brain Tumor: Reliability and Validity”, International Society of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Singapore | 06/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Paperwork versus patient care: a nationwide survey of residents' perceptions of clinical documentation requirements and patient, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division Conference | 05/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, ACGME Next Accreditation System, UMMC Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Faculty Development, Facutlty Development, Program Evaluation Committee | 05/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology-Rehabilitation Confernce for Physical and Occupational Therapists, SHRP, SHRP | 03/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, “Molecular Basis of Minimal Residual Disease in Subtypes of Pediatric B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia”, American Society of Hematology | 12/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Professionalism Assessment Tool, Faculty Development, Program Evaluation Committee | 08/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Next Accreditation System, Information on Clinical Learning Environment Review, UMMC | 06/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecular Subgroups of Medulloblastoma, Lecture, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division Conference | 05/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, “Integrative molecular concept modeling of Genomic classifiers that distinguishes high WBC B-ALL in high-risk pediatric B-ALL patients”, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | 04/2013 |
| Invited Symposia, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Jackson Preparatory School, Science Symposium, Jackson Preparatory School, Science Symposium | 10/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Stress Management, Dealing with Difficult People, UMMC | 05/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Tuberous Sclerosis and Molecularly Targeted Therapy, UMMC, Grand Rounds | 05/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Everolimus for Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma in Tuberous Sclerosis, UMMC, Pediatric Grand Rounds | 04/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Giving Lectures, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, UMMC | 03/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Early Neurocognitive Screening for Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients, SIOP, London, UK | 03/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Analysis of Provider Compliance with Long-Term Follow-Up Children’s Oncology Group Guidelines at a rural University-Based Hospital: A Retrospective Chart Review, Children's Oncology Group National Meeting, Atlanta, GA | 09/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Maximally Safe Resection Followed by Hypofractionated Re-Irradiation for Locally Recurrent Ependymoma in Children, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division, UMMC | 08/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Giving Lectures, Pediatric Faculty Development, UMMC | 07/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Giving Lectures, UMMC | 05/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Competency Based Goals and Objectives for each assignment at each educational level, Program Evaluation Committee | 05/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Training Update | 03/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Solid Tumors, UMMC | 03/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Jackson Academy, Pre-Med Student Meeting, Jackson Academy, Pre-Med Student Meeting | 03/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Everolimus for Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma in Tuberous Sclerosis, UMMC | 03/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Evaluating Professionalism, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, and Systems- Based Practice: Utilization of a Compliance form and Correlation with Conflict Styles, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division Conference | 03/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Acute Leukemia, S123 | 02/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Childhood Medulloblastoma, UMMC, UMMC | 02/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Rosai-Dorfman Disease, Case Presentation and Review of the Literature, UMMC, Grand Rounds | 12/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Rosai-Dorfman Disease, Case Presentation and Review of the Literature, Case Management conference, UMMC | 11/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Brain Tumors, Copiah Academy, Crystal Springs, Mississippi, Copiah Academy, Crystal Springs, Mississippi | 10/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Using PET Scan in Evaluation of Pediatric Rosai-Dorfman Disease, COG, Dallas, TX | 09/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, A Case of Angioedema From Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers in a Child with Burkitt Lymphoma, COG, Dallas, Texas | 09/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Central Diabetes Insipidus and Pituitary Stalk Thickening, UMMC, Case Management Conference | 09/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Cerebellar Tumors, UMMC | 08/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Evaluating Professionalism, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, and Systems- Based Practice: Utilization of a Compliance form and Correlation with Conflict Styles, UMMC | 08/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Pediatrics, S123 UMMC | 08/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecular Imaging Biomarkers, UMMC | 07/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Thickened Pituitary Infundibulum Pediatric Case Management Conference, S123 | 06/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, MR Imaging in Pediatric Brain Tumors, UMMC | 06/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Solid Tumors, UMMC | 05/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, ACGME Competencies, Program Evaluation Committee, Faculty Development | 05/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Physician/Caregiver Burnout, UMMC | 04/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fellow's Seminar MR Imaging in Pediatric Brain Tumors, UMMC | 02/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Brain Tumors, UMMC | 11/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Brain Tumors, American Academy of Pediatrics, Mississippi Chapter, Jackson, MS | 10/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Astrocytomas, UMMC, UMMC | 09/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Blood Banking, UMMC | 08/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Brain tumors, UMMC, Grand Rounds | 08/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Oncology for Adult Oncologists, Adult Cancer Center, UMMC | 06/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Solid Tumors, UMMC | 05/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Communicating Effectively, Breaking Bad News, UMMC, Grand Rounds | 04/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Medulloblastoma, UMMC, UMMC | 03/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Astrocytoma | 01/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Neutropenia | 09/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Palliative Care: Withdrawing Nutrition and Support, UMMC, Grand Rounds | 09/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, FIESTA MR Imaging For Detection of Early Recurrence and Incomplete Resection in Children with Infratentorial Ependymoma, ISPNO, Chicago, IL | 06/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Small Molecule Inhibitors in High Grade Gliomas, UMMC | 06/2008 |
| Invited Symposia, Symposium on Childhood Cancer, Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor, UMMC | 05/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 03/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Small Molecule Therapy for Children with Malignant Gliomas, UMMC | 02/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, ITP, UMMC, Pediatrics, Case management | 12/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Childhood Medulloblastoma, Dana-Farber Cancer Institue | 08/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Choroid Plexus Tumors, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 06/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecular BioTechnology, UMMC | 05/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Cancer Related Fatigue, UMMC | 04/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, Noscapine is Synergistic with Vincristine and Provides Neuroprotection of Myelin in Cell Culture, AACR, Los Angeles, CA | 04/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pearson Syndrome, UMMC, UMMC, Case Management Conference | 04/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Caring for The CareGiver, Withdrawing Nutrition and Support, UMMC | 03/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Poppies and Periwinkles, UMMC, Pediatric Grand Rounds | 03/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, “Pearson Syndrome” Abstract Submitted to American Federation of Medical Research and Participating Societies, Southern Regional Meeting, American Federation of Medical Research and Participating Societies, Southern Regional Meeting SSPR, New Orleans, LA | 03/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Transient Erythroblastopenia of Childhood, UMMC, Case Management Conference | 02/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Continuing Education Seminar for School Administrators, Teachers, Nurses, Counselors, and Social Workers, Back to School Program for Children with Cancer, Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, Tupelo, MS | 01/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, A Feasibility Trial of Antiangiogenic (Metronomic) Chemotherapy in Pediatric Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Cancer | 12/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Cytogenetics, UMMC | 11/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Continuing Education Seminar for School Administrators, Teachers, Nurses, Counselors, and Social Workers, Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, State Department of Education | 10/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Cat Scratch disease, Immune Thrombocytopenia, Mississippi Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, Jackson, MS | 10/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, 5th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL NEURO-ONCOLOGY UPDATE, UMMC | 09/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Cat Scratch Disease, UMMC | 09/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Bone Marrow Failure Part II, UMMC | 08/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ewing Sarcoma, Pediatric Division Conference, UMMC | 08/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Bone Marrow Failure Part 1 | 08/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia | 08/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Allogeneic Versus Autologous Versus Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in CR1 AML patients. A Single Center Experience, UMMC | 08/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE CELL CYCLE INHIBITOR Kip1/p27 IN CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA, UMMC | 08/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Oncology, Pathology Interest Group, UMMC | 08/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Beta Thallasemia, UMMC,Jackson, MS | 07/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia, UMMC, Case Management Conference | 06/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Education in Palliative Care-End of Life Care, UMMC | 05/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Back to School Program for Children with Cancer, School Nurses, Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, Mississippi State Department of Education, Jackson, Mississippi | 05/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Retinoblastoma, From Bench to Bedside, UMMC | 04/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mucopolysaccharidoses and Bone Marrow Transplant, Pediatric Grand Rounds, UMMC | 03/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Rituximab (anti-CD20) Adjunctive Therapy for Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome, UMMC | 03/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia, UMMC | 01/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Acute Leukemia, UMMC | 01/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Solid tumors, UMMC | 06/2005 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Neutropenia, UMMC, Pediatrics Case Managment | 05/2005 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Evans Award, Outstanding Performance in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics | 2023 |
| Mentor of the Year, Outstanding Mentor in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics | 2016 |
| Carl G Evers Society Award for Medical Student Teaching | 2014 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha, Resident of the Year | |
| Batson Award, Outstanding Medical Student in Pediatrics | |
| BBB, AED Academic Honoraries | |
| Invited Role-Model Physician/Teacher, Gold Humanism Honor Society Induction Ceremony | |
| Named to Best Doctors list | |
| Named Top Percentile Performer in UMHC Patient Satisfaction Scores | |
| New Faculty Award, Department of Pediatrics, University of | |
| Patterson Award, Outstanding Resident in Pediatrics | |
| Selected, America’s Top Pediatricians | |
| Selected, Top Doctor, The Global Directory of WHO’S WHO |
Professional Membership and Service
| Children's Oncology Group, Member | 2023 - Present |
| Society of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Member, SNO Pediatrics Washington, DC | 2023 |
| Children's Oncology Group, Member | 2022 - Present |
| International Society on Pediatric Neur-Oncology (ISPNO)meeting, Hamburg Germany, Meeting Attendee, poster presentation, International Society on Pediatric Neur-Oncology (ISPNO)meeting, Hamburg Germany | 2022 - Present |
| Children's Oncology Group, Member | 2021 - Present |
| ISPNO 2020, meeting attendee, poster presentation, ISPNO Karuizawa, Japan | 2020 - Present |
| children's Oncology Group, Member | 2020 - Present |
| children's Oncology Group, Member | 2019 - Present |
| children's Oncology Group, Member | 2018 - Present |
| ISPNO 2018, Member, ISPNO, Denver Colorado | 2018 |
| children's Oncology Group, Member | 2017 - Present |
| children's Oncology Group, Member | 2016 - Present |
| children's Oncology Group, Member | 2015 - Present |
| children's Oncology Group, Member | 2015 - Present |
| Pediatric Review and Education Program (PREP), Attendee, Meeting, Summer/fall meeting Chicago | 2015 - Present |
| ASPHO Fellowship Directors' Working Group, Attendee, Meeting, Spring Meeting, Phoenix,AZ | 2015 - Present |
| Pediatric Review and Education Program (PREP), Attendee, Meeting, Spring Meeting Chicago | 2015 - Present |
| Pediatric Review and Education Program (PREP), Chairperson, Fall meeting 2014 Chicago | 2014 - Present |
| International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Attendee, Meeting, ISPNO Singapore | 2014 - Present |
| ASPHO Fellowship Directors' Working Group, Attendee, Meeting, Spring meeting, Miami | 2014 - Present |
| Pediatrics Review and Education Program, Editorial Review Board Member, Spring Meeting, Chicago | 2014 - Present |
| AAMC Group of Women in Medicine and Science, Attendee, Meeting, Mid-Career Women Faculty Development meeting, Austin Texas | 2013 - Present |
| AAMC Group of Women in Medicine and Science, Member | 2013 - Present |
| Group of Women in Medicine and Science, Member | 2013 - Present |
| Association of Pediatric Program Directors, Attendee, Meeting, Fall meeting, Washington, DC | 2013 - Present |
| Association of Pediatric Program Directors, Attendee, Meeting, APPD Program Directors Meeting | 2013 - Present |
| children's Oncology Group, Member | 2013 - Present |
| Pediatric Review and Education Program (PREP), Editorial Review Board Member | 2013 - Present |
| American Academy of Pediatrics, PREP Member Hematology-Oncology Editorial Board, Editorial Review Board Member | 2013 - Present |
| AAP-ASPHO Advocacy Alliance, Member | 2013 - Present |
| American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Hematology/Oncology, Member | 2013 - Present |
| American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Attendee, Meeting, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | 2013 - Present |
| ASPHO Fellowship Directors' Working Group, Member, Spring meeting | 2013 - Present |
| ASPHO Palliative Care Interest Group, Member | 2013 - Present |
| ASPHO Vascular Anomalies Interest Group, Attendee, Meeting, spring meeting, Miami, FL | 2013 - Present |
| International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Attendee, Meeting, ISPNO Vienna Austria | 2010 - Present |
| Children's Oncology Group, Board of Advisors of a Company, Fall Meeting | 2008 - Present |
| International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Attendee, Meeting, ISPNO Chicago, IL | 2008 - Present |
| Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Member | |
| American Academy of Pediatrics, Member | |
| American Association for Cancer Research, Member | |
| American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member | |
| American Society of Hematology, Member | |
| American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Member | |
| APHON, Member | |
| Central MS Pediatric Society, Officer, President/Elect/Past | |
| International Symposium for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Attendee, Meeting, ISPNO Toronto, Canada | |
| MS Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Member | |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, Member | |
| Society for Neuro-Oncology, Member |
Committee Service
| Access Steering Committee, Member | 2024 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member | 2020 - Present |
| THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS, Member | 2020 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member | 2018 - Present |
| Faculty Staff Morale/Engagement group, Member | 2018 - Present |
| Clinical Leadership Council, UMMC Cancer Institute, Member | 2018 - Present |
| Group of Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) membership committee, Member | 2017 - Present |
| Physicans Professionalism Committee, PARS Messenger | 2017 - Present |
| Graduate Medical Education Appeals Committee, Member | 2017 - Present |
| the Peer Advocacy Reporting System (PARS), Member | 2016 - Present |
| Clinical Compentency Committe, Dr. Jessica Seaborn, Chair | 2016 - Present |
| Faculty Development Advisory Group Mentoring Committee, Dr. Lauren Tucker, Track Representative | 2016 - Present |
| Pediatric Fellowship Director Council, Member | 2015 - Present |
| Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Laura Newman, Member | 2015 - 2018 |
| Data Safety Monitoring Board for the phase 1 dose escalation study for IV citrulline for sickle cell disease, Member | 2015 - Present |
| Pediatric Resident Mentor, Michelle Poliskin | 2015 - 2018 |
| Clinical Competency Committe, Dr. Laura Newman, Chair | 2015 - Present |
| School of Medicine-Education Continous Quality Improvement, Member | 2015 - Present |
| Master of Clinical Investigation, Development Committee, Member | 2015 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES-GRADUATE COUNCIL, Member | 2015 - Present |
| Pediatric Leadership Development, Member | 2014 - Present |
| Mississippi College Physician Assistant Program Advisory Board, Member | 2013 - Present |
| Pediatric Resident Mentor, Dr. Laura Newman, Dr. Laura Newman | 2012 - 2015 |
| Medical Center - Centers and Institutes, Member | 2012 - Present |
| Pediatric Resident Mentor, Dr. Amanda Strobel, Dr. Amanda Ledbetter | 2011 - 2014 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member | 2010 - Present |
| Pediatric Resident Mentor, Dr. Navakele | 2010 - 2012 |
| Faculty Development Advisory Committee, Dr. Austin Harrison, Chair | |
| Patient Advocacy Reporting System, Patient Advocacy Reporting System: | |
| Faculty Development Advisory Group Mentoring Committee, Dr. Nina Washington, Member | |
| Faculty Development Advisory Group Mentoring Committee, Dr. Katherine Schneider, Member | |
| Clinical Competency Committee, Dr. Amanda Strobel, Chair | |
| Clinical Competency Committee, Dr. Hafsat Mashegu, Chair | |
| Clinical Competency Committee, Dr. Dereck Davis, Chair | |
| Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Dereck Davis, Member | |
| Scholarlay Oversight Committee, Dr. Amanda Strobel, Member | |
| Program Evaluation Committee, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship Training Program, Chair | |
| Children's Expansion Project, Cancer Center task force, Member | |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Member | |
| THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-EXECUTIVE, Member | |
| Faculty Development Advisory Committee, Pediatrics, Member | |
| Faculty Development Advisory Group Mentoring Committee, Dr. Simeen Pasha, Committee Lead | |
| Faculty Development Advisory Group Mentoring Committee, Dr. Carrie Morgan, Committee Lead, Carrie Morgan | |
| Faculty Development Advisory Group Mentoring Committee, Dr. Austin Harrison, Committee Lead, Dr. Kathryn Schneider | |
| Faculty Forward Committee, Member | |
| THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-BLOOD TRANSFUSION, Member | |
| Nominating Committee, Member | |
| Pediatric Education Committee, Member | |
| Pediatric Palliative Care Committee, Member | |
| Pediatric Residency Review Committee, Member | |
| Pediatric Resident Mentor Research Program, Member | |
| Pediatric Resident Mentor, Meghan Lyle, Dr. Megan Lyle | |
| Pediatric Resident Mentor, Dr. Meghan Luter | |
| Promotion and Tenure Committee, Pediatrics, Member | |
| Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Britni Hill | |
| Scholarlay Oversight Committee, Dr. Catherine Gordon | |
| Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Hafsat Mashegu, Dr. Hafsat Mashegu | |
| Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Jitsuda Sitthi-Amorn, Member | |
| UMC Graduate Medical Education Committee, Residency Review Sub-Committee, Member |
Community Service
| Sanderson Farms Golf Tournament, Volunteer | 10/2023 - Present |
| MPB Southern Remedy, Speaker/Radio Broadcast | 09/2023 - Present |
| Sanderson Farms Golf Tournament, Volunteer | 05/2022 - Present |
| Mississippi College Physician Assistant Program Graduation, Advisory Board | 05/2015 - 04/2024 |
| Mississippi College Physician Assistant Program Graduation, Advisory Board, attendee | 12/2014 - Present |
| Mississippi Blood Services, speaker | 12/2014 - Present |
| Jingle Bell Jog, speaker | 12/2014 - 12/2023 |
| Candlelighter’s Art Auction,Sponsor | 10/2014 - Present |
| Mississippi Ride for Kids, Speaker | 08/2014 - Present |
| Camp Rainbow | |
| Character Development Course Speaker, Speaker | |
| Community Outreach, Tupelo Pediatricians | |
| Jackson Academy Pre-Med Society, Speaker | |
| Jackson Preparatory School, Science Symposium, Presenter | |
| Judge/Jury for Senior Project Presentations, Northwest Rankin | |
| Judge/Jury for Senior Project Presentations, Northwest Rankin | |
| Pearl Lower Elementary, Community Friend, Speaker | |
| Pearl Lower Elementary, Infection Control, speaker | |
| UMHC Research Logo Selection, Judge |
Other Service
| Annual Program Report Brochure, Author Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program Spotlight | 02/2015 - 02/2015 |
| Annual Program Report Brochure, Author of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship Program Report | 02/2015 - 02/2015 |
| Program Director Workshop, attendee | 05/2014 - Present |
| GMEC Internal Review, Team Leader, Gastroenterology | 06/2013 - Present |
| Annual CCF Board Meeting, Advisory Board | 03/2008 - Present |
| Epic Super User | |
| GMEC Internal Program Review, Pain Management Program, Member | |
| GMEC Internal Review, Team Leader, Interventional Cardiology | |
| Holliman Lecture, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Coordinator | |
| HUG Committee/Service of Remembrance, Participant | |
| New Facutly Proctor, Dr. Catherine Gordon | |
| Pediatric Faculty Applicant Interviews | |
| Pediatric Residency Applicant Interviews | |
| Residency Fair Presentation, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology |
Teaching Experience
| Graduate, Course, Course Director, Clinical Trial Application | Spring 2015 |
| Medicine, Lecture, presentation/panel discussion, Ethical Delimmas in Medicine | Annual 2014 |
| UMMC, Course, Course Presenter, PALS | Annual 2010 - 2012 |
| 631, Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Junior Pediatrics | Annual 2011 - 2015 |
| 656, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | Annual 2011 |
| Pediatric Residency Training Program, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson Lecture | Annual 2007 - 2015 |
Directed Student Learning
| Preceptor, Advised: Camille Hood | 2021 - 2021 |
| Preceptor, Advised: Samantha Elliott | 2019 - 2019 |
| Supervised Research, Use of next generation sequencing to identify novel drivers of cryptic, clinically aggressive brain tumors Advised: Amanda Boudreaux | 2019 - 2020 |
| Supervised Research, Genomic, Transcriptomic, and DNA Methylation Profile of Disseminated Pilocytic Astrocytoma Advised: Ryan Henry | 2019 - 2019 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Moriah Boone | 2015 - 2015 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Talal Younes | 2015 - 2021 |
| Internship Advisor, Advised: Kelsey Pettus | 2015 - 2015 |
| Preceptor, Advised: Sarah Mason | 2015 - 2015 |
| Internship Advisor, Advised: Elise Abdalla | 2015 - 2015 |
| Internship Advisor, Advised: Savannah Walker | 2014 - 2014 |
| Internship Advisor, Advised: Mary Rosenblatt | 2014 - 2014 |
| Preceptor, Advised: Allison Durr | 2014 - 2015 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Jaydevsinh Dolia | 2013 - 2014 |
| Preceptor, Advised: Jahnavi Chatterjee | 2013 - 2014 |
| Preceptor, Advised: Ocheowelle Okeke | 2013 - 2014 |
| Preceptor, Advised: Alexis Guice | 2012 - 2012 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Katie Criddle | 2011 - 2011 |
| Internship Advisor, Advised: Hannah Clark | 2011 - 2011 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Laura Anthony | 2010 - 2013 |
| Internship Advisor, Advised: Lindsey Brown | 2010 - 2011 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Alyssa Wilmoth | 2010 - 2010 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Mari Beth Eiland | 2010 - 2010 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Mari Beth Eiland | 2010 - 2010 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Jodee Newell | 2010 - 2010 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Laura Marion | 2009 - 2009 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Kaitlyn Renfrow | 2008 - 2009 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Paige Sandifer | 2008 - 2009 |
Fellows supervised
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Program Director, 4 fellows supervised | 07/2015 - 06/2016 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Program Director, 3 fellows supervised | 07/2014 - 06/2015 |
| Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Program Director, 3 fellows supervised | 07/2013 - 06/2014 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Program Director, 2 fellows supervised | 07/2012 - 06/2013 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Program Director, 2 fellows supervised | 07/2011 - 06/2012 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Program Director, 0 fellows supervised | 01/2010 - 01/2011 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Program Director, 2 fellows supervised | 07/2009 - 06/2010 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Training Faculty, 1 fellows supervised | 07/2008 - 06/2009 |
Residency Training
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Resident Elective Rotation, Subspecialty/Activity Director | 2008 - Present |
| Pediatrics/Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Attending Physician | 2008 - Present |