Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith

Chief

Department:
SOM-Family Medicine

Email:
posmith@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5003

Biography

Dr. Patrick Smith is the Chief Faculty Affairs Officer for the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He also serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine.

Within these roles, he oversees academic leadership recruitment and onboarding, contributes to leadership development, provides faculty consultation services, manages principles of academic life (viz., appointment, promotions, tenure, and faculty development) and is a principle leader in the University Professionalism Collaborative.

Dr. Smith earned the B.S. degree from Millsaps College and the M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in clinical psychology. After completing additional training at the Jackson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (JVAMC) in the area of psychophysiology, he completed his psychology residency training in the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC)/VAMC Psychology Internship Consortium.

Dr. Smith has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and editorials on the subject of professionalism and leadership in academic health centers. Presently, he is the Past Chair for Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Faculty Affairs. He has served on the Board of Directors for the National Register of Healthcare Providers in Psychology and has held leadership positions in the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers, the Mississippi Psychological Association, and the Mississippi Board of Psychology.

Education

University of Mississippi, PhD, Clinical Psychology1991
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Resident training, Clinical Psychology Residency1990
University of Mississippi, MA, Clinical Psychology1986
Millsaps College, BS, Psychology1982

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Board Certification, American Board of Professional Psychology (Clinical)09/2009 - Present
Certification, Mississippi Board of Psychology, Civil Commitment Certification07/2001 - Present
Certification, Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology, Association of Professional & Provincial Psychology Boards04/2002 - Present
Certification, Registrant, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology06/2001 - Present
Licensure, Psychologist, Mississippi Board of Psychology06/1992 - Present

Current Positions

Chief Faculty Affairs Officer07/2014 - Present
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, School of Medicine07/2009 - Present
Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine Resrch & Tching Center07/2002 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery2007 - 2011
ACT Center Core Faculty, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine07/1999 - 06/2009
Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine07/1997 - 06/2002
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine1995 - 1997
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry07/1991 - 07/2011