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Amanda L. Witt, MD

Amanda L. Witt, MD

Division Chief

Department:
SOM-Neurology

Email:
awitt@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5500

Biography

Amanda Witt, MD is an Associate Professor and Neuromuscular Division Chief in the Department of Neurology at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. She is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with subspecialty board certifications in neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine. She attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical School at Southwestern in Dallas, TX, completed an internal medicine internship at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas and a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX. She then completed a fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at the U.C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA. She moved to Jackson, MS with her family in 2011. She takes care of patients of all ages with congenital or acquired disabilities with a focus on neuromuscular disorders and spasticity management. She is the clinical director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) clinic in Jackson, MS and lead investigator for the MOVR project through the MDA. She enjoys teaching students, residents and fellows. She is also an active member of the AANEM (American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine) and has served on their education committee since 2017.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER, FELLOWSHIP - AUGUST 2010 - AUGUST 2011, NEUROMUSCULAR MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP2011
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, RESIDENCY - JULY 2007 - JULY 2010, PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION DEPT.2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL, MD2006
MILLSAPS COLLEGE, BS, CHEMISTRY2002
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION DEPT
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS, INTERNAL MEDICINE

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine04/2018 - 04/2028
Certification, Neuromuscular Medicine, Americal Board Of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation10/2011 - 12/2021
Certification, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitaion07/2011 - 12/2021
Licensure, Texas Medical Board08/2010 - 08/2014
Licensure, MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE05/2011 - 06/2014
Licensure, California Medical Board05/2010 - 04/2013

Current Positions

Professor, School of Medicine07/2022 - Present
Division Chief, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology05/2017 - Present
Director, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology2017 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Associate Professor, UMMC, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology07/2017 - 06/2022
M3 Clerkship Director, UMMC, School of Medicine11/2014 - 09/2019
Neuromuscular Fellowship Director, UMMC, School of Medicine07/2013 - 07/2020
Division Director, UMMC, School of Medicine10/2011 - 06/2016
Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology08/2011 - 06/2017
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics08/2011 - 06/2016
Instructed and Observed fellow second year students, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology2004 - 05/2004
Medical Assistant, The Woman's Clinic, Monroe, LA, School of2000 - 2002
Orthopedic Clinic, Jackson, MS2000 - 2001