Patient’s mysterious neurological disease no match for UMMC specialist

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Two years ago, Greenwood resident Michael Jordan slowly began to lose the ability to breathe and to swallow. Doctor after doctor couldn’t diagnose his mystery disease, and he spent his 40th birthday in the ICU. On a ventilator at Methodist Specialty Care Center, Jordan was finally diagnosed by Dr. Saurabh Shukla, a UMMC neurologist, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Justice Dept. grants $6M to confront opioid abuse, save lives

Monday, November 23, 2020

A multi-million-dollar award from the U.S. Department of Justice will go a long way toward helping UMMC and the Mississippi State Department of Health counter the threat of substance abuse and, in the words of one UMMC professor, “turn things around.”

Targeted Therapy

Friday, May 1, 2020

Precision med new avenue for brain, nervous system treatment

Care and support of older adults with Alzheimer's

When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Mississippi in March 2020, the MIND Center Clinic took immediate action to protect its most vulnerable patient population of older adults while continuing to provide critical dementia care and caregiver support services.

Podcast Spotlight | Dr. Harry Pantazopoulos

Dr. Harry Pantazopoulos was interviewed by Carl Lanore on the radio show/podcast "Super Human Radio."

Neurosurgery welcomes specialized experts in cerebrovascular disease, pituitary and skull base tumors, and neuro-oncology

The Department of Neurosurgery welcomed three new faculty members last year who bring extensive, subspecialized training in both minimally invasive and complex neurosurgical procedures in the areas of cerebrovascular disease and brain tumors.

Clinical trial partnership unique to state gives Huntington’s patients hope

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Individually, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and ALS are each devastating, fatal diseases. But all of them together? That’s how the medical profession describes Huntington’s disease. UMMC is offering unique, specialized care and a clinical trials partnership with the University of Alabama-Birmingham to give HD patients new hope.