Sixteen years ago, when Dr. Elizabeth Bell Odom Carr received her dental hygienist degree from the University of Mississippi School of Health Related Professions, she fully expected to begin a long career in private practice.

Sybil Cumberland entered the world at a healthy 7 pounds, 5 ounces, but unbeknown to her family and physicians, she arrived with a broken heart.

Since 2009, Dr. Satya Packianathan has helped heal University of Mississippi Medical Center patients coping with thoracic and gastrointestinal tumors.

The Medical Center is proud to announce the following additions to its faculty and leadership staff.

A staff nurse anesthetist accepts a national political award, while a UM pharmacy student is among 12 recipients of ASHP's leadership prize.