Perhaps no others have brought more renown to the Medical Center than the two contemporaries who were honored this week at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson. One was a pioneer in organ transplantation; the other a physiologist whose findings on the way the human body works were revolutionary. |
![Photos: Hoopsters, Santa help brighten season at Children's Hospital Photos: Hoopsters, Santa help brighten season at Children's Hospital](/news/News_Articles/2018/12/Images/MDWFP-Santa-3.jpg) | University of Mississippi basketball players in holiday garb visited Batson Children’s Hospital patients last Tuesday, while Santa Claus rode into the hospital on a Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks airboat last Wednesday. Both holiday visits wowed patients and brightened their holiday season. |
Health care institutions collect and use patient data to improve their quality of care and drive research. With more than 24 million patient encounters during six years, it’s a big undertaking – and responsibility - at the Medical Center. | ![Medical Center does deep dive into data Medical Center does deep dive into data](/news/News_Articles/2018/12/Images/Big-Data-1.jpg) |
![SHRP faculty gain HEADWAE; transplant coordinator makes Good Catch SHRP faculty gain HEADWAE; transplant coordinator makes Good Catch](/news/Miscellaneous/2018/06/June 25, 2018/ummc-distinctions.jpg) | A pair of School of Health Related Professions faculty members are selected to represent the Medical Center at a higher education academic excellence event sponsored by the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities, while the Patient Quality and Safety Group recognizes a transplant nurse coordinator for catching a potential tissue typing error. |
Several interesting events are scheduled for the upcoming weeks at the Medical Center. | ![Augusta U, U of Minn experts' presentation top weekly agenda Augusta U, U of Minn experts' presentation top weekly agenda](/news/images/upcoming_events.jpg) |
![Peds anesthesiologist, speech-language pathologists join UMMC faculty Peds anesthesiologist, speech-language pathologists join UMMC faculty](/news/images/new_faculty.jpg) | Medical Center leadership is proud to announce the following additions to its faculty and leadership staff. |