Internal med peds residents, urologist, sports medicine fellow join Medical Center faculty

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

John Caleb Grenn, MD

Dr. John Caleb Grenn, recently an internal medicine/pediatrics resident at UMMC, has joined the Medical Center faculty as an assistant professor of pediatrics.

After receiving his BS in chemistry/biochemistry summa cum laude in 2013 from the University of Southern Mississippi Honors College, Grenn earned his MD in 2017 at UMMC, where he completed internal medicine/pediatrics residency training this year. A three-time Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award winner, a two-time Carl G. Evers, MD Society Resident of the Year selection and a 2019 Carl G. Evers, MD Society All-Star Resident and an Evers Society Hall of Fame inductee, he is also the inaugural recipient of the Class of 1967 Award for primary care physician residents.

An active member of the Gold Humanism Society, Jeanette D. Pullen Chapter, Grenn has given three invited presentations at UMMC and has coauthored a peer-reviewed article in the SGIM Forum and two research posters. A former chapter president of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and a member of the UMMC Quality and Safety Board, Grenn’s interests include academic medicine and pediatrics, undergraduate and graduate medical education.

Shubhra Malik, MD

Dr. Shubhra Malik, recently a pediatric resident at UMMC, has joined the Medical Center faculty as an assistant professor of pediatrics.

After receiving her MD from Tver State Medical Academy, Russia, in 2011, Malik served as a medical officer at HCG Multispecialty Hospital, Ahmedabad, India, from 2011-12, was an extern at Ghent Family Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, during the winter of 2013-14, and served as a medical associate at Integrity Medical Systems, Ahmedabad, in 2014. She interned in the Maternal and Fetal Medicine Department at SSM St. Mary’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, from 2016-17 and at the St. Louis County Health Department, Berkeley, Missouri, in 2017 while earning her MPH with a concentration in epidemiology at Saint Louis University in 2017. She then had pediatric residency training at UMMC from 2017-21.

The author or coauthor of three research posters and one abstract presented at scientific meetings nationally, Malik’s research interests include maternal obesity, diabetes and consanguinity on the prevalence of congenital heart disorders in Mississippi. She is affiliated with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association.

Aaron Moore, MD

Dr. Aaron Moore, recently a urology resident at UMMC, has joined the Medical Center faculty as an assistant professor of surgery (urology).

After receiving his BA in chemistry magna cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, in 2012, Moore earned his MD at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, in 2016. He then had a surgery internship from 2016-17 and residency training in urology from 2017-21 at UMMC.

The author or coauthor of three articles in peer-reviewed professional publications and one research poster presented at a scientific meeting at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Moore has given three UMMC Division of Urology Grand Rounds talks and one oral presentation at the Southern Illinois School of Medicine. An active member of the American Urological Association and the American Medical Association, his clinical interests include stone disease, men with voiding dysfunction and urologic cancers.

Joshua A. Norman, MD

Dr. Joshua A. Norman, a sports medicine fellow at UMMC, has joined the Medical Center faculty as an assistant professor of emergency medicine.

After receiving his MD at UMMC in 2017, Norman had residency training in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, from 2017-20. He then returned to UMMC for his sports medicine fellowship.

An active member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, Jeanette D. Pullen Chapter, Norman received the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Residency Leadership Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, in 2020. The author or coauthor of one scientific abstract and one research project presented at scientific meetings nationally, he serves as resident site director for the Merit Madison Emergency Department, overseeing resident education and experience, and is a member of the Clinical Competency Committee.