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UMMC staff receive service recognition

Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of July 12-18.

 25 Years

James Dean McNair, property officer, Property Control

Paula Pridgett Presley, respiratory therapist, Children’s of Mississippi (Pulmonary Clinic)

20 Years

Priscilla Bracey, patient financial services coordinator, Health Information Management

Driscoll Pierre DeVaul, respiratory and pulmonary services director, Children’s of Mississippi (Respiratory Therapy)

Tamara Parker, administrative assistant, Neurophysiology Lab

Roger Threet, technician, Mississippi MED-COM

Brandi Welch, intelligence program manager, Center for Informatics and Analytics

15 Years

Helen Beasley, children’s ambulatory access director, Children’s of Mississippi (Pediatric Scheduling)

Debra Springs Clark, inpatient nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (Newborn Intensive Care Unit)

Lynnette Gray, apheresis nurse, University Hospital (Apheresis Lab)

Michael Robert Mims, critical care paramedic, Helicopter Transport

Yolanda Anita Shelby, administrative assistant, School of Medicine (General Pediatric Surgery)

Sheronne Williams, oncology nurse, University Hospital (Chemotherapy Nurses)

10 Years

Ashley Fincher, nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (Newborn Intensive Care Unit)

Phillip Hankins, intelligence program manager, Center for Informatics and Analytics

Andrea Tameka McLaurin, medical assistant, University Physicians (Wound Care Center)

Leslie Anne Partridge, nurse practitioner, School of Medicine (Dermatology)

Shakitta Shonya Scott, inpatient nurse, University Hospital (Medical Surgical Float)

Mary Catherine Smith, nurse practitioner, School of Medicine (Plastic Surgery)

Dr. Keli Xu, associate professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences, School of Medicine

5 Years

Vanessa Steen Brown, medical office assistant, University Physicians (Weight Management)

Gregory Davis, assistant supervisor, Building Maintenance (Carpenter Shop)

Lacey Michelle Dungan, abdominal transplant coordinator nurse, Liver Transplant

Dr. Parvesh Mohan Garg, assistant professor of pediatrics, School of Medicine (Neonatology)

Samuel Chase Grayson, intermediate Epic principal trainer, Information Systems

Tatum Morgan Hebert, inpatient nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (3C Pediatric Unit)

Hallie Jones, respiratory therapist, Children’s of Mississippi (Respiratory Therapy)

Todd Maurice Manning, biomedical engineering technician, Clinical Engineering

Dr. Jennifer Christine Reneker, assistant professor of population health science, John D. Bower School of Population Health

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Vaitla, medical director, School of Medicine (Nephrology)

Dr. Jennifer M. Villacorta, assistant professor of neurosurgery, School of Medicine

Dr. Richard Elliot Wells, assistant professor of medicine, School of Medicine (Pulmonology)