Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce

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UMMC Office MD Workforce FINAL.pdf

  • Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce Advisory Board

    Executive Committee 

    Appointing Organization

    Chair: John Mitchell, MD 

    Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians

    Vice Chair: Hugh Gamble, MD

    Mississippi State Medical Association

    Interim Director: Diane K. Beebe, MD

    University of Mississippi Medical Center Family Medicine Chair

    Amy Woods, MD

    Mississippi Chapter, American College of Physicians

    Mark Williams, MD, MBA, JD, CPE

    Mississippi Hospital Association

    Jennifer Hicks, MD

    Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association

    Blake Wilson

    Mississippi Economic Council

    Luke Lampton, MD

    State Board of Health Chair

    James Turner, DO

    William Carey School of Medicine Dean Designee

    Board Members

    Appointing Organization

    Luke Lampton, MD
    Family Medicine, Magnolia, MS

    State Board of Health Chair

    Mary Currier, MD, MPH
    Jackson, MS

    State Health Officer

    Thomas Joiner, MD
    Family Medicine, Jackson, MS

    Mississippi State Medical Association

    Hugh Gamble, MD
    Vascular Surgery, Greenville, MS

    Mississippi State Medical Association

    Tim Alford, MD
    Family Medicine, Kosciusko, MS

    		Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians

    John Mitchell, MD
    Family Medicine, Tupelo, MS

    		Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians

    Jason Dees, DO
    Family Medicine, New Albany, MS

    		Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association

    Amy Woods, MD
    Internal Medicine, Byhalia, MS

    		Mississippi Chapter, American College of Physicians

    Jimmy Stewart, MD
    Med-Peds, UMMC

    		Mississippi Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

    Wayne Slocum, MD
    Ob-Gyn, Tupelo, MS

    		Mississippi Chapter, American College of OB-GYN

    Jennifer Hicks, MD
    Ob-Gyn, Madison, MS

    		Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association

    LouAnn Woodward, MD
    UMMC Associate Chancellor for Health Affairs and Vice Dean, School of Medicine
    Emergency Medicine

    		University of Mississippi Medical Center Dean Designee

    Shirley Schlessinger, MD
    UMMC Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
    Nephrology

    University of Mississippi Medical Center Dean Designee (GME)

    Diane Beebe, MD
    UMMC Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine

    University of Mississippi Medical Center Family Medicine Chair

    Claude Brunson, MD
    UMMC Associate Vice Chancellor for External Affairs
    Anesthesiology

    State Board of Medical Licensure

    James Turner, DO
    Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences for the College of Osteopathic
    Professor of Medicine

    		William Carey School of Medicine Dean Designee

    Blake Wilson
    Jackson, MS

    		Mississippi Economic Council

    Brent Christensen, MBA
    Jackson, MS

    		Mississippi Development Authority

    Mark Williams, MD, MBA, JD, CPE
    Chief Medical Office, North MS Health Services
    Anesthesiology, Tupelo, MS

    Mississippi Hospital Association

    Robert Pugh, MPH
    Executive Director

    		Mississippi Primary Health Care Association

    Aurelia Jones-Taylor, MD
    Clarksdale, MS

    		Mississippi Primary Health Care Association