CenterView: May 02, 2011
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More than 1,100 UMMC employees are a part of the parallel Medical Center most employees never see. They are the ones who arrive on campus while most employees are settling in for dinner and winding down their day.
Mother Nature in all her fury couldn't dampen the spirit of cooperation at the University of Mississippi Medical Center April 7.
Dr. Makram R. Ebeid, professor of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and a pediatric cardiologist, performed the state's first transcatheter pulmonary heart valve replacement procedure, a nonsurgical alternative to open-heart surgery.
Three years ago, the School of Nursing joined forces with four other universities around the state to expand access to advanced care for elderly patients as well as those with mental health illnesses, two underserved populations in Mississippi.
To attract young doctors into the country's most urgently needed field of practice, faculty in the Department of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center plan to add a primary care track to the department's residency program next year.
Funeral services for Lois Boackle Jones, former faculty member in the School of Health Related Professions, were April 18 at St. Richard Catholic Church.
Mary Levereault, a longtime employee of the Medical Center, died April 8.
First-year physical therapy student Travis Pace speaks to families of individuals who donated their bodies for the advancement of science at the Medical Center during the Ceremony of Thanksgiving in Memory of Anatomical Donors April 27. Other student speakers include (from left) Kristen Womack, Dustin Pambianchi and Bradley Deere.
University Transplant Guild will host its second annual Day at the Derby to benefit UMHC transplant patients from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at Providence Hill Farm at 2600 Carsley Road in Jackson. The adults-only event will include a silent auction from 4-6 p.m. Colorful hats and ties are encouraged. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.universitytransplantguild.com. Artist Sunny Palmisano painted this Derby-themed mural for the Guild.