Joshua "Brett" B. Jeter, MD
Associate Professor
Department:
SOM-Medicine-HOSP
Email:
jjeter@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 929-1689
Biography
Brett Jeter is a board certified internal medicine physician that works primarily in the hospital medicine division. Brett went to Mississippi State for an engineering degree and UMMC for medical school. He graduated from internal medicine residency in 2017 and has been on faculty at UMMC since graduation. He has advanced experience in point of care ultrasound and bedside procedures. He is the leader of the POCUS curriculum for the Internal Medicine Residency and the director of the Hospital Medicine Track. He is an associate program director for the Internal Medicine Residency and serves as assistant clerkship director for M3s in Internal Medicine.
Education
| UMMC, Residency, Internal Medicine | 2017 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, MD, Doctor of Medicine | 2014 |
| Mississippi State, BS, Biological Engineering | 2010 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Licensure, Medical Licensure, Mississippi Board Medical Licensure | 07/2017 - Present |
| NPI, National Provider Identifier | 07/2014 - Present |
| DEA, Controlled Substance Registration Certificate | 12/2019 - 12/2022 |
| Certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine | 09/2017 - 09/2027 |
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/2017 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Jose Lucar, Mary Joyce B Wingler, David A Cretella, Lori M Ward, Courtney E Sims Gomillia, Nicholas Chamberlain, Luis A Shimose, James B Brock, Jessie Harvey, Andrew Wilhelm, Lance T Majors, Joshua B Jeter, Maria X Bueno, Svenja Albrecht, Bhagyashri Navalkele, Leandro A Mena, Jason Parham Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Outcomes of Hospitalized Adults with COVID-19: Early Experience from an Academic Medical Center in Mississippi South Med J 2021 Mar;114(3):144-149. | 2020 |
Review Article | |
| High-Value Care Inclusion in the Preclinical and Clinical Years of Medical School: A Narrative Review and Descriptive Experience at a Single Institution Storm L K, Salvemini J D, Shields M L, et al. (February 19, 2026) High-Value Care Inclusion in the Preclinical and Clinical Years of Medical School: A Narrative Review and Descriptive Experience at a Single Institution. Cureus 18(2): e103932. doi:10.7759/cureus.103932 | 2026 |
Presentations
| Poster Presentation, Thrombotic Microangiopathy: Rare Complication of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, SGIM | 09/2025 |
| Poster Presentation, An Unusual Triad: Pancreatic Head Mass, Paraneoplastic Myositis, and Rhabdomyolysis, SGIM | 09/2025 |
| Poster Presentation, High-risk drug or most recent drug as a cause of DRESS, ACP Abstract Day | 09/2024 |
| Poster Presentation, A rare presentation of extramedullary plasmacytoma and the challenges facing timely diagnosis, SGIM | 10/2023 |
| Poster Presentation, Could it be Kaposi? Williams J, Jeter B, Duckworth S, Henegan JC., ACP, UMMC | 09/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Unusual Presentation of Chelitis Granulomatosa Bui C, Duckworth S, Jeter B, LeBlanc S., ACP, UMMC | 08/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, An Unlikely Combination. Bush B, Smith D, Duckworth S, Jeter B., ACP, UMMC | 08/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Wellen’s Syndrome: Guiding Decision Making in Acute Coronary Syndrome by Crews W, Jeter B., ACP, UMMC | 08/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, An Unusual Suspect of Interest, Fusobacterial abdominal infection by Malcolm N, Jeter B, ACP, UMMC | 08/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer Masked By Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State by Jeter B, Aldred W, Horn M., ACP, UMMC | 08/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, ‘Cryptoccocus neoformans as a Cause of Multiple Embolic Strokes in an HIV- negative Patient with Cirrhosis’ by Jeter and Speights et al., ACP, UMMC | 08/2014 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Teacher of the Year, Internal Medicine Residency, Internal Medicine Residency Program | 2025 |
| AOA inductee, AOA | 2024 |
| AOA Attending of the Year, AOA | 2024 |
| Evers Hall of Fame, Evers Society | 2024 |
| M4 Attending of the Year, Evers Society | 2024 |
| Evers Keynote Address, Evers Society | 2024 |
| Inductee, Academy of Teaching Excellence | 2023 |
| M3 Attending of the Year, Evers Society | 2023 |
| TEACH Prize Nominee, TEACH by Regions Bank | 2023 |
| Inductee, Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence | 2023 |
| Trailblazer Faculty Award, Department of Medicine | 2022 |
| Service Award, Department of Medicine | 2021 |
| Trailblazer Faculty Award, UMMC | 2020 |
| M3 Attending of the Year, Evers Society | 2020 |
| Resident of the Year, Internal Medicine Residency Program | 2017 |
| Gold Humanism Society Member, GHHS | 2013 |
Professional Membership and Service
| AOA, Member | 2024 - Present |
| American College of Physicians, Fellow | 2017 - Present |
| Society of Hospital Medicine, Member | 2017 - Present |
Committee Service
| Central Line Dressing Committee, Member | 2026 - Present |
| UMMC Internal Medicine House Officer Selection Committee Subcommittee, Co-Chair | 2025 - Present |
| Deterioration Index, Member | 2024 - 2025 |
| Building Bridges Leadership Program, member | 2024 - 2025 |
| Clinical Competency Committ for Internal Medicine Residency, Member | 2024 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member | 2021 - 2022 |
| Department of Medicine Education Council, Member | 2021 - Present |
| Hospital Medicine Education Committee, Member | 2019 - 2022 |
| Alumni Event, Steering Comittee Member | 2019 - 2019 |
| Early Discharge Committee, Task Force Chair | 2019 - 2019 |
| ACGME Self Study | 2018 - 2018 |
| 30 Day Readmission Committee, Member | 2018 - 2018 |
| Mortality Committee, Member | 2017 - Present |
| Program Evaluation Committee, Member | 2017 - Present |
| House Officer Selection Committee, Member | 2017 - Present |
Community Service
| Youth Flag Football Coach, Head Coach | 07/2022 - 07/2025 |
| Youth Basketball Coach, Head Coach | 07/2022 - 07/2025 |
| Travel Ball Baseball Coach, Head Coach, ongoing | 07/2021 - Present |
| Madison Youth Baseball Coach, assistant coach | 08/2020 - Present |
| Mission First, Doctor for Free Clinic | 07/2017 - 07/2018 |
| Bible Study, Grace Community Church, Leader | 07/2014 - 07/2025 |
Other Service
| ACP Abstract Day Judge 4-5 times in last 8 years, ACP Abstract Day Judge | 10/2019 - 10/2019 |
Teaching Experience
| Lecture, Lecturer, Faculty Development sessions | Annual yearly, last 2 years - 2024 |
| Lecture, Lecturer, Cirrhosis for Hospital Medicine | Annual yearly since 2024 |
| Small Group, Procedure Training | Annual yearly since 2020 |
| Small Group, POCUS Small Groups | Annual yearly since 2020 - 2020 |
| Lecture, Lecturer, POCUS Lectures | yearly since 2020 |
| Small Group, Facilitator, Residents as Teachers and Leaders | Annual yearly for 3 years |
| Boss Rounds | Annual Yearly - 2017 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Literature Review | Since 2017 |
| Medicine, ACP Debate | 2025 - 2025 |
| Lecture, Lecturer, Syncope | 2025 - 2025 |
| Medicine, Lecturer, AKI Lecture | Spring 2023 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Pulmonary Embolism for M1-M2 | Fall 2023 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Pathophysiology on the Wards | 2022-2025 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Grand Rounds for Internal Medicine on POCUS | 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, High Value Care Lecture | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M3 Boot Camp | Summer 2021 - 2021 |
| Graduate, Small Group, COVID small group | Summer 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, COVID Literature Review for Residents | Summer 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, COVID Literature Review for Medical Students | Spring 2020 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Residents as Teachers | Fall 2019 - 2019 |
| Lecture, Lecturer, Grand Rounds for Internal Medicine | Fall 2019 - 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Monthly Morning Report Lecture | Annual 2017 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Clinical Reasoning Sessions | Annual - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, DVT Prophylaxis Lecture | Spring - 2023 |
Directed Student Learning
| Preceptor, Advised: Maris Hardee, Kati Krishna | 2020 - 2021 |
| attending physician | 2020 - Present |
| Preceptor, Advised: Hamza Patel, Manish Harrigill | 2019 - 2020 |
| Leader, ATtending | 2019 - Present |
| Preceptor, Advised: Anna Bicker, Joey Sanders | 2018 - 2019 |
| Preceptor, Advised: Abudullah Shaheen, Mindy Talley | 2017 - 2018 |
| Attending Physician | 2017 - Present |
| Attending Physician | 2017 - Present |
| Preceptor, Advised: Hannah Burson, Raman Kaur | 2016 - 2017 |
Residency Training
| Hospitalist Track, Advisor | 2025 - Present |
| Internal Medicine Procedure/Consult Service, Attending Physician | 2020 - Present |
| POCUS, Program Director | 2020 - Present |
| QI Projects, Advisor | 2019 - Present |
| Internal Medicine Residency Program, Attending Physician | 2017 - Present |
| UMMC Coaching Program, Training Faculty | 2017 - 06/2018 |