Education
Hand Surgery Lectureships
J. T. Davis Visiting Lectureship in Hand Surgery
The J. T. Davis Visiting Lectureship in Hand Surgery, endowed in 1985 by J. T. Davis, Jr., MD, honors the legacy of his father, J. T. Davis, Sr., MD, who has been called Mississippi’s pioneer hand surgeon. Dr. Davis completed surgical residency in 1935 and began his general surgery practice in Corinth, MS. His interest in hand surgery was born during World War II when he served in the Army Surgical Corp in the European Theatre. He returned to Corinth after the war in 1945 and restarted his private practice. He worked as a general surgeon for 58 years. The lectureship named in his honor seeks to promote the education of aspiring hand and upper extremity surgeons at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Visiting Professors in the Lectureship Series
The Dr. Michael E. Jabaley Distinguished Hand Surgery Visiting Professor Lecture Series
The Dr. Michael E. Jabaley Distinguished Hand Surgery Visiting Professor Lecture Series was endowed in 2025 to honor the renowned teaching and research legacy of Dr. Jabaley in perpetuity. With over 100 publications to his name and as a recognized expert in the management of Dupuytren's contracture and nerve surgery, Dr. Jabaley is known as a giant in the field of hand surgery around the world. Jabaley attended undergraduate at Vanderbilt University and received his Doctorate of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery and plastic surgery training at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital (where he was later appointed professor in orthopaedic surgery and plastic surgery) and Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital. As a U.S. Army officer, Jabaley treated the head, neck and hand injuries of soldiers during the Vietnam War. During the late 1970’s, he was recruited by Dr. James Hardy to be the first permanent chief of plastic surgery at UMMC. The lectureship named in his honor seeks to promote the education of aspiring hand and upper extremity surgeons at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Visiting Professors in the Lecture Series
The inaugural Dr. Michael E. Jabaley Distinguished Hand Surgery Visiting Professorship Lecture Series will be held on Friday, February 27, 2026, at UMMC. Please register at the link below.