Davis, Dereck B., M.D.

Primary Practice Location:
University Hospital
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's Hematology/Oncology

Education

Board Certification:	Pediatrics
Medical Education:	University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Internship Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fellowship Program:	Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center

Current Positions

Assistant Professor , School of Medicine	07/2018 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

University of South Alabama, MD, Medicine	2001
Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS Bachelor of Science, Biology, BS, Bachelor of Science	1995
UMMC, Pediatrics
Emory/Childrens of Atlanta, Bone Marrow Transplant
UMMC, Pediatric Hematology

Specialty Certification Licensure

Licensure, MS State Board of Medical Licensure	07/2001 - Present
Certification, Drug Enforcement Agency (current), Drug Enforement
Certification, American Board of Pediatrics General Pediatrics Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics (current)
Licensure, Georgia Medical Board	04/2017 - 03/2019
Licensure, North Carolina Medical Board, North Carolina Medical Board	04/2007 - 03/2014

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Fellow, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

07/2014 - 06/2017

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Best New Faculty, UMMC Dept of Pediatrics

2019

Professional Membership and Service

Pediatric Blood & Marrow Transplant Consortium, Member	2020 - Present
Sickle Cell Transplant Alliance for Research (STAR), Member	2019 - Present
American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Member	2015 - Present
American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Member	2014 - Present
American Society of Hematology 2014, Member	2019
American Society of Clinical Oncology 2014	2018
Mississippi State Medical Association 2014	2018
American Academy of Pediatrics 2014, Fellow	2018
University of South Alabama College of Medicine Alumni Association (Current), Fellow

Committee Service

STAR Commitee on Patient/Parent Advocacy, Co-Chair	2019 - Present
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-BLOOD TRANSFUSION, Member	2019 - Present
Pediatric Hematology Clinical Compentence Commitee, Member	2019 - Present
MS Sickle Cell Foundation, Member	2015 - Present
Fellowship Program Eleva, Member	2014 - Present
Research Council, Peds Hematology Oncology, Member	2014 - Present
Quality Improvement, Peds Hematology, Member	2014 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member

Community Service

MSCF Teen Retreat, Camp Physican/Chaperone	07/2019 - 07/2019
CAMP Rainbow Mississippi, Camp Physician	06/2015 - Present
MS Sickle Cell Foundation, Chair, Governance Committee	04/2014 - Present

Other Service

NIh/NICHD	07/2020 - Present
NIH NICHD CHHDM	10/2019 - 10/2019
Residency Fair, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Publications

Journal Article
Newman LA, Luter MA, Davis DB, Abdul-Rahman OA, Johnson JM, Megason GC, Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia: A Case Series Indicating 2 Founder Variants in the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2017 Oct;39(7):573-575	2017
Davis D, Mashegu H, Majumdar S, An Update on Sickle Cell Anemia in Children and Adolescents. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 2015 Sep;56(9):268-71	2015
Davis D, Nowicki M, Giles H, Cricopharyngeal achalasia responsive to balloon dilation in an infant. Southern medical journal, 2005 Apr;98(4):472-4	2005
Davis DB, A sallow infant. Clinical pediatrics, 2004 Jul-Aug;43(6):587-8; discussion 589-91

Presentations

State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Transitioning from Chronic Illness to Curable Disease, MS Sickle Cell Foundation, Jackson Medical Mall	09/2019
Poster Presentation, HSCT outcomes of Native American patients with c-MPL mutations, ASPHO, Phoenix, AZ	05/2015

Teaching Experience

Pediatric Residents, Lecture, Lecturer, Platelet Disorders	Fall 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Gamma Delta T-Cell Lymphoma	Fall 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Lymphomas	2015
Pediatric Residents, Lecture, Lecturer, Platelet Disorders	Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitor, Sickle Cell clinical Coorelation	Fall 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer	Annual

Residency Training

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Attending Physician

2018 - Present

Fellows supervised

Peds Hematology/Oncology, Attending Physician, 3 fellows supervised

07/2018 - Present

Davis, Dereck B., M.D.

Education

Current Positions

Education

Specialty Certification Licensure

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Professional Membership and Service

Committee Service

Community Service

Other Service

Sponsored Program Funding

Publications

Journal Article

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Residency Training

Fellows supervised

Services & Procedures