UMMC staff receive service recognition

Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of Aug. 10-16.

25 Years

Lemuel Jefferson, police officer, Campus Police

Pattie Lowe, social worker, Holmes County Hospital (Social Services)

Todd Mcraney, nurse educator, Children’s Hospital (Emergency Department)

20 Years

Paula Denise Bates, clinical document specialist nurse, Clinical Documentation

Robert Henry Cowan, auto repair assistant, Building Maintenance

Latanya Rene Lee, vent specialist, Jackson Medical Mall (Children’s Clinic)

Dr. Carl Mangum, associate professor of nursing, School of Nursing

15 Years

Sarah Burkett, accounting manager, Accounting Department

Annice Lummus Little, social worker, School of Medicine (Pediatric Palliative Medicine)

Alana Jenkins Lowe, transplant surgical technician, University Hospital (Surgical Suite)

Chastity Mccoy, administrative assistant, School of Medicine (Pediatric Rheumatology)

10 Years

Stephen Davis Blasingame Jr., magnetic resonance imaging technologist, University Hospital

Helen Denise Gipson, nurse practitioner, School of Medicine (Dermatology)

Kristi Hollingsworth Goodson, nurse practitioner, University Physicians (Corporate Services)

Deanna Gail Hart, data warehouse administrator, Center for Informatics and Analytics

Yakeisha Noble, medical technologist, Children’s Hospital (Nursery Clinical Lab)

Lisa Vaughn Strum, associate Epic application coordinator/analyst, Information Systems

Peggy Lynn Thompson, billing specialist, School of Dentistry (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pathology)

Gwendolyn Renee King Varnado, professional fee coder, School of Medicine (Anesthesiology)

Arron Vickery, information technology senior director, Information Systems

5 Years

Dr. Elias Habib Abboud, hospitalist, Holmes County Hospital

Dr. Laura F. Asbill, assistant professor of dentistry, School of Dentistry (Advanced General Dentistry)

Krishna Kanth Ayyalasomayajula, lead research informatics analyst, Center for Informatics and Analytics

Karlee Carter, perioperative nurse, Grenada Medical Center (Surgery)

Pamela Chandler, nurse, Grenada Medical Center (Emergency)

Vickie Corkren, remote clinical documentation specialist nurse, Clinical Documentation

Joslyn Sarah Downey, administrative assistant, Neuroscience Institute

Aquarius Garner, phlebotomist, Children’s Hospital (Nursery Clinical Lab)

James Madison Jackson, inpatient nurse, Children’s Hospital (Surgical Suite)

Josh Randal Lee, magnetic resonance imaging technologist, University Hospital

Crystal Klotz Porter, inpatient nurse, Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Psychiatry)

Bradley Andrew Vanlandingham, nurse, Children’s Hospital (Emergency Department)

Karen Watson, access financial coordinator, Internal Access (Admissions)