Feb. 1, 2021

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UMMC staff receive service recognition

Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of Feb. 1-7.


25 Years

Cassandra Brown, access financial coordinator, Internal Access (Admissions)

20 Years

Tonya Mayers-Sherman, inpatient nurse, University Hospital (3 North)

15 Years

Johnnie Campbell, surgical technician, Children’s of Mississippi (Surgical Suite)

10 Years

Larry Blanton, senior information technology project manager, Information Systems

Annette Dixon, hospital technician, Children’s of Mississippi (5C Pediatric Unit)

Sherri Franklin, director of nursing, School of Nursing

Dr. Larry Martin, division chief, School of Medicine (Surgery)

Brooke Elizabeth Park, intelligence program manager, Center for Informatics and Analytics

Ashley Gail Pigg, nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (Surgical Suite)

5 Years

Merry Grace Coffin Bussey, inpatient nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (Newborn Intensive Care Unit)

Tammy Gail Caldwell, nurse, UMMC Holmes County (Inpatient Nursing)

Maidee Parker Campbell, inpatient nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)

Shellie Elizabeth Cheatham, nurse anesthetist, School of Medicine (Anesthesiology)

Elizabeth Abigail Harbin, inpatient nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (4C Pediatric Unit)

Kayla Harville, nurse practitioner, UMMC Grenada

Hazel Mae Hightower, unit secretary, University Hospital (WH-2 Labor Delivery/Surgery)

Venita Nichole Jackson, medical abstractor, University Hospital (Trauma Management)

Francine Malenzi, newborn services director, Children’s of Mississippi (Administration)

Nickeysha Nicole Nathaniel, inpatient nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (4C Pediatric Unit)

Ann Elizabeth Purcell, nurse practitioner, University Physicians (Corporate Services)

Retha Jean Taylor, billing specialist, Patient Financial Services

Heather Nash Therrell, surgery care coordinator nurse, School of Medicine (Transplant Surgery)

Stephanie Elizabeth Trusty, inpatient nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (Newborn Intensive Care Unit)

Anna Fairly Walters, nurse anesthetist, School of Medicine (Anesthesiology)

Dr. Bradley James Walters, assistant professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences, School of Medicine

Eric White, police officer, Campus Police