July 12, 2021
UMMC staff receive service recognition
Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of July 12-18.
25 Years
James Dean McNair, property officer, Property Control
Paula Pridgett Presley, respiratory therapist, Children’s of Mississippi (Pulmonary Clinic)
20 Years
Priscilla Bracey, patient financial services coordinator, Health Information Management
Driscoll Pierre DeVaul, respiratory and pulmonary services director, Children’s of Mississippi (Respiratory Therapy)
Tamara Parker, administrative assistant, Neurophysiology Lab
Roger Threet, technician, Mississippi MED-COM
Brandi Welch, intelligence program manager, Center for Informatics and Analytics
15 Years
Helen Beasley, children’s ambulatory access director, Children’s of Mississippi (Pediatric Scheduling)
Debra Springs Clark, inpatient nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (Newborn Intensive Care Unit)
Lynnette Gray, apheresis nurse, University Hospital (Apheresis Lab)
Michael Robert Mims, critical care paramedic, Helicopter Transport
Yolanda Anita Shelby, administrative assistant, School of Medicine (General Pediatric Surgery)
Sheronne Williams, oncology nurse, University Hospital (Chemotherapy Nurses)
10 Years
Ashley Fincher, nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (Newborn Intensive Care Unit)
Phillip Hankins, intelligence program manager, Center for Informatics and Analytics
Andrea Tameka McLaurin, medical assistant, University Physicians (Wound Care Center)
Leslie Anne Partridge, nurse practitioner, School of Medicine (Dermatology)
Shakitta Shonya Scott, inpatient nurse, University Hospital (Medical Surgical Float)
Mary Catherine Smith, nurse practitioner, School of Medicine (Plastic Surgery)
Dr. Keli Xu, associate professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences, School of Medicine
5 Years
Vanessa Steen Brown, medical office assistant, University Physicians (Weight Management)
Gregory Davis, assistant supervisor, Building Maintenance (Carpenter Shop)
Lacey Michelle Dungan, abdominal transplant coordinator nurse, Liver Transplant
Dr. Parvesh Mohan Garg, assistant professor of pediatrics, School of Medicine (Neonatology)
Samuel Chase Grayson, intermediate Epic principal trainer, Information Systems
Tatum Morgan Hebert, inpatient nurse, Children’s of Mississippi (3C Pediatric Unit)
Hallie Jones, respiratory therapist, Children’s of Mississippi (Respiratory Therapy)
Todd Maurice Manning, biomedical engineering technician, Clinical Engineering
Dr. Jennifer Christine Reneker, assistant professor of population health science, John D. Bower School of Population Health
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Vaitla, medical director, School of Medicine (Nephrology)
Dr. Jennifer M. Villacorta, assistant professor of neurosurgery, School of Medicine
Dr. Richard Elliot Wells, assistant professor of medicine, School of Medicine (Pulmonology)