UMMC staff receive service recognition

Published on Monday, August 18, 2025

Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of August 18 - 24.

20 Years

Jean Dobbs, Supervisor-Emergency Communications Services, SER-Mississippi Med-Com

15 Years

Zan Martin, Infection Preventionist, SSC-Infection Control
Jill Clayton, Director, SON-Instruction School Nursing
Chelsey Andries, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs, SON-Instruction School Nursing
Jaime Wheeler, Director Clinical Informatics, SER-DIS-Core
Valerie Jones, Unit Secretary, UH-3 South
Amanda McCullough, Nurse Practitioner, SOM-Peds-Forensic Medicine
Dean Carr, Pre-Arrival Unit Representative, Int Access-Pre Arrival
Heidi Johnson, RN-Ambulatory, SOM-Anesthesiology
Shou Tang, Professor-Clinical, SOM-Medicine-DIG DIS

Sarah Egger, RN-Transplant Coordinator, Transplant-Kidney
Cathy Yarbrough, Medical Office Assistant, UP Peds-Gulfport
Brittany Tichenor, Sr Tobacco Treatment Counselor, SER-Cancer Institute
Brittany Foster, RN-Inpatient, UH Nursing -Med Surg 4 Wiser
Morgan Starkweather, RN-Inpatient, CCH-2 Micu
Angelina Humphreys, Patient Care Tech, GMC-Emergency

5 Years

Hayden Sistrunk, RN-Inpatient, CCH-CICU
Bre Wade, Postdoc Research Fellow, SPH-Dept Preventive Medicine
James Watts, Associate Professor-Clinical, SOD-Endodontics
Lumba Hawkins, Project Manager I, SOM-Neurology
Ashley Phillips, House Officer, SOM-Peds-Medical Education
Joydeep Chakraborty, Assistant Professor-Clinical, SOM-Medicine-DIG DIS
Ashok Kumar Coimbatore Jeyakumar, Associate Professor-Clinical, SOM-Surgery-Cardiothoracic
Uma Mahesh Avula, House Officer, SOM-Medicine-INT/RES/FEL
Anna Hartman, Occupational Therapist-PRN, Occupational Therapy-BCH
Sarah Hollingsworth, RN-Inpatient, Post Anesthesia Care Unit-BCH
Brigitte Martin, Assistant Professor-Research, SOM-Cell and Molecular Biology
Nicole Ealy, Neurophysiology Tech I, BCH-Neurophysiology Lab
Ashley McGowan, Clinical Support Representative, UP Oto-Lakeland

1 Year

Gabriella Davis, Medical Laboratory Scientist, Clinical Lab-Chemistry
Claire Harkey, Assistant Professor-Clinical, SOM-Peds-Critical Care
Douglas McLaurin, Postdoc Research Fellow, SOM-Cell and Molecular Biology
Ellen Holbrook, RN-Ambulatory, SOM-Preventive Medicine
Maya Gilmore, Certified Medical Assistant, HOPD Cancer Clinic
Tyler Shack, Assistant Professor-Clinical, SOM-Anesthesiology
Daniella Knox, Accountant, SER-Div Res & Sponsored Proj
Sharon Rice, Medical Laboratory Technician, Lab-Grants Ferry Clinic
Jonathan VanLandingham, Nurse Manager-Inpatient, UH-7 South
Benjamin Barr, RN-ECMO Specialist, SSC-ECMO
Anne Elizabeth Zegel, Child Life Specialist-PT, Nurses-Child Life Specialists
Jimikumar Patel, Assistant Professor-Clinical, SOM-Peds-Neonatology
Munther Al-Saber, House Officer, SOM-Graduate Medical Education
Kevin Boykin, Assistant Professor-Clinical, SOM-Surgery-General Pediatric
Ginger Pole, Medical Director, SOM-Peds-Neonatology
Amod Sharma, Instructor-Research, SOM-Cell and Molecular Biology
Lauren Peak, Assistant Professor-Clinical, Child Development Clinic
Chris Posey, Associate General Counsel, SER-Legal
Allison Thurman, RN I-PRN-Health System Tiered, UH-5 North
Reshonda Lawrence, Medical Coder-Professional, Coding
Chynah Harris, Hospital Tech I, WH-3 MBU
Nylah Hardaway, RN-Inpatient, UH 6th Floor Med Surg
Vicky Harrington, Patient Services Coordinator, SOD-Clinical Affairs
Madison Bennett, Hospital Tech I, UH-4 North
Ashley Bruce, RN I-PRN-Health System Tiered, UH-3 South
Sydney Smith, Reg Dietitian I, UH-Dietitians
John Benedict, Senior Director-Payor Contracting, Payor Contracting
Laci Ellard, RN-Ambulatory, UP Derm-Pavilion Suite K
Ashley Huey, Patient Access Representative-ED, Int Access-Admissions
Delicia Tyler, Student Nurse Tech, BCH-Pediatric ICU
Savanna Julian, Research Assistant-Senior, SOM-Sch Grad Stud Health Scien