Where Are They Now?

Published on Sunday, December 25, 2022

The Department of Anesthesiology has always had such wonderful people who have contributed to make it what it is today. We would like to know what some of our colleagues and friends who have moved on are doing now and how UMMC played a role in their careers and lives. If would like to be featured in future articles of the newsletter, please e-mail Sara Robertson at smbrobertson@umc.edu. We would love to hear from you!

Eric Hutto, M.D.
Residency Class of 2014

Since I have graduated from residency, my wife Sarah and I have had 3 boys: Hayes, Gray, and John Abel. have practiced in a few different areas of our great state. From Meridian to Oxford and now Ocean Springs, I have enjoyed working in our state over the past 8 years. Since residency, I have been a part of several different practice settings with a wide case variety including trauma, CV (including being an integral part of upstart of a TAVR program), neuro, OB-GYN, airway emergency response and now a fairly heavy pediatric caseload here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

As a graduate of both UMMC Medical School and Anesthesia Residency, I am proud to say that I was very well equipped to go out into private practice and excel. UMMC gives our residents a unique exposure to some of the “sickest” patients in the US. As a result, I gained a unique skill of critical thinking and developing “outside of the box” anesthetic plans that bode well for both private practice and board examinations. I also was more than ready to perform any procedure after finishing residency, specifically excelling in US guided techniques and epidural placement.

What did you enjoy most about being a resident in this program?
What I enjoyed most about the program was the comradery among the residents. It truly felt like a family where each resident felt supported by his or her fellow residents. Whether it was helping setting up for an unfamiliar case or explaining a difficult board topic, we all helped one another excel. I can honestly say by the end of residency, I would have trusted each of them with my own family member, which I think is the upmost compliment you can give a physician.

My advice to current residents would be: Do not assume that you will “never see this once you leave residency.” While UMMC did pose specific challenging patients, the “real world” does not feel much different. You never know when you will be called to intubate a neonate with congenital anomalies in an emergency setting, or have that exact “crazy” case scenario you got in your board prep one day. Take every opportunity to expose yourself to difficult scenarios/ procedures and you will be better off in the long run for it.