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2025-2026 UMMC Promotions and Tenure

Monday, July 13, 2026

More than 70 current Medical Center faculty will begin the new academic year with a promotion in rank, newly granted tenure, or both. Faculty are listed alphabetically, by school, in rank order of professor with tenure, associate professor with tenure, professor, and associate professor. Read More

Alice Chaney Herndon is fighting cancer while serving as director of adult nursing services, a job she loves.

Front and Center: Alice Chaney Herndon

Monday, June 29, 2026

After more than two decades of serving patients at UMMC, Alice Chaney Herndon, director of adult nursing services, was confronted with her own diagnosis: a brain tumor. Read More

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2024-2025 UMMC Promotions and Tenure

More than 80 current Medical Center faculty will begin the new academic year with a promotion in rank, newly granted tenure, or both. Faculty are listed alphabetically, by school, in rank order of professor with tenure, associate professor with tenure, professor, and associate professor.

Published on Monday, July 7, 2025

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Clinic, faculty member recognized nationally

Medical Center faculty and staff often are recognized regionally, nationally and internationally for their academic or medical achievements. These accolades place UMMC among health science centers worldwide.

Published on Monday, April 15, 2024

 From left, Mackenzie Cook, nurse practioner in the Department of Neurosurgery; her grandfather, Aaron Cummins; and Dr. Allison Strickland, neurosurgeon and Boston Marathon runner.

Front and Center: Dr. Allison Strickland

Dr. Allison Strickland has run in several recreational races all over the country, but next month, she takes on every runner’s dream of participating in the Boston Marathon. Strickland, assistant professor and neurosurgeon, is running in the marathon to raise money for IMPACT Melanoma, a non-profit organization aimed at reducing a disease she often treats patients for.

Published on Monday, March 11, 2024

 Dr. Olga Selioutski watches as Jessica Vann uploads information from her RNS device to a tablet.

Brain pacemaker for epilepsy: first-of-its-kind epilepsy surgery in Mississippi shows success

The device delivers brief pulses of stimulation when a seizure is detected, reducing the number of seizures for patients whose epilepsy is not controlled by medications. The advanced response neurostimulation surgery and follow-up care requires a team of experts such as those at UMMC, a Level IV epilepsy center.

Published on Monday, October 23, 2023

 UMMC neurosurgeons are providing pre-and post-surgical care at the Hattiesburg Clinic, providing care closer to home for south Mississippians.

UMMC neurosurgery care available at Hattiesburg Clinic

Published on Monday, October 9, 2023

 Dr. Kristin Weaver greets patient William Harreld, held by his dad, Daniel Harreld of Vaughan.

Care for spina bifida patients close to home at Children’s of Mississippi

Published on Monday, August 14, 2023

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2023-2024 UMMC Promotions and Tenure

Published on Monday, August 7, 2023

 Dr. Chad Washington, left, and Dr. Shashank Shekhar chat with patient Judy Herrington during a clinic visit in 2020.

Medical Center achieves top designation for stroke care

Published on Monday, June 19, 2023

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2021-2022 UMMC Promotions and Tenure

Published on Tuesday, July 5, 2022

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Stroke program, students, faculty recognized

Published on Monday, June 27, 2022

 Dr. Allison Strickland talks with Felicia Beasley, right, at her trans radial web surgery follow-up appointment.

Minimally invasive procedure repairs brain aneurysms at high risk of bursting

Published on Monday, August 9, 2021

 Rinki Varindani Desai, adult outpatient lead speech-language pathologist, and Dr. Randall Jordan check Dereck Moore's facial function.

Facial reanimation surgery offers something to smile about

Published on Monday, March 29, 2021

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SOD faculty, student make HEADWAE; UMMC neurologist, neurosurgeon earn 'hero' distinction, two neurology faculty garner editorial positions

Published on Saturday, January 16, 2021

 Former School of Medicine classmates Dr. Chad Washington and Dr. Alissa Willis have reunited at the Medical Center as chairs of different departments, but are working together to treat many of the same patients.

In a tale of two departments, former classmates reunite as chairs

Published on Monday, October 21, 2019

 Flanked from his right by grandmother Karen Connerley; brother Caleb Connerley; mom Gena Connerley; and Gena's aunt, Cindy Christian, UMMC Grenada patient Corbin Connerley throws the first pitch Feb. 22 at a Mississippi State University home game. Photo courtesy of Kelly Donoho/ Mississippi State University Athletics

After battling infections, Grenada boy 'back in the game'

Published on Monday, March 11, 2019