‘An amazing day’: Pre-Med students flock to UMMC event at JSU
A crew of Medical Center students, staff and physicians, along with faculty from several campus schools, packed up their expertise and took it a few miles across town last week for a first-ever event. From the UMMC contingent, students at Jackson State University learned, among other things, the ins and outs of getting into medical school; along the way, they got a taste of medicine – as a career.
Published on Monday, November 21, 2022
New pediatric neurologists hail from Oak Grove, School of Medicine Class of 2015
Dr. Jay Thompson and Dr. Josh Cousin, voted Most Intellectual in their Oak Grove High graduating classes, took different paths that led to the same place: the Division of Pediatric Neurology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where they earned their M.D.s.
Published on Monday, October 24, 2022
‘He saw something in me’: NP shifts to MD in the making
Nicki Lawson believed for a long time that there was only one health care career for her. But, thanks to the words and deeds of colleagues and friends at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, her mind, and career path, have changed.
Published on Monday, October 10, 2022
Ever-inspiring and ‘never forgotten’: Physicians swell honor roll of Medical Center elite
Pioneers in pediatric care, a groundbreaker in gastroenterology, stalwart surgeons, prototypes in public health, accomplished figures in family medicine, and others accepted awards, applause and medals during the 2022 UMMC Medical Alumni Awards Dinner. Eight outstanding School of Medicine alumni and/or former faculty members were in the limelight, sharing it with an accomplished contingent from the Class of 1972.
Published on Monday, August 1, 2022