Monica Harrion, an art director, animator and designer in Burbank, California, is living a healthy life thanks to heart surgery performed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center 50 years ago. Dr. Akio Suzuki, a world-class heart surgeon, performed the operation, and her pediatric cardiologist, Dr. David Watson, was the state’s first.
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Nine young adults with developmental challenges are celebrating a ticket to self-sufficiency with their completion of a program at UMMC aimed at preparing them for the working world.
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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.
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Alumnus of the Year Dr. Carl Mangum and Early Career Award Winner Johnna Riddick are now shaping the next generation of nurses as faculty members at their alma mater. The annual School of Nursing Alumni Awards program also recognized members of the Class of 1974.
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The School of Dentistry recently began new research focused on the role of education in reducing oral caries among children. The two-year-long study with the South Delta School District will be the first of its kind conducted in the United States.
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Dental graduate Aaron Winters has been dedicated to making a difference in his community throughout his life and dental school career. His plans after graduation are no exception, as he plans to support rural Mississippi communities even after he completes his scholarship requirements.
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It may not have been his initial career plan, but Preston Ivy immersed himself in dental hygiene, seeking out every opportunity to get involved. Falling in love with the field, he hopes to continue his education and pursue a degree in dentistry.
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Since 1996, Dr. Debbie Konkle-Parker, professor of nursing and the Harriet G. Williamson Chair of Population Health Nursing, has cared for patients with infectious diseases at the Adult Special Care Clinic at the Jackson Medical Mall, securing the clinic’s first Ryan White grant in 2001. She capped 27 years of service to the clinic on April 20.
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When Estelle Blair meets the parents of her future patients, the School of Medicine graduate will bring with her a special kind of credibility and empathy to her pediatrics practice – the kind that can only come from a mom who knows what it’s like to fear for her child’s life.
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Dr. Joey Granger’s long and illustrious career somehow acquired even more luster last week when he and 20 other outstanding faculty members received their due during the annual Nelson Order and Regions TEACH Prize salute.
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The University of Mississippi Medical Center is one of five sites in the country dedicated to recruiting a broader cohort of families affected by autism spectrum disorder for SPARK. The study also seeks to support the work of all researchers and develop culturally relevant engagement across a variety of communities.
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The Mississippi State University baseball team brought their 14th-ranked squad for a games and activity session with patients at Children’s of Mississippi, the state’s only children’s hospital. Bulldog players played board games, drew pictures and visited with a few patients at the hospital’s Rainbow Garden on Wednesday.
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Caregivers in nursing often need the same sense of warmth and security their patients do. One nursing supervisor has been doing that for her coworkers for 16 years running – handling change with ease along the way.
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It took Ron Landreth about 10 years to find the ideal settings for his career. Now with a master’s degree in sight, he finds the right settings every day as a tech support specialist at UMMC.
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More than 100 people who donated their bodies to science were remembered last week by their loved ones and by students who learned from them or others like them. The annual observance, held in the University of Mississippi Medical Center Cemetery, is a tribute to a legacy that will not die.
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Battling a severe heart condition and weakened muscles had become a way of life for 42-year-old Brian McDade of Clinton. It wasn’t until he met Dr. Pawel Pomianowski, medical director of the newly-established Division of Genetics and Genomics, that he would learn his symptoms were part of a rare chromosomal disorder that affects only 200 people worldwide.
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