University of Mississippi Medical Center News

Gov. Phil Bryant recently appointed four new members to the State College Board, representing one-third of the group that makes all major decisions about the eight public universities, including who will lead them.

Jeremy A. Bennett, DPT, has joined Lake Serene Clinic Physical Therapy, a service of Hattiesburg Clinic, as a physical therapist.

UMC Commencement ceremony: Approximately 614 students earned degrees Friday during the University of Mississippi Medical Center's commencement ceremony at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson.

One woman was killed and another critically injured this morning as they tried to help a motorist stranded on U.S. 80 in Jackson.

After more than two years of service as interim dean, Dr. Gary Reeves of Brandon has been appointed dean of the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry.

The Columbus Police Department responded to a number of altercations and burglaries over the weekend and chased a dog at-large who threatened an elderly man at his home.

Michael J. Raggio, a pulmonary medicine physician, has successfully earned his board certification in sleep medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Myrna Ellen Alexander Nickens, the first female interventional cardiologist in Mississippi, has joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center faculty as an associate professor of medicine.

University of Mississippi Medical Center officials say a new research building will include space for startup biotechnology companies.

Two Pearl police officers who were injured in the line of duty this month are having surgery at University of Mississippi Medical Center Friday.

From the Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology , and the Women's Health Research Center , University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS; Department of Biology , Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS.

Hill died of pneumonia on May 3 while battling cancer. He leaves behind a prominent legacy of fire safety for area youth.

Southern Remedy program host Dr. Rick deShazo talks with Ashton Jenkins about her experience as a teenage mother.

In-state students taking two semesters of full-time classes will pay an average of $5,906 for the 2012-13 school year.

Marcus Hopkins, whose address was unavailable, died at the University of Mississippi Medical Center of a gunshot wound sustained under his right arm, Jackson police spokeswoman Colendula Green said.

Elaine Toney, whose son Cameron Toney was among a group of Terry High School students injured Tuesday in a car accident on I-55, asks for prayers for the injured students during a press conference at the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital on Wednesday.

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Care Flight nurse Alison Kesler on the job, which requires on-the-spot decision making as an acute care nurse.

Northwest Mississippi Community College students Benjamin Lambert of Como and Robert Barnes of Coldwater were two of only 18 students state-wide who were recently accepted to the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program , a program that identifies academically driven, rural college students who aspire to return to their roots to practice ... (more)

Attala County Chancery Clerk Gary Taylor told The Associated Press Lee died Monday at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.