Fiscal Year 2007 - Department of Medicine - University of ...

U NIVERSITY OF M ISSISSIPPI M EDICAL C ENTER
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
ANNUAL REPORT
FISCAL YEAR 2007
Serving Mississippi, “Birthplace of the Blues”

ABOUT THE COVER:
Shown on the cover are renditions of paintings featured throughout this annual report by the art team
of Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes. Known widely for their interpretation of jazz, blues, and life in the
Mississippi Delta, their paintings brim with energy and emotion. Patterson and Barnes employ purposeful
exaggeration and abstractions in their paintings, and often incorporate the use of several media, such as
acrylic, watercolor, India ink and collage.
The paintings portrayed in this report are among a collection commissioned by R. Faser Triplett,
MD. The first board-certified allergist-immunologist in Jackson, Mississippi, Dr. Triplett plays an active role
in the University of Mississippi Alumni Association. The Triplett Alumni Center on the Oxford campus,
designated in his honor, serves as home of alumni activities for the University of Mississippi. The University
of Mississippi Medical Center is embarking on a campaign to establish the R. Faser Triplett Chair in Allergy
and Immunology.
Shown above is a portrait of Dr. Triplett, which now hangs in the library of the Medical Assurance
Company of Mississippi building in Jackson, Mississippi. The artist is Marshall Bouldin, III. One of his sons,
Marshall Bouldin, IV, MD, serves as director of our Diabetes and Metabolism Center and directs the Delta
Diabetes Project.

Contents
CHAIRMAN’S COMMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE: 2006 RECIPIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
MISSISSIPPI DELTA: BIRTHPLACE OF THE BLUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
FEATURED FACULTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Jinna Shepherd: The Physician’s Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Jim Wilson: Population Studies and Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Leandro Mena: Infectious Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Vince Herrin: Providing Direction to Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Mary Currier: Advancing Medical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
RESIDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
FELLOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
EDUCATION COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
CLINICAL COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
RESEARCH COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
DIVISION REPORTS
Cardiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Clinical Immunology and Allergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Digestive Health and Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Endocrinology and Metabolism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
General Internal Medicine and Hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Geriatric Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Hematology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Infectious Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Nephrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Oncology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Rheumatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Grants and Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
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Chairman’s Comments
With this issue of the annual report we
celebrate the exceptional talents of
our state’s blues musicians—both past
and present—and we pay tribute to the Mississippi
Delta, often known as the “Birthplace of the Blues.”
Throughout this report we feature the artwork
of Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes with
their paintings of musicians and life in the Delta.
These works are part of a collection commissioned
by Faser Tripplett, MD, and we are grateful to Dr.
Tripplett for allowing us to share them with you.
The blues emerged, in large measure, because
of our history of cotton plantations, slavery,
and sharecropping. It is a part of our history in
which we take no comfort. And it is a part of our
history where the effects continue to be felt. The
Mississippi Delta has some of the highest rates of
poverty in the nation, high rates of certain diseases,
and suffers from a widespread lack of access to
health care.
As the only academic health sciences institution
in the state, we are committed to addressing the
health needs of the residents of the Mississippi
Delta—and in this report, we highlight some of our
recent initiatives.
I am pleased to report the accomplishments
during this past year of our faculty and staff members.
Although this past year was one in which we
again experienced budget constraints, we nonetheless
were able to increase our number of clinical office
visits and top our last year’s record of annual
external research funding. These accomplishments
represent the extraordinary commitment of our faculty
to the mission of the Medical Center.
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The second annual Department of Medicine
Awards of Excellence were presented in November
2006. In addition to a Distinguished Alumnus
Award, the department honored its faculty and staff
in five separate categories: community service, research,
research mentorship, administrative excellence,
and clinical care. A brief description of these
awards and the recipients are noted on page 3.
In addition to our council and division reports,
we highlight the accomplishments of some
of our faculty members who have distinguished
themselves within the department. Jinna Shepherd,
MD, received the 2006 James L. Achord Physician
Award, often described as the “physician’s physician”
award. An article about Dr. Shepherd appears
on page 14.
Jim Wilson, MD, is heading the NIH-funded
study, “Health Disparities and CVD: Admixture
Mapping in the Jackson Heart Study.” Partnering
with him are investigators from Harvard University
and the Broad Institute. Dr. Wilson also serves on
the steering committee of the Candidate-gene Association
Resource, an NHLBI initiative to capitalize
on the contributions of the Human Genome Project.
An article about Dr. Wilson appears on page 16.
Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, an assistant professor
in our Division of Infectious Diseases, heads
the Crossroads Clinic, a comprehensive treatment
center for individuals with STIs. Dr. Mena also directs
the division’s fellowship program and, in the
last year alone had a research portfolio that included
more than $1 million in external funding. Dr. Mena’s
article appears on page 18.
Drs. Vince Herrin and Mary Currier are featured
in this report because of their exceptional accomplishments
with our education programs. Dr.
Herrin is the new director of the Department of
Medicine’s Internal Medicine Residency Program;
his article appears on page 20. Dr. Currier is the department’s
director of medical education; her article
appears on page 22.
Our department, of course, continues to
face several challenges. Our principal concern continues
to be the need to secure additional space and
faculty members. Our number of staff needs to increase
as well, so that we can provide the necessary
infrastructure for an expanding department.
The strong leadership of Drs. Dan Jones,
Scott Stringer, Will Ferniany and others in the reorganization
of our practice plan and hospitals has
greatly increased the probability that we will reach
the goals before us.
It has been my privilege to serve as department
chair for the past nine years. I remain optimistic
that another new year will bring exciting
opportunities for service and growth.

Jinna Shepherd, MD, received the 2006 James L.
Achord Physician Award in recognition of her excellence
and dedication as a physician and role model
for medical students. This award is selected through
a peer vote.
Sue Downey received the 2006 Suzanne Clay Award
in recognition of her contributions to the department’s
research enterprise. Annual funding for research
has increased by more than 500 percent since
she assumed her position as director of research development.
Bryan Barksdale, MD, received the 2006 Distinguished
Alumnus Award in recognition of his exemplary
leadership in medicine throughout the state
and nation.
Department of Medicine
Awards of Excellence
2006 Recipients
Mike Flessner, MD, PhD, received the 2006 Fred Allison
Research Award in recognition of his sustained
productivity of superior and significant research.
Annette Low, MD, received the 2006 Community
Service Award in recognition of her longstanding institutional
commitment to improving women’s
health and the health of their families through community
outreach programs.
Anil Minocha, MD, received the 2006 Herbert Langford
Research Mentor Award in recognition of his
exceptional service as research mentor to faculty, residents
and students.
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Mississippi Delta
B. B. King. Photograph courtesy of Bob Guthridge. ©Bob Guthridge 2002.
The Mississippi Delta is known as the
“Birthplace of the Blues,” and not without
reason. It was home to blues legends
Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Charley Patton, and
Muddy Waters.
It was home to Bo Diddley, Son House, John
Lee Hooker, and Sam Cooke.
Birthplace of the Blues
And it was home to Elmore James, Willie
Dixon, Otis Rush, and B. B. King
To name a few.
The blues is a uniquely American music
form: its development influenced by spirituals, work
songs, ballads, and its African roots. Its history is
steeped in slavery, poverty, and toiling under the hot
Mississippi sun.

Although no one can say with certainty exactly
where or when the blues were born, most
credit its evolving as a distinctive form of music in
the Mississippi Delta around the turn of the 20th
century.
During that time period, bluesmen typically
performed in juke joints throughout the Mississippi
Delta. Since then, the blues have been credited as
giving rise to other types of music, including jazz
and rock and roll.
In this issue of the Department of Medicine’s
annual report, we pay tribute to the exceptional
talents of our blues musicians—both past and
present—from the Mississippi Delta. Throughout
the report, we feature the artwork of Gary Patterson
and Marion Barnes and their interpretive paintings
of blues musicians and life in the Mississippi
Delta.
The Mississippi Delta continues to be influenced
by its abject past. Poverty levels are persistently
higher in the Mississippi Delta than in other
parts of the nation. Prevalence of disease and
chronic conditions are in many instances higher
than national averages, and its residents are hampered
by a lack of adequate access to care. Indeed,
every county in the Mississippi Delta is designated
by the federal government as a medically underserved
area.
Willie Dixon, widely known as the “poet laureate
of the blues,” once said, “I feel like the blues
is actually some kind of documentary of the past
and the present—and something to give people inspiration
for the future.”
We agree. In the following pages, we highlight
some of the initiatives of the Medical Center
to help address the health concerns of the Mississippi
Delta and provide what Willie Dixon aptly
identified as “inspiration for the future.”
MISSISSIPPI BLUES ARTISTS:
A SAMPLING
Robert Johnson
Born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi in 1911.
Legend has it that he stood at the crossroads
of Highway 61 and 49, where he sold his
soul to the devil in order to master the guitar.
Best-known works include Terraplane
Blues, Cross Road Blues, Love in Vain, and
Sweet Home Chicago.
Muddy Waters
Born McKinley Morganfield in Rolling
Fork, Mississippi in 1915. He is considered
one of the two or three most important figures
in the development of the blues as an
art form. Best-known works include Mannish
Boy, Hoochie Coochie Man, Rollin’
Stone, I Can’t Be Satisfied, I’m Ready, Got
My Mojo Working, I Just Want to Make
Love to You, and Long Distance Call.
Son House
Born Eddie James House, Jr. near Clarksdale,
Mississippi in 1902. Originally a Baptist
preacher, he brought a fiery passion to
his music and was a mentor for both
Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. Bestknown
works include Sundown, Preachin'
Blues, Pearline, Grinnin' in Your Face, and
John the Revelator.
John Lee Hooker
Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1917.
Considered the “Father of the Boogie,” his
unique style is often credited as influencing
both blues and rock and roll. Best-known
works include Boogie Chillun, I'm in the
Mood, Crawling Kingsnake, and Boom
Boom.
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Delta Diabetes Project
For Marshall Bouldin, MD, an associate professor
in the Department of Medicine and director
of UMMC’s Diabetes and Metabolism Center, the
Mississippi Delta is home. A native of Clarksdale,
he knows firsthand the devastating effects of poor
diet on the people of the Delta.
“Recognizing a problem is one thing,” said
Bouldin. “Doing something about it is another.
Here at the Diabetes and Metabolism Center, we are
aggressively bringing what we know about diabetes
care to this region of our state. We know the numbers
are drastic. We know the people need better education
about nutrition and exercise. And we are
deliberately and enthusiastically doing what we can
to bring these people hope and change.
“The great thing is,” Bouldin continued,
“We’ve been warmly welcomed and are seeing great
results.”
Ground Zero Blues Club in
Clarksdale, Mississippi. One of
its owners is actor Morgan Freeman.

The Delta Diabetes Project, started by
Bouldin six years ago, has clinics in Greenville,
Yazoo City, Lexington, Clarksdale, and Jackson.
With more than 5,000 patients, the results of the
clinics following Bouldn’s model of care have met
with extremely positive results. Within six months
of first being seen, patients typically succeed in reducing
blood sugar levels to the level recommended
by the American Diabetes Association for optimum
control of their diabetes.
Moreover, according to Bouldin, the results
are durable. Bouldin has seen continuing success,
including a drop by 70 percent in patients’ risk for
complications of diabetes.
“The great thing about coming to the Delta
is the people,” said Bouldin. “The majority want to
create a better life for themselves and want to teach
their children a better way.”
And Bouldin promises success if his patients
hang in there with him. “‘Give me six months,’ I tell
them,” he said. “If you follow our treatment plan
for six months, we can give you a lifetime of healthier
living.”
Novo Nordisk’s Chris McGowan adds
his name to the walls of Ground Zero.
Mississippi John Hurt
Born in Teoc, Mississippi in 1892. He first
recorded in the 1920s, but his popularity
soared in the early 1960s. Best-known
works include Since I’ve Laid My Burden
Down, Keep on Knocking, Monday Morning
Blues, and Stagolee.
Charley Patton
Born in Hinds County, Mississippi in 1891.
He is considered one of the most influential
bluesmen of his time. Best-known works
include Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues,
Moon Goin’ Down, and High Sheriff Blues.
B. B. King
Born Riley B. King in Itta Bena, Mississippi
in 1925. Known widely as the “King
of the Blues,” he, more than any other musician
of the postwar era, brought the blues
from the margins to the mainstream. Along
with his guitar, Lucille, his career has
spanned five decades and influenced generations
of musicians. Best-known works
include Three O’Clock Blues, Did You Ever
Love a Woman, The Thrill is Gone, and
Sweet Little Angel.
Howlin’ Wolf
Born Chester Arthur Burnett in White Station,
Mississippi in 1910. Known for his
on-stage presence and his gruff singing
style. Best-known works include Smokestack
Lightnin, I Ain’t Superstitious, Killing
Floor, Moanin’ at Midnight, and How Many
More Years.
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Poor Monkey’s is one of the Mississippi Delta’s few remaining juke joints. Open for business on
Thursday nights, the building—which was once a sharecropper shack—is located in Mississippi’s
Bolivar County.
TelEmergency
Since October 2003, more than 60,000 patients
in need of emergency medical care have been
treated via a live feed tucked away in the halls of the
Emergency Department at UMMC. In a room not
much bigger than a closet, UMMC physicians have
the capability to treat traumatic cases in small towns
in the Mississippi Delta and throughout the state.
“It’s amazing technology,” said Emergency
Department Chair Robert Galli, MD. “We can get a
live feed in to the TelEmergency sites and see anything
we want. We can zoom in enough to read machines,
even ECG machines, as if they were in the
room with you.”
A problem Galli noticed years ago in working
with rural health centers across the state was the
inability of these smaller centers to staff a sufficient
number of physicians. Physicians trained in emergency
medicine proved to be even scarcer.
“A hospital with 25 beds will have, say, two
medical doctors on staff,” said Galli. “They’re taking
call every other night and every other weekend in
addition to seeing 50 patients in clinic during the
day. It’s just a killer schedule.”
None of the participating hospitals uses
TelEmergency exclusively for emergency services,
but it complements their existing physician coverage.
“By implementing TelEmergency in their hospital,
we help ease some of their burden,” said Galli.
Each of the TelEmergency sites utilizes the
services of specially-trained nurse practitioners.
They must go through 100 hours of training in the
UMMC emergency room and extra training in controlled
substances, and they must be certified in
basic and advanced cardiac life support and pediatric
advanced life support.
“The program has proved its worth many
times over,” said Galli. Plans are underway to add
an additional 80 to 90 sites, among them physician
offices and health department clinics, to the
TelEmergency program.

Mercy Delta Express
The Mercy Delta Express Mobile Clinic was
initiated in 2003, and provides healthcare services
in underserved areas of the Delta.
The van, which includes a state-of-the-art
clinical exam room and dental chair, was donated
by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Vicksburg,
Mississippi, to support an initiative of UMMC’s
School of Nursing.
A one-stop shop for medical check-ups, immunizations,
prescription renewals, dental exams
and a host of other medical services, the Delta Express
is served by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare
providers, social workers, pharmacists, and
educators who provide services to those who might
not otherwise receive necessary healthcare.
The mobile clinic program started in the
Mississippi Delta’s Issaquena County, but has expanded
its services to include other Delta counties
as well. Last year, partnering with more than 20 dentists
from the Delta, healthcare professionals provided
oral health screenings for second-graders in
25 area elementary schools.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the
van served as a base camp for the more than 2,000
evacuees staying in the Mississippi Coliseum.
Sharon Wyatt, RN, CANP, PhD, FAAN, is
the Harriet Williamson Professor of Nephrology
Nursing in UMMC’s School of Nursing and a professor
in the Department of Medicine. Speaking
about the Mercy Delta Express, Wyatt noted, “We
knew there was a desperate need for this type of
service—especially because of the very rural nature
of the Delta. Its impact has been amazing, and underscores
the problems associated with a lack of access
to healthcare,” she said.
Willie Dixon
Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1915.
Often called “the poet laureate of the
blues,” he wrote several hits recorded by
Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. Bestknown
works include Hoochie Coochie
Man, Bring It On Home, Spoonful, and Little
Red Rooster.
Sam Cooke
Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1931. He
was credited with integrating gospel, blues,
and classic soul, and had 29 top-forty hits
to his credit. Best-known works include
You Send Me, Twistin’ the Night Away,
Chain Gang, and Having a Party.
Bo Diddley
Born Otha Ellas Bates in McComb, Mississippi
in 1928 (and later changed his name
to Ellas McDaniel Diddley). Considered an
R&B legend, his best-known works include
Who Do You Love?, Road Runner, Mona,
Before You Accuse Me, and I’m a Man.
Elmore James
Born in Richland, Mississippi in 1918.
Credited with inventing blues rock, he was
known especially for his unique style in
playing the guitar. Best-known works include
Dust My Broom, Shake Your Money
Maker, Talk to Me Baby, and The Sky is
Crying.
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Rheumatology Clinic
With just over 30 rheumatologists in the entire
state, Mississippi suffers from an acute shortage
of specialists to take care of people with arthritis,
lupus, scleroderma, and other connective tissue diseases.
Close to 675,000 Mississippians suffer from
arthritis and, for those, it often takes months before
they can be seen by a rheumatologist.
The Department of Medicine is addressing
this problem through its rheumatology clinic located
in the Delta.
Every other Friday, John Jenkins, MD, an associate
professor in the department’s Division of
Rheumatology, travels to Greenville to treat patients
who come from all over the area.
“Many patients with rheumatologic diseases
have trouble sitting in a car or gripping a steering
wheel for as long as it would take to get to Jackson,”
Jenkins said. “By meeting them on their own turf,
they are more comfortable with their surroundings,
and it cuts down on their travel time.”
The rewards go both ways. “I enjoy my Delta
patients,” said Jenkins. They are so interested in
wanting to know what they can do to help manage
their disease, and it makes me feel good to know
we’re making a difference in their lives,” he said.
Margaret’s Grocery and Market, located on the outskirts of Vicksburg. Built by the Reverend
H. D. Dennis to pay tribute to God, the store is no longer in operation. The Reverend and
his wife, however, still entertain visitors.
Inset: The Reverend H. D. Dennis, born in 1916 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, has
been preaching since the age of 19.

HIV/AIDS
Mississippi’s incidence of individuals with
HIV/AIDS is about 15 percent higher than the national
average, and a large proportion of our state’s
HIV/AIDS population lives in rural areas with limited
access to care.
Harold Henderson, MD, a professor in the
department’s Division of Infectious Diseases, created
and supervises the Mississippi HIV Rural Area
Network, a partnership of more than 20 clinics
throughout the state designed to work with and educate
healthcare providers about HIV care. Clinics
in the Mississippi Delta are located in Marks,
Mound Bayou, Greenwood, Yazoo City, and Belzoni.
Henderson also serves as principal investigator
for the Delta Region AIDS Education and
Training Center. The purpose of the center is to
train providers in HIV care, keep them updated on
guidelines and therapies, and provide assistance and
consultations as needed.
“It is important to train physicians around
the state,” said Henderson “Providers need a lot of
support if they are not trained in infectious diseases
or don’t have a lot of experience in HIV care. We’ve
seen great results, especially in the Delta,” he said.
For his work in Mississippi, Henderson was
recognized in 2004 by the HIV Medicine Association
of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
with its HIV Clinician-Educator Award.
Cheryl Hamill, RN, MS, ACRN, who has
partnered with Henderson for more than 10 years,
said, “Dr. Henderson’s vision and hard work during
the past several years are inspiring. He has helped
improved the quality of life for so many Mississippians,
and his work continues to bear fruit,” she
said.
Skip James
Born Nehemiah Curtis James in Yazoo
City, Mississippi in 1902. Known for his
falsetto singing voice and his three-finger
picking style on the guitar. Best-known
works include Devil Got My Woman, Special
Rider Blues, 20-20 Blues, and I'm So
Glad.
Junior Parker
Born Herman Parker, Jr. in Clarksdale,
Mississippi in 1927. He toured with Sonny
Boy Williamson and Howlin’ Wolf while
still in his teens. Known for his unique
voice and his skills with the harmonica,
Parker’s best-known works include You're
My Angel, Mystery Train, and Feelin'
Good.
Bukka White
Born Booker T. Washington White near
Houston, Mississippi in 1909. A cousin of
B. B. King, he was inspired by Charley Patton
and received his first guitar at the age of
nine. Best-known works include Shake ‘Em
on Down, Parchman Farm Blues, and Aberdeen
Blues.
Otis Rush
Born in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1934.
With his skills as a vocalist and guitarist, he
influenced both rock and blues artists such
as Santana and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Bestknown
works include I Can't Quit You,
Baby, Double Trouble, So Many Roads, So
Many Trains, and All Your Love.
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From left: Robert Clark, chairman of the Legislative Task Force for the Revitalization of the Delta; Warren
Jones, MD, director of the Mississippi Institute for the Improvement of Geographic Minority Health; Dr. L. C.
Dorsey, a longtime Delta activist and author; Jo Ann Clark, Robert Clark’s wife.
Mississippi Institute for the Improvement of Geographic Minority Health
Established in 2006, the mission of the Mis- that can be replicated throughout the U.S. to effecsissippi
Institute for the Improvement of Geotively address national policies and programs to imgraphic
Minority Health is to improve the health of prove the health of rural disadvantaged and
rural and minority populations and eliminate health minority communities.
disparities.
The Institute is led by Warren Jones, MD,
In order to realize its mission, the Institute professor of family medicine and a distinguished
has five goals: (1) increase awareness by all popula- professor of health policy at UMMC.
tions on healthcare issues impacting rural disadvan- The Institute includes several partners
taged and minority communities; (2) increase access throughout the state, including seven colleges and
to quality healthcare for rural disadvantaged and mi- universities and three healthcare associations. Tonority
populations; (3) increase the number of gether, they focus on some of the key indicators of
healthcare personnel available to provide services to health status in Mississippi and target mechanisms
rural disadvantaged and minority populations; (4) to increase the knowledge surrounding these condi-
improve health outcomes for rural disadvantaged
and minority populations; and (5) develop a model
tions along with strategies to improve them.

Featured Faculty
“Awesome”: Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes, artists.
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Jinna Shepherd
The “Physician’s Physician”
Shortly after Sue Downey, director of research
development, arrived in Jackson and
needed a primary care physician, Depart-
“Patients respond well to her gentle, caring manner.
Jinna is truly the consummate patient advocate: always
looking out for her patients’ overall well-being
ment of Medicine Chairman Rick deShazo said, and simultaneously taking care of their medical
“Go see Jinna Shepherd. She’s one of the best.” needs,” he said.
The department’s faculty members agree. In A native Mississippian, Shepherd joined the
2006, Shepherd received the
faculty in 1997 and was pro-
James L. Achord Physician
moted to Associate Professor
Award, often described as the
of Medicine in 2003. “One
“physicians’ physician” award.
“Jinna is truly the consum-
of my favorite aspects of
Selected through a peer vote, mate patient advocate: al- working at UMMC is our
the award is given in recogniways looking out for her particular patient population
of excellence and dedica- patients’ overall well-being tion,” said Shepherd. “They
tion as a physician and role
model for medical students.
In 1889, Sir William
and simultaneously taking
care of their medical needs.”
are smart, inquisitive, and
want to learn how they can
improve their health and the
Osler, one of history’s most Michael Shoemaker-Moyle, MD health of their families,” she
influential physicians, wrote,
said.
“The practice of medicine is an
And families are com-
art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in mon in Shepherd’s clinical practice. “The highest
which your heart will be exercised equally with your honor you can receive is when your patients send
head.”
their immediate and extended family members to
Although those words were written more see you,” she said. “It is such an honor to be the
than a century ago, Osler could just as well have physician of people I grew up admiring, such as my
been referring to Shepherd’s practice of medicine. high school teachers and so many others I have
“Jinna epitomizes what every physician strives to
be,” said colleague Michael Shoemaker-Moyle, MD.
known throughout my life in Mississippi.”

Through her work with the National
Center of Excellence in Women’s
Health at UMMC, Shepherd has found a
strong outlet for disseminating information
for healthy living to her patients. The
Center, one of 23 designated Centers of
Excellence throughout the U.S., includes
the participation of more than 60 faculty
members, representing all six of UMMC’s
academic schools.
“Working closely with the other
faculty in the Center of Excellence has
helped me fine-tune my clinical skills and
has given me the additional training I
need for my own patients,” said Shepherd.
“As doctors, we must continually
work at improving our practice’s quality
and efficiency. Collaborations of healthcare
providers in the Women’s Health
Center give us an opportunity to bounce
ideas off one another and to give each
other advice,” she said.
Annette Low, MD, who heads the
National Center of Excellence in
Women’s Health at UMMC, noted her appreciation
of Shepherd’s participation in
the Center. “Jinna has been tireless in her
dedication to the Center’s clinical and education
activities, and has been an integral
part since its inception,” said Low. “Her
patients are among the most loyal folks
you can find. She takes time with each
patient, and each patient knows how
deeply she feels and cares for them.
“It is not only a privilege to call Jinna my colleague
and partner in medicine, but a genuine pleasure
as well,” Low continued. “Jinna represents the
best parts of what medicine can be: quality and
compassion.”
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Jim Wilson
Population Studies and Genetics
Jim Wilson’s penchant for mapping has taken
his research into new directions. In his most
recent NIH-funded study, “Health Disparities
and CVD: Admixture Mapping in the Jackson Heart
Study,” Wilson is leading a team of investigators to
explore the genetic basis of heart and lung disease
and related disorders among participants in the Jackson
Heart Study.
He and his team are focusing on phenotypes
with known differences between African Americans
and Europeans, including hypertension, left ventricular
hypertrophy, cholesterol levels and birth
weights. Methods such as admixture mapping and
genome-wide association analysis allow investigators
to seek genes that influence not only selected,
target phenotypes, but any phenotype that has been
measured in a study population. Wilson’s group has
already identified a genetic locus responsible for relatively
low white blood cell counts in many African
Americans.
Wilson is a professor of medicine at UMMC
and the G.V. (“Sonny”) Montgomery Veterans Affairs
Medical Center. He received his medical degree
in 1975 from UMMC and completed an internal

medical residency at Duke University Hospital. In Wilson also serves on the steering committee
1982, he completed a rheumatology fellowship at of the Candidate-gene Association Resource, initi-
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and served on the ated by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Insti-
faculty of Harvard Medical School until returning to tute to capitalize on the contributions of the
UMMC in 1986.
Human Genome Project. Widely referred to as
A long-time researcher, Wilson began work- CARe, this initiative supports extensive genotyping
ing in a research laboratory in the late 1970s, when of genes selected for their likely importance in
research became his primary focus. “I soon began to heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.
realize, and now firmly believe, that by seeing pa- A database of genotype and phenotype data
tients in clinic, I was able to
is being created that includes
help one patient at a time.
records for approximately
Through research, however, “Jim is a dynamic and highly 50,000 study participants with
the potential exists for me to
help reach the patients of all
healthcare providers,” said
respected investigator, and
demonstrates daily his un-
approximately 50,000 SNPs
from more than 2,100 selected
candidate genes. In ad-
Wilson. “That’s a huge differflagging commitment to acdition, DNA samples from
ence.”celerating
the pace of 11,000 African-American par-
The Jackson Heart scientific discovery in the ticipants are being genotyped
Study provides an Africanfield
of genetics and popula-
for approximately 1 million
American cohort of more
than 5,000 participants for
mapping. “Admixture maption
science.”
John Hall, PhD
Associate Vice Chancellor
variants, spaced evenly across
the genome, to help identify
physiologically important
ping is a powerful tool to
for Research genes. Wilson helped to de-
identify genes that affect convelop
much of the policy for
ditions such as cardiovascular disease and systemic the CARe initiative, and chairs the CARe Publica-
inflammatory diseases,” said Wilson. “As powerful tions Subcommittee and IRB/Data Release Sub-
as these techniques are, though, they would have no committee.
value without a large and well-phenotyped cohort During this past year, Wilson received
such as the Jackson Heart Study. For any contribu- UMMC’s Gold-Level Excellence in Research
tion we might be able to make, major credit goes to Award, which recognizes investigators who excel in
Herman Taylor and the others who have built this generating extramural funding. When making the
study over the past several years,” he said.
award to Wilson, John Hall, UMMC’s Associate
Commenting on Wilson’s work, Jackson Vice Chancellor for Research, said, “Jim is a dy-
Heart Study director Herman Taylor returned Wilnamic and highly respected investigator, and
son’s compliment with one of his own. “Jim’s study demonstrates daily his unflagging commitment to
is incredibly important in helping us decipher the accelerating the pace of scientific discovery in the
role of genetics in the genesis of disease and the
preservation of health,” said Taylor.
field of genetics and population science.”
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Leandro Mena
Infectious Success
Leandro Mena seems to speak as many languages
as he wears hats. Fluent in English,
Spanish, French, and Italian, Mena holds a
three years ago, and the response has been amazing,”
he said.
Mena credits much of the success of the
joint appointment with UMMC’s Department of Crossroads Clinic to the talents and dedication of
Medicine and the Mississippi State Department of the clinic’s providers and staff. “We have the most
Health. He heads an innovative clinic for patients caring, competent folks working here,” he said. “It
with sexually transmitted infections, directs a re- is a privilege to work together with such a great
search portfolio with more
team.”
than $1 million in annual “Dr. Mena is a gifted physi-
Mena’s research in-
funding, serves as Mississippi’s
state consultant for
STIs, and directs the decian,
a talented researcher, and a
person who is genuinely committerests
focus on STDs and
HIV/AIDS. In addition
to directing several clinical
partment’s Infectious Disted to his profession. He is noble trials for treating STDs,
eases Fellowship Program. in his care for others, tireless in Mena participates in the
Hosting more than his pursuit of excellence, and with- Centers for Disease Con-
15,000 patient visits per
out equal in personal integrity and
trol and Prevention’s Med-
year, the Crossroads Clinic
is a comprehensive treatment
center for individuals
professional compassion.”
Stanley Chapman, MD
Infectious Diseases Division Director
ical Monitoring Project.
With 26 sites throughout
the U.S., the Medical Mon-
with STIs that integrates
itoring Project addresses
clinical and dental care and
healthcare utilization and dis-
clinical research, and also serves as a training center ease outcomes among those who are infected with
for the prevention, diagnosis and management of HIV. The Project also monitors and calculates rates
STIs. Mena serves as the clinic’s Medical Director. of opportunistic infections among HIV-infected
“I am very proud of the progress we have persons, determines the prevalence of resistant
made with this clinic in such a short amount of strains of HIV, improves services for those already
time,” said Mena. “The Crossroads Clinic is a col- infected, and supports programs to prevent further
laborative effort between UMMC, the Mississippi HIV transmission.
State Department of Health, and the Jackson Med- Before joining UMMC’s faculty three years
ical Mall Foundation. We opened our doors almost ago, Mena completed his residency in Internal Med-

icine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago
and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at
Louisiana State University. He earned his
medical degree from Universidad Nacional
Pedro Henriquez Ureña in Santo Domingo
and his MPH from Tulane University.
“Even before I began medical
school, I was interested in STDs and HIV,”
said Mena. “But as soon as I began my residency,
I definitely knew I wanted to focus
my career in that arena.
“What is so fascinating to me about
STDs and HIV is how deeply related these
infections are to human behavior,” Mena
continued. “I like to imagine there is a
‘black box’ of relevant knowledge that separates
knowledge from action. That box
probably holds the keys for STI prevention
and control, and to better understand its
contents is one of my career goals,” he
said.
As a resident at Cook County Hospital,
Mena saw first-hand that, even with
the help of translators, dramatic language
barriers between medical providers and
HIV-positive Latino patients compromised
the effectiveness of their health care. One
of Mena’s first initiatives at the hospital was
to conduct a needs assessment and policy
proposal to help close the communication
gap between its healthcare providers and
their Latino patients.
According to Stanley Chapman, director
of the department’s Division of Infectious
Diseases, Mena has made
remarkable strides in the four years that he
has been at UMMC. “Dr. Mena is a gifted
physician, a talented researcher, and a person
who is genuinely committed to his pro-
fession. He is noble in his care for others, tireless in his pursuit
of excellence, and without equal in personal integrity
and professional compassion,” said Chapman. “We are so
fortunate to have him as a member of our faculty and director
of our Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program.”
Mena assumed directorship of the Infectious Diseases
Fellowship Program this past year. As its new director,
Mena hopes to provide the fellows with the tools they need
in order to be successful. “Whatever path in life the fellows
choose,” said Mena, “I want to make sure our program provides
adequate exposure to accommodate their varied options.
They have strong clinical training, so I hope to
encourage a greater involvement in research,” he said.
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Vince Herrin
Providing Direction to Residents
Vince Herrin remembers well the day he
learned where he would be spending his
residency. “That was 13 years ago,” he
said. “We used to develop our rank lists using a pen-
cil and paper; now, of course, it’s all computerized.
But I still remember how stressful it is as a medical
student to go through the match.”

That empathy allows Herrin to better relate created between the residents and faculty members.
to his recruiting class each year in his current duties “Our faculty and residents really take care of each
as director of the Department of Medicine’s Inter- other,” he said.
nal Medicine Residency Program.
Kimberly Harkins, MD, serves as associate
Herrin completed a medicine residency at program director, and Herrin considers her a major
UMMC in 1997. He continued his training in Mis- part of the program’s success. “Kimberly plays a
sissippi, completing a hematol-
critical role in the residency
ogy/oncology fellowship in
program,” Herrin said.
2000.
“She has historical knowl-
After completing his “Dr. Herrin aggressively defends edge of running the pro-
fellowship, Herrin moved and supports our residents, but gram, and she’s very
to Bethesda, Maryland to also demands from them excel- enthusiastic.”
work at the National Naval
lence, compassion, and integrity
Herrin is author of
Medical Center. He served
in the Department of
in all aspects of patient care.”
nearly 30 publications and
has received numerous
Hematology/Oncology for
Chief Resident Andy Wilhelm, MD
medals from his service in
five years and as head of its
the U.S. Navy. Although no
Department of Hematol-
longer active in the military,
ogy/Oncology during his last year of service. Herrin attributes much of his passion for education
Herrin returned to UMMC in 2005 and as- to his time in Maryland.
sumed the residency directorship the following year. “I was able to do a lot of teaching while I
According to Herrin, the most enjoyable aspects of was at the Naval Medical Center,” he said. “It was
directing the residency program is getting to know incredibly exciting to talk to new recruits and med-
the residents and watching them mature as physiical students about where they wanted to steer their
cians.
careers.”
“Witnessing that transition is incredibly re- Chief Resident Eric Stupka, MD, credits
warding,” he said. “I try to focus on teaching profes- Herrin’s leadership style to his time in the military.
sionalism and the importance of communication. I “Dr. Herrin is an amazing person,” said Stupka.
think we do a very good job teaching the science of “He’s a no-nonsense kind of guy; however, at the
medicine. It is harder to teach the art of medicine, same time he's one of the most approachable and
but I believe our residents do a very good job at de- concerned people I have ever met. He is truly comveloping
that art.
mitted to serving our residents and has demon-
“Mastering the art of medicine is an exstrated that on multiple levels.”
tremely important part of the treatment process. If Chief Resident Andy Wilhelm, MD, concurs.
you don’t bond with a patient, it hinders your ability “Dr. Herrin aggressively defends and supports our
to be the best physician you can be,” he said. residents, but also demands from them excellence,
Herrin credits a large part of the residents’ compassion, and integrity in all aspects of patient
learning process to the support system that has been care.”
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Jim Wilson
Mary Currier
Population Advancing Studies Medical and Education Genetics
With continually expanding opportunities
and expectations in medical education,
the Department of Medicine
opportunities for scholarly activity among students,
residents, and fellows.
“We are very fortunate to have Mary Currier
has created a new position to bring all educational serve as our director of Medical Education,” said
activities under one um-
Richard deShazo, MD,
brella. Mary Currier assumed
the role of
“Mary Currier has been
chairman of the Department
of Medicine.
director of Medical
an outstanding addition to the
“Dr. Currier's exten-
Education this past fall, educational leadership group. She sive experience in pro-
a position she believes brings extensive public health, gram administration,
will give her greater op- project leadership, and research experi- her medical knowlportunity
to help
achieve the education
goals of the departence
to her new role as director of
Medical Education.”
edge, and wonderful
personality make her
the ideal person for
ment.
Shirley Schlessinger, MD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
this position.”
Currier oversees
Currier believes
the department’s residency
expanding the scholarly
and fellowship programs as well as the training of activity endeavors will be key to meeting the educa-
all second-, third- and fourth-year medical students tional goals of the department.
as they rotate through the Department of Medicine. “Scholarly activity and fostering relationships
“We want to make sure all our students, res- between faculty and trainees go hand-in-hand,” she
idents and fellows feel absolutely supported as they said. “One of the greatest places learning happens
go through their training careers at the Medical Cen- in medicine is when experienced faculty members
ter,” said Currier.
help trainees come up with their own research ideas
Additional initiatives that Currier will be and share those ideas by poster presentation or pub-
heading include incorporating more evidence-based
medicine into teaching rounds and creating more
lication.

“Our faculty members have a great opportunity
to teach our fellows, residents, and students by
helping them write a paper or present a poster. I absolutely
want to foster more relationships specifically
for this purpose.”
Currier served as a medical consultant at the
Mississippi State Department of Health from 1988
until 1993 and state epidemiologist from 1993 to
2004. Before joining the faculty at UMMC in 2005,
Currier served as a visiting research professor at
Mississippi State University’s Mississippi Health Policy
Research Center. She is married to Jackson ophthalmologist
Robert Mallette and has two sons,
Drew and Dan.
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Shirley Schlessinger, MD, believes Currier is
a perfect fit for the job. “Mary Currier has been an
outstanding addition to the educational leadership
group. She brings extensive public health, project
leadership, and research experience to her new role
as director of Medical Education,” Schlessinger
said.
“Mary is already providing leadership on a
number of projects including optimizing consultation
skills, enhancing scholarly productivity, incorporating
evidence-based medicine into clinical
practice, and preparing for up-coming surveys by
the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education,” Schlessinger continued. “With her
leadership, I fully expect us to further bolster our
excellent existing programs and anticipate development
of exciting new educational initiatives.”
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“Taking Requests”: Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes, artists.

Naveed Ahmad, MD
PGY-III
Ermias Aytenfisu, MD
PGY-I
K.C. Harbour, MD
Chief Resident
Mohit Ahuja, MD
PGY-III
Justin Bain, DO
PGY-II
Eric Stupka, MD
Chief Resident
Shea Allen, MD
PGY-II
Natalie Baker, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics
PGY-I
Residents
Andy Wilhelm, DO
Chief Resident
Linda Allee, MD
PGY-I
Jericho Bell, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics
PGY-II
Natale Averett, MD
PGY-II
Matthew Bentley, DO
PGY-I
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Matthew Cassell, MD
PGY-II
Kirk Eddleman, MD
PGY-II
Susan Bostick, MD
PGY-III
Malcolm Dean, MD
PGY-III
Josh Cockrell, MD
PGY-II
Tondre Buck, MD
PGY-III
Derrick Edwards, MD
PGY-II
Matthew deShazo, MD
PGY-II
Gregory Cook, MD
PGY-III
Eric Evans, MD
PGY-I
William Campbell, MD
PGY-III
Andrew Dickey, MD
PGY-II
Bradley Creel, MD
PGY-III
Rudy Fajardo, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics
PGY-IV
Jenna Carpenter, DO
PGY-I
Erica Dillon, MD
PGY-I
John Cross, MD
PGY-II
Jamie Floyd, MD
PGY-III

Luke Gatlin, MD
PGY-I
Sarah French, MD
PGY-I
Elizabeth Herrington, DO
PGY-I
Jeremy Jackson, MD
PGY-II
Kevin Gallaher, MD
PGY-I
Inderpreet Grover, MD
PGY-II
Kendria Holt, MD
PGY-II
Phillips Jenkins, MD
PGY-II
Michael Hall, MD
PGY-III
Anthony Gannon, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics
PGY-III
Johann Hsu, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics
PGY-I
Kevin Keeton, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics
PGY-II
Jimmy Hamilton, MD
PGY-I
Benjamin Gatewood, MD
PGY-III
Syed Hussaini, MD
PGY-I
Tyler Kirk, MD
PGY-I
Zeb Henson, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics
PGY-III
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David Letbetter, MD
PGY-I
David McClendon, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics
PGY-IV
Joe Pressler, MD
PGY-III
Bo McCollum, MD
PGY-I
Harsha Nagarajarao, MD
PGY-II
David Pruett, MD
PGY-II
Craig Long, MD
PGY-III
Ryan Nerland, MD
Medicine/Pediatrics
PGY-III
Jeff McCrary, MD
PGY-I
Russell Reed, MD
PGY-I
Rich Marlar, MD
PGY-III
Sam Owen, MD
PGY-III
Katherine May, MD
PGY-III
Lindsey McMullan, MD
PGY-I
Chelle Pope, MD
PGY-I
Elizabeth Rickman, MD
PGY-I
Shumei Meng, MD
PGY-I
Jinal Shah, MD
PGY-I

Donny Stokes, MD
PGY-III
Chad VanAsselber, MD
PGY-I
Jane-Claire Williams, MD
PGY-III
Derrick Tesseneer, MD
PGY-II
Telciane Vesa, MD
PGY-I
Alissa Willis, MD
PGY-I
Calvin Thigpen, MD
PGY-III
Stephen Weeks, MD
PGY-II
Scott Wilson, MD
PGY-III
James Towery, MD
PGY-I
Joshua Williams, MD
PGY-I
Amy Woods, MD
PGY-II
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Chris Abrasley, MD
Digestive Diseases
Josh Blair, MD
Cardiology
Javier Briseno, MD
Cardiology
Nabhan Alnabhan, MD
Cardiology
Benjamin Blossom, MD
Cardiology
Steve Carroll, MD
Cardiology
Scott Anderson, MD
Cardiology
Joseph Bosarge, MD
Pulmonary
Philip Chustz, MD
Cardiology
Fellows
Brandon Bean, MD
Nephrology
Karissa Boyd, DO
Hematology/Oncology
Nikki Cleveland, MD
Hematology/Oncology

Barbara Craft, MD
Hematology/Oncology
Cameron Huxford, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care
Son Lam, MD
Nephrology
Trippe McNeese, MD
Digestive Diseases
Vikas Dembla, MD
Hematology/Oncology
Benahila Iboaya, MD
Nephrology
Frederick Lee, MD
Nephrology
Sellors Meador, MD
Nephrology
John DePaula, MD
Infectious Diseases
Reece Jones, MD
Hematology/Oncology
Tran Ly, MD
Allergy/Immunology
Rafat Mohammed, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care
Jennifer Frost, DO
Hematology/Oncology
Shabana Karim, MD
Rheumatology
Sandra McCearley, MD
Cardiology
Christina Muzny, MD
Infectious Diseases
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Olantunji Oluwatade, MD
Infectious Diseases
Ketan Patel, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care
Brian Persing, MD
Hematology/Oncology
Sahdev Saharan, MD
Rheumatology
Christy Oswalt, MD
Endocrinology
Shreya Patel, MD
Endocrinology
Matthew Quin, MD
Cardiology
Ben Seale, MD
Endocrinology
Matt Oswalt, MD
Allergy/Immunology
Minesh Pathak, MD
Nephrology
Jo Shani Reed, MD
Allergy/Immunology
Hudson Segrest, MD
Cardiology
Namita Pareek, MD
Digestive Diseases
Charlie Pearson, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care
Matt Runnels, MD
Digestive Diseases
Naren Siddaiah, MD
Digestive Diseases

Amrit Singh, MD
Rheumatology
McLean Trotter, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Billy Williams, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care
Ashley Sumrall, MD
Hematology/Oncology
Gaston Vergara, MD
Cardiology
John Winscott, MD
Cardiology
Brian Sumrall, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care
John Voss, MD
Hematology/Oncology
Vikram Tarugu, MD
Digestive Diseases
Will Wallace, MD
Interventional Cardiology
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Education Council
Education remains the department’s top
priority. We are dedicated to providing a
comprehensive, integrated educational
program that prepares houseofficers for careers in
either academic medicine or private practice. As
Vice Chair for Medical Education, Shirley Schlessinger,
MD, is responsible for student, resident
and fellow education. She is assisted by Mary Currier,
MD, who was named the department’s director
of medical education.
The department is committed to advancing
education by setting the highest standards for patient
care and professional education. Built on a tradition
of excellence, faculty members continue to
Shirley Schlessinger, MD
Vice Chair for Medical
Education
Vince Herrin, MD
Director, Medicine Residency
Program
work with their students, residents, and fellows to
provide top quality training and individualized attention.
The department offers the following rotations:
general medicine wards and intensive care
units at both the Medical Center’s University Hospital
and G.V. (“Sonny”) Montgomery Department
of Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, clinical immunology
and allergy, cardiology, oncology,
nephrology, hematology, digestive diseases, rheumatology,
emergency medicine, geriatric medicine, and
two specialty clinics housed outside the department.
Consult rotations in general medicine and cardiology
are also included.
Mary Currier, MD
Director, Medical Education
Michael Shoemaker-Moyle, MD
Director,
Medicine Clerkship Program
Kimberly Harkins, MD
Associate Director,
Medicine Residency Program
Jimmy Stewart, MD
Director, Medicine-Pediatrics
Residency Program

In addition, the department offers an adolescent
medicine rotation at the University of Southern
Mississippi’s Student Health Center, and a choice of
40 locations throughout the state in which to complete
a rotation in community health.
The residency program continues to flourish
and offers both an Internal Medicine Residency
Program and a combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency
Program. The residency program now includes
80 residents including three chief residents:
Drs. K.C. Harbour, Eric Stupka, and Andy Wilhelm.
Kimberly Harkins, MD, completed her
tenure as director of the internal medicine program
on July 1, 2006, turning the reins over to Vince Herrin,
MD. Harkins continues to serve as associate director
of the program. Jimmy Stewart, MD, is the
program director of the medicine/pediatric program.
The Medical Student Program is directed by
Michael Shoemaker-Moyle, MD. The “Introduction
to Clinical Medicine” course for the M2 class is directed
by Stewart.
The following individuals were recognized
this past year for their special contributions:
Kenneth Bennett, MD, was named Teacher
of the Year, while Drs. Gilliam Hicks, Mike McMullan,
and John Payne were named “All-Star Teachers.”
Drs. Matthew Quin and Matt Runnels shared
the honor of being named Fellow of the Year.
Eric Stupka, MD, was named Resident of the
Year, and Amy Woods was named Intern of the
Year.
EDUCATION COUNCIL
Shirley Schlessinger, MD, Chair
Bryce Ainsworth
Andree Burnett, MD
Mary Currier, MD
Stephanie Elkins, MD
Fashina Olawale, MD
Joe Files, MD
Stephen Geraci, MD
Kimberly Harkins, MD
Vince Herrin, MD
Michele Horn, MD
Terry Jackson, MD
Gailen Marshall, MD, PhD
Margaret Matijevich
Cheryl Moss
Michael Shoemaker-Moyle, MD
Jimmy Stewart, MD
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Clinical Council
The Department of Medicine remains committed
to the delivery of patient-focused,
state-of-the-art health care to the people
of Mississippi.
Most of the department’s clinics are housed
in either the Jackson Medical Mall, which provides
outpatient training for residents and fellows, or the
University Medical Pavilion, located on the Medical
Center's main campus. The Jackson Medical Mall is
now home to 60 medical specialty clinics, a cardiopulmonary
rehabilitation center, and an artificial
kidney unit. Since 1999, the average number of visits
per day has grown from 270 to 717.
“Lucy”: Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes, artists.
With more than 80,000 square feet, the University
Medical Pavilion is the clinical practice site
for Medical Center physicians. Like the Jackson
Medical Mall, the pavilion is a one-stop, ambulatory
center for medical, laboratory, radiological, physical
and occupational therapy, dietary and pharmacy
services. The department operates a full-service cardiovascular
diagnostic program at that location, including
echocardiograms, cardiac stress testing, and
nuclear cardiac imaging.
Both inpatient and outpatient clinical services
continue to grow. During Calendar Year 2006

the Department of Medicine's clinical practices added nearly
5,000 new patients.
Total outpatient visits to the department's clinics during
the same time period increased to slightly more than
69,000, continuing a trend of growth established during the
previous five years, as illustrated below.
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
NUMBER OF OUTPATIENT VISITS
70,000
68,000
66,000
64,000
62,000
60,000
58,000
56,000
54,000
52,000
50,000
CY 2001
CY 2002
CY 2003
CY 2004
CY 2005
CY 2006
Several of the department’s clinical initiatives were
started or expanded during this past year. Honey East, MD,
became the first board-certified lipid specialist in the state.
The Division of Cardiology is working together as a single
group with the Department of Surgery’s cardiovascular surgery
and vascular surgery divisions. This alliance has resulted
in significant growth in our heart failure program.
The Division of Rheumatology was honored by the
department housestaff as “Consult Service of the Year.”
This honor reflects the collaborative efforts of an excellent
group of faculty and fellows who have made a special effort
this year in the hospital.
CLINICAL COUNCIL
Terry Jackson, MD Chair
Gene Arender
Carolyn Bigelow, MD
Tibor Fulop, MD
Stephen Kemp, MD
Robert McMurray, MD
Charles Moore, MD
William Nicholas, MD
Louis Puneky, MD
Monica Shepherd
Tom Skinner
Eric Stupka, MD
Marion Wofford, MD, MPH
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The Department of Medicine’s Research
Council is committed to advancing medical
knowledge through basic and clinical
research. This past year, faculty members from the
department published 117 articles in peer-reviewed
journals, 13 book chapters, and 128 abstracts.
Sponsor
Research Council
Number
of Grants
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
External Research Funding Levels
$38,000,000
$34,000,000
$30,000,000
$26,000,000
$22,000,000
$18,000,000
$14,000,000
$10,000,000
$06,000,000
$02,000,000
$00,000,000
FY 2001
Percentage of
Total Grants
During the past seven years, the department
has experienced tremendous growth in its research
enterprise, as illustrated in the following figure: from
slightly more than $6.5 million in FY 2001 to $36.1
million in FY 2007.
A summary of the department’s grant activities
for FY 2007 is also provided.
FY 2002
FY 2003
FY 2004
FY 2005
Annual
Funding
FY 2006
FY 2007
Percentage of
Total Funds
Federal 54 45.3 $24,443,811 67.6
Industry 39 33.3 4,448,572 12.3
Other 25 21.4 7,237,771 20.1
Total 118 100 $36,130,154 100

The Research Council hosted its third annual Research
Day in April 2007, approving 81 posters for display.
Gary Schoolnik, MD, chief of Stanford University School
of Medicine’s Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious
Diseases, presented the 2007 Stanley Chapman Distinguished
Research Lecture, “The Molecular Ecology of
Vibrio cholerae in the Gangetic Delta.”
Of the 81 posters, 24 were eligible for the Research
Council’s poster competition, which was open to those studies
that were conducted primarily by a medical student or a
fellow or resident within the Department of Medicine.
Posters were judged on the quality of the research design,
the significance of the findings, the current and anticipated
impacts on the applicable field of study, and the individual’s
ability to present his or her findings when queried.
Winners of the poster competition were (1) Narendra
Siddaiah, MD; (2) Stephen Weeks, MD; and (3) Chris
Abrasley, MD.
Faculty members in the department who were recognized
this past year included Mike Flessner, MD, PhD, who
received the 2006 Fred Allison Research Award in recognition
of his sustained productivity of superior and significant
research, and Anil Minocha, MD, who received the 2006
Langford Research Mentor Award in recognition of his exceptional
service as research mentor to fellows and residents.
UMMC recognized several department faculty with
its series of Excellence in Research awards. Drs. Tom Abell
and Harold Henderson each received a Bronze-level Excellence
in Research Award. Drs. Mario Sims and Marion Wofford
each received a Silver-level Excellence in Research
Award. Jim Wilson, MD, received a Gold-level Excellence in
Research award.
Leadership of the Research Council was assumed by
Elise Gomez-Sanchez, DVM, PhD. An active researcher and
prolific author, Gomez-Sanchez is a fellow of the American
Heart Association’s Council for High Blood Pressure Research
and serves on the editorial boards of Hypertension and
Endocrinology.
RESEARCH COUNCIL
Elise Gomez-Sanchez, DVM, PhD
Stanley Chapman, MD
Sue Downey, MPA
Albert Dreisbach, MD
Michael Flessner, MD
Ervin Fox, MD, MPH
Stephen Geraci, MD
Celso Gomez-Sanchez, MD
John Hall, PhD
John Jenkins, MD
Christian Koch, MD, PhD
Gailen Marshall, MD, PhD
Leandro Mena, MD, MPH
Deborah King Minor, PharmD
Thomas Mosley, PhD
Thomas Payne, PhD
Mario Sims, PhD
Jose Subauste, MD
Donna Sullivan, PhD
Edwin Swiatlo, MD
Herman Taylor, MD, MPH
James Wilson, MD
Marion Wofford, MD, MPH
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Administrative Council
The mission of the Administrative Council
is to promote and improve communication
and efficiency among the department’s
faculty and staff members and others within
the Medical Center.
Chaired by Suzanne Clay, the department’s
director of Business Services, the Council meets
monthly to identify performance goals, define
“Frank”: Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes, artists.
benchmarks for their assessment, communicate policy,
and develop strategies for process improvement.
Its members include representatives of the Chairman’s
Office; University Internal Medicine Associates,
which administers the department’s private
practice enterprise; and each of the department’s divisions.

During this past year the Buck Compensation
Study was completed. An updated and comprehensive
manual of compensation policies and
procedures resulted in the adjustment of several job
descriptions and salary structures throughout the
department. Market adjustments are being implemented
and are anticipated to continue during the
next several years.
The Administrative Council worked with the
Oversight Committee for University Internal Medicine
Associates and the department’s Vice Chair for
Clinical Affairs to develop a Service Level Agreement.
This agreement identifies standards for generation
of clinical revenue for each of the
department’s 12 divisions.
UMMC’s Human Resources Department
launched its Process Improvement Program this
past year, which included establishment of six working
committees. Of those six committees, members
of the Administrative Council chair four. Travis
Schmitz chairs the Recruitment Committee; Andy
Cote chairs the Employment Committee; Gene
Arender chairs the Benefits Committee, and
Suzanne Clay chairs the EEO Committee.
In response to recommendations from the
Recruitment Committee, the department piloted a
business administration project, where MBA students
from local colleges and universities are provided
an opportunity to intern in the department.
Since its inception, two interns have been placed in
the Department of Medicine.
Members of the Administrative Council also
helped develop business plans in several areas, including
benchmarking of clinical productivity and
development initiatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Suzanne Clay, Chair
Pam Brackman
Ann Burns
Dawn Chism
Andrew Cote
Felicia Fleming
Linda Grant
Ellie Hales
Angie Haller
Bonita Herring
Angie Jones
Deborah Kuriger
Joyce Lovette
Amelia Mize
Brian Rutledge
Kim Stamper
Kay Sampley
Irene Williams
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Executive Council
The Executive Council reviews the overall progress of the department’s education, research
and clinical programs. It is also responsible for developing benchmarks used to track
progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the department’s strategic plan.
Joe Files, MD. FACP
Associate Chair
R. Terry Jackson, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical
Affairs
Michael Winniford, MD
Vice Chair for Cardiovascular
Programs
Stanley Chapman, MD
Vice Chair for Academic
Affairs
Gailen Marshall, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Faculty
Development
Suzanne Clay
Director,
Business Services
Stephen Geraci, MD
Vice Chair for Veterans
Affairs
Shirley Schlessinger, MD
Vice Chair for Medical
Education
Richard deShazo, MD
ex officio, Chairman and
Billy S. Guyton Distinguished
Professor

Division Reports
Page
Cardiology ..............................................44
Clinical Immunology and Allergy..........46
Digestive Health and Nutrition .............48
Endocrinology and Metabolism ............50
General Internal Medicine and
Hypertension.....................................52
Geriatric Medicine .................................54
“Charlie Parker”: Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes, artists.
Page
Hematology............................................56
Infectious Diseases ................................58
Nephrology ............................................60
Oncology ................................................62
Pulmonary, Critical Care and
Sleep Medicine ..................................64
Rheumatology........................................66
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Michael Winniford, MD
Division Director
Michael D. Winniford, MD, Professor and
Director, Cardiovascular Services
Michael R. McMullan, MD, Director,
Clinical Cardiology
Kenneth R. Bennett, MD, Associate Professor
Ervin R. Fox, MD, MPH, Associate Professor
Stephen A. Geraci, MD, Professor
Cameron Guild, MD, Assistant Professor
Carla C. Hewitt, MD, Assistant Professor
Angel K. Markov, MD, Professor Emeritus
Anderson P. Mehrle, MD, Assistant Professor
Kimberly W. Miller, Instructor
Charles K. Moore, MD, Associate Professor
John P. Payne, MD, Associate Professor
Mary E. Pearson, NP, Instructor
Tandaw E. Samdarshi, MD, Assistant Professor
Thomas N. Skelton, MD, Professor
Mervyn P. Smith, MD, Associate Professor
Herman A. Taylor, MD, MPH, Professor
Walter W. Woody, MD, Assistant Professor
Cardiology
Under the direction of Michael Winniford,
MD, the Division of Cardiology continues
to grow, both in terms of its number
of faculty members and its numbers of fellows.
The division recently expanded and enhanced
its ambulatory clinical programs in the University
Medical Pavilion, moving into a larger suite
shared with cardiac and vascular surgery. This
shared location facilitates interaction among cardiovascular
providers and improves efficiency of outpatient
care for those patients who need to see both
a surgical and medical cardiovascular specialist.
The cardiovascular clinic is supported by an
adjacent expanded noninvasive laboratory offering
echocardiography, stress testing, nuclear cardiac imaging,
tilt table and EP device testing and microvolt
T-wave alternans testing. A peripheral vascular noninvasive
laboratory will be added during the coming
year.
During this past year, the division launched
its Heart Failure Disease Management Program.
Staffed by a specially-trained nurse practitioner,
Pharm.D., and nurse coordinators who follow practice
protocols and guidelines developed under the
direction of Charles Moore, MD, this program provides
outpatient care tailored to meet the individualized
needs of each of its patients. The program
emphasizes educating patients on self management
techniques and offers home monitoring services for
those who need them.

The inpatient cardiology telemetry service
moved into its new home on the third floor of
UMMC’s new adult hospital, which opened its
doors this past year. Newly renovated offices and
teaching space are conveniently located immediately
adjacent to the new telemetry area. Construction
will begin soon to renovate the Heart Station to accommodate
a new cardiac catheterization laboratory
and noninvasive testing facility, including echocardiography
and stress testing.
Jack Payne, MD, directs the electrophysiology
arrhythmia management service. A new stateof-the
art dedicated EP lab opened in 2006. This
facility provides an environment for the EP team to
perform a full range of procedures, including device
implants, complex ablation and pacemaker lead extractions.
The lab was built to operating room standards
to accommodate future surgical procedures
that require EP mapping.
With six new fellows starting in July 2007, the
total size of the cardiology fellowship programs has
grown to an all-time high of 14 fellows. Of this
total, 12 participate in the three-year general cardiology
program, directed by Tom Skelton, MD. The
remaining two fellows participate in the division’s
fourth-year interventional fellowship program, codirected
by Drs. Cameron Guild and Winniford.
The fellows receive the majority of their
training at UMMC and the G. V. (“Sonny”) Montgomery
VA Medical Center. In addition, each general
cardiology fellow has an opportunity to rotate
during his or her second or third year at North Mississippi
Medical Center in Tupelo. The division continues
its partnership with Baptist Medical Center
and the VA Medical Center to train the two fourthyear
interventional cardiology fellows.
Under the direction of Steve Geraci, MD,
chief of Medical Service at the G. V. (“Sonny”)
Montgomery VA Medical Center, two new cardiology
fellowship training positions were recently
added at the VA: one in general cardiology and one
in interventional cardiology. A new cardiac catheterization
laboratory opened in early 2007, providing a
state-of-the art facility for diagnostic and interventional
cardiology procedures and EP procedures.
Geraci also serves as vice chair of the Cardiovascular
Disease and Hypertension Network of
the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a
member of the Internal Medicine-In-Training Examination
Question Writing Committee, an educational
program sponsored jointly by the American
College of Physicians, the Association of Professors
of Medicine, and the Association of Program
Directors in Internal Medicine.
The Jackson Heart Study, headed by Herman
Taylor, MD, MPH, is the largest study ever conducted
examining the epidemiology of cardiovascular
disease in African Americans. Winniford
serves on the steering committee of the Jackson
Heart Study, and Drs. Ervin Fox and Skelton are actively
involved in its ongoing research.
The division continues its involvement in the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project, Expecting
Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care. UMMC was selected
from among 150 applicant hospitals across
the U.S. as one of 10 participating sites in this 26month
project that focuses on developing effective
strategies for improving health care in minority patients
with heart failure or myocardial infarction.
Other division research projects include
identifying optimal therapy for acute myocardial infarction,
improving strategies for identifying heart
patients at increased risk for sudden cardiac death,
identifying optimal techniques for improving cardiac
function with pacemaker therapy, and developing
new cardiovascular imaging techniques.
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Gailen Marshall, MD, PhD
Division Director
Gailen D. Marshall, MD, PhD, Professor
Jeanette L. Arnold, MSN, CFNP, Instructor
Richard D. deShazo, MD, Professor
Stephen F. Kemp, MD, Associate Professor
Linda Tanaka, MD, Clinical Instructor
Lianbin Xiang, MD, Instructor
Clinical Immunology
and Allergy
The Division of Clinical Immunology and
Allergy continues to expand and refine its
clinical, teaching, and research programs.
Several honors have come to members of the division
in the clinical, teaching and research arenas.
The division’s clinical operations are located
within walking distance of the main campus. Its
staff members are dedicated to meeting the special
needs of patients with allergic, asthmatic and immunologic
disorders. The division offers same-day
clinic service for acute referrals and specialized diagnostic
testing, including allergy testing, drug and
other allergen challenges, fiberoptic rhinoscopy,
patch testing for contact dermatitis, pulmonary
function testing and aspirin desensitization. Immunotherapy
is provided daily. Physicians in the division
see both adult and pediatric patients, and all
have joint faculty appointments in the Medicine and
Pediatrics departments.
Division Director Gailen D. Marshall, MD,
PhD, also serves as the department’s vice chair for
faculty development. In addition to regular clinical
activities, Marshall provides clinical instruction and
maintains an active research program that addresses
the impact of psychological stress on regulatory networks
of the immune response in patients with a
variety of inflammatory diseases. Marshall chairs
one of UMMC’s two Institutional Review Boards,
co-chairs the Institutional Committee for Faculty
Development, and serves as editor-in-chief for the

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He received
the Jaros Memorial Lectureship Award at the
2006 annual meeting of the American College of
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Richard D. deShazo, MD, division faculty
member and chair of the Department of Medicine,
conducts research focusing on the pathophysiology
of inflammatory sinus diseases, such as allergic fungal
sinusitis and sarcoidosis. deShazo is also a specialty
editor for the American Journal of Medicine and
associate editor of the Southern Medical Journal. During
this past year, he received the Special Service
Award from the American Academy of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology, and the ACAAI Distinguished
Fellow Award from the American College
of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
The weekly medical call-in radio show, Southern
Remedy, which is aired on Mississippi Public
Broadcasting and co-hosted by deShazo, received th
2007 Award for Excellence in Medical Communication
from the Mississippi State Medical Association’s
Council on Public Information.
Stephen F. Kemp, MD, is associate division
director for education and director of the allergy
and immunology fellowship training program.
Kemp recently obtained an ACORN fellowship
award from the American College of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology to support training for a
new fellow. He also serves as medical director of
the Jackson Medical Mall’s Adult Allergy, Asthma
and Immunology Clinic. Kemp’s research efforts
focus on factors that influence susceptibility to, and
severity of, anaphylaxis reactions in various patient
populations.
Linda Tanaka, MD, joined the faculty earlier
this year after having been in private practice in the
Jackson metropolitan area. Her clinical interests include
asthma in pregnant women and their families.
She is also involved in our fellowship teaching program.
Lianbin Xiang, MD, recently joined the division
and has established a molecular immunology
laboratory. His research efforts center on determining
genetic polymorphisms in stress hormone receptors
as a way to identify individuals who are
more sensitive to the adverse effects of psychological
stress on their immune systems.
Jeanette L. Arnold, RN, FNP, the division’s
nurse practitioner, participates in a national educational
effort for Allied Health Professionals aimed at
increasing understanding of the theory and practice
of allergy and immunology. She has recently been
certified as an asthma educator.
Senior fellow Matthew Oswalt, MD, completed
his pediatrics residency and served as a chief
resident before beginning his fellowship. Two junior
fellows joined the divisional training program in
July: Tran Ly, MD, who trained in internal medicine
at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
School in Dallas, and Jo Reed, MD, who completed
a medicine-pediatrics residency at the University of
Tennessee at Memphis.
The division recently established the Laboratory
of Behavioral Immunology Research and is
collaborating with other investigators to better understand
the mechanisms and clinical implications
of various forms of psychological stress (including
psychosocial factors) on immune networks active in
asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes and
obesity.
During this past year, peer-reviewed publications
by faculty members have appeared in Brain, Behavior
and Immunity, Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology, Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology,
Cancer, Up-To-Date, and the American Journal of Medicine.
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Thomas L. Abell, MD, Professor and Acting
Division Director
Maher Azzouz, MD, Assistant Professor
Walter T. Boone, MD, Associate Professor
Roland F. Garretson, MD, Associate Professor
Kalyana C. Lavu, MD, Assistant Professor
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Thomas Abell, MD
Acting Division Director
Digestive Health
and Nutrition
The mission of the Division of Digestive
Health and Nutrition is to educate students,
pursue research activities, and treat
patients with gastrointestinal, liver, and nutritional
disorders.
Anil Minocha, MD, director of the division
since 2001, recieved the 2006 Langford Research
Mentor Award in recognition of his exceptional
service as research mentor to fellows and residents.
Minocha left UMMC this past year after accepting
a post in Louisiana. Thomas Abell, MD, serves as
the division’s interim director.
This past year, Abell received UMMC’s
Bronze-level Excellence in Research Award. Under
his leadership, the division is one of six participants
in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases’ Gastroparesis Clinical Research
Consortium.
The goal of the Consortium is to perform
clinical, epidemiological, and therapeutic research in
gastroparesis and provide an infrastructure that can
rapidly and efficiently design and conduct clinical
trials for effective medical, surgical or other interventions
to improve treatment of patients with gastroparesis.
Since its inception, the Consortium has
made great strides in establishing a national Gastro-

paresis Registry and furthering the nation’s understanding
of gastroparesis and its etiology.
The other five participating institutions in the
Consortium are the University of Michigan Medical
Center, Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Center, Temple University Hospital, and the University
of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
In addition to gastroparesis, faculty research
interests within the division include GERD, functional
dyspepsia, diabetic enteropathy, pelvic floor
dysfunction, dysphagia, sedation for endoscopy, irritable
bowel syndrome, colorectal neoplasia, and
hepatitis C.
The division’s GI motility initiative evolved
this past year into a formal Gastric Stimulation Program.
UMMC is the only facility in the state to offer
gastric stimulator implanted placement for any type
of gastroparesis.
Roland Garretson, MD, is spearheading efforts
to expand the biliary endoscopy and bioethics
program. Walter Boone, MD, supervises the Digestive
Disease Clinic at the Jackson Medical Mall.
Drs. Maher Azzouz and Kalyana Lavu are
active in the liver and therapeutic endoscopy program,
located at the G.V. (“Sonny”) Montgomery
Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center.
The division also supervises UMMC’s Nutritional
Support Team, and faculty members work
with pharmacists, nutritionists, and other healthcare
providers to care for the nutritional needs of patients.
The team receives about 40 consults per
month with an average length of care of one week,
attending to more than 3,000 patient days per year.
Team members are active in the local American Society
for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition chapter
and sponsor educational meetings on nutrition
every year.
The division continues to conduct a very robust
fellowship program. Fellows include Drs. Chris
Abrasley, Vikas Dembla, Trippe McNeese, Namita
Pareek, Matt Runnels, Narendra Siddaiah, and
Vikram Tarugu.
All fellows within the division made scientific
presentations at various national and regional scientific
meetings this academic year. During the third
annual Department of Medicine Research Day, the
division was represented in all three of the Research
Day awards. The awards are based on the quality of
the research design, the significance of the findings,
the current and anticipated impacts on the applicable
field of study, and the individual’s ability to present
his or her findings when queried.
Narendra Siddaiah, MD, received the firstplace
award for his project, “Prevalence of Hepatic
Iron Overload and Association with Hepatocellular
Center in End-Stage Liver Disease: Results from the
National Hemochromatosis Transplant Registry.”
Stephen Weeks, MD, a second-year resident,
received the second-place award for his project,
“Mucosal Amplitude Ratio of Temporary EGG
Predicts Outcome of Response to Gastric Electrical
Stimulation.”
Chris Abrasley, MD, received the third-place
award for his project, “Impact of Combined Gastric
and Sacral Stimulators on Upper/Lower Gastrointestinal
and Urinary Symptoms.”
Finally, faculty members from the division
published several articles in peer-reviewed journals
on such diverse topics as gastroparesis, nutrition
support, functional bowel disorders, and gastrointestinal
endoscopy.
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Christian A. Koch, MD, PhD, Professor and
Division Director
Marshall J. Bouldin, MD, Associate Professor
Dana E. Dale, MD, Assistant Professor
Eduardo Gaitan, MD, Professor Emeritus
Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez, MD, Professor
Elise P. Gomez-Sanchez, DVM, PhD, Professor
Mohammed H. Kazi, MD, Assistant Professor
William C. Nicholas, MD, Associate Professor
Damian G. Romero, PhD, Instructor
J. Woody Sistrunk, MD, Clinical Assistant
Professor
Jose S. Subauste, MD, Associate Professor
Gabriel I. Uwaifo, MD, Associate Professor
Rodrigo Valderrama, MD, Assistant Professor
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Christian A. Koch, MD, PhD
Division Director
Endocrinology and
Metabolism
The Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
comprises an interdisciplinary faculty
that continues to focus on training,
research, and clinical care.
Christian A. Koch, MD, PhD, joined the division
as director in March 2006 and serves on the
editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology
and Metabolism, and as associate editor for the Journal
of Medical Case Reports. He also serves as a member
of the Endocrine Society’s International Relations
Committee. Koch’s clinical and research expertise is
in the pathogenesis of endocrine tumors, including
those of the pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands.
Together with Celso Gomez-Sanchez, MD,
Koch chaired an oral bench-to-bedside session on
the diagnosis and therapy for adrenal neoplasia at
the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in
Toronto. Koch also presented a lecture at the Tri-
States Annual Meeting of the American College of
Endocrinology/AACE in New Orleans on the
topic of familial pituitary tumors.
Celso Gomez-Sanchez, MD, is associate
editor of Hypertension and an editorial board member
of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
and Steroids. He is a member of the integrative clinical
endocrinology and reproductive study section
at the NIH and serves as principal investigator of
two grants: one that has been continuously funded
by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs since 1982
and another funded by the NIH since 1976.

An accomplished investigator in nuclear receptors,
Jose Subauste, MD, serves as program director
for the endocrine fellowship training
program. He provides consultative services at the
Endocrine and Lipid Clinic at the G.V. (“Sonny”)
Montgomery Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center.
Subauste is principal investigator of the federallyfunded
study, “Dimerization and Dominant Negative
Activity of v-erbA.”
Elise Gomez-Sanchez, DVM, PhD, a basic
researcher, is involved in the teaching curriculum of
both the division and UMMC’s integrated neuroscience
graduate program. She is principal investigator
of the NIH grant, “Adrenal Decommissioning
and Hypertension,” and the VA Merit Review grant,
“Localization of Mineralocorticoid Action in the
Brain and Hypertension.” She chaired this year’s International
Aldosterone Conference and serves as a
member of the Endocrine Society’s Ethics Committee.
She is a fellow of the American Heart Association’s
Council for High Blood Pressure Research
and serves on the editorial boards of Hypertension
and Endocrinology. Gomez-Sanchez is a member of
the NIH Hypertension and Microcirculation Study
Section and an ad hoc reviewer for the NIH STRB
Study Section and the VA Merit Review Subcommittee
for Endocrinology.
Rodrigo Valderrama, MD, co-directs the
Diabetes Program at the Jackson Medical Mall and
at satellite clinics throughout Mississippi in support
of the Delta Diabetes Project. He also serves as education
coordinator for Internal Medicine residents
rotating in Endocrinology.
A new faculty member and former graduate
of our fellowship program, Dana Dale, MD,
joined the division in August 2006. Dale supports
the clinical and teaching thyroid and diabetes programs.
William Nicholas, MD, continues as a parttime
faculty member to provide care for patients
with endocrine disorders and training for the division’s
endocrinology fellowship program.
Damian Romero, PhD, spearheads several
projects that focus on the regulation of aldosterone
production and action. Romero was awarded the
Mead-Johnson Research Award and the Renal Research
Recognition Award from the American Physiological
Society.
Other endocrinology division faculty with
joint appointments include Mohammed Kazi, MD,
whose other appointment is with the G.V.
(“Sonny”) Montgomery Veterans’ Affairs Medical
Center, and Marshall Bouldin, MD, whose other appointment
is with the department’s Division of
General Internal Medicine and Hypertension. Kazi
completed an office-based management article on
testosterone deficiency for the American Journal of
Medicine.
Fellow Shema Ahmad, MD, presented a
poster on the topic of pituitary tumorigenesis at the
annual meeting of the Southern Society for Clinical
Investigation, where she was awarded “Best Research
Trainee.”
First-year fellow Christy Oswalt, MD,
joined the division in August 2006 and presented a
poster on the topic of endocrine tumors at the 2007
annual meeting of the Endocrine Society.
Incoming first-year fellows are Ben Seale,
MD, and Shreya Patel, MD.
Finally, the division is pleased to announce
the arrival of its newest faculty member, Gabriel I.
Uwaifo, MD. Prior to his appointment at UMMC,
Uwaifo was on the faculty at Georgetown University.
He has a strong scholarly record on the topics
of obesity and diabetes mellitus.
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Marion R. Wofford, MD, MPH, Associate
Professor and Division Director
Christina L. Barlow, MD, Assistant Professor
Angela Boleware, CFNP, Instructor
Marshall J. Bouldin, MD, Associate Professor
C. Andrew Brown, MD, MPH, Professor
Bonnie Carminati, CFNP, Instructor
Honey East, MD, Associate Professor
Kimberly G. Harkins, MD, Assistant Professor
Gilliam Swink Hicks, MD, Professor
Michelle Horn, MD, Assistant Professor
Deborah King Minor, PharmD, Associate
Professor
R. Terry Jackson, MD, Associate Professor
Annette K. Low, MD, Associate Professor
Debbie McSherry, CFNP, Instructor
Jinna M. Shepherd, MD, Associate Professor
Michael Shoemaker-Moyle, MD, Assistant
Professor
Jimmy L. Stewart, Jr., MD, Assistant Professor
Caryl D. Sumrall, CFNP, Instructor
Sharon B. Wyatt, PhD, Associate Professor
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Marion R. Wofford, MD, MPH
Division Director
General Internal
Medicine
and Hypertension
The Division of General Internal Medicine
and Hypertension continues its leadership
in education of medical students and residents
in ambulatory and hospital-based medicine.
Education remains a primary mission for the
division as demonstrated by the leadership in undergraduate
and graduate medical programs. These
programs prepare the trainees with the knowledge,
skills, and attitudes to practice in hospital and ambulatory
medicine.
Major leadership roles in the Department of
Medicine education programs are held by members
of the division. Kimberly Harkins, MD, serves as
the program director of ambulatory education,
Jimmy Stewart, MD, as combined medicine and pediatrics
(MedPeds) residency program director, John
Wofford, MD, as administrative director of hospitalist
medicine, and Michael Shoemaker-Moyle, MD,
as director of the internal medicine resident clinics.
Stewart is coordinator for the course, “Introduction
to Clinical Medicine,” for second-year medical
students. Shoemaker-Moyle and Michelle Horn,
MD, are clerkship directors for third- and fourthyear
students. All members of the division instruct
students in the development of skills of history-taking,
physical diagnoses and clinical medicine, and
they mentor students in compassionate and professional
care.

Clinical initiatives include disease prevention
and management of complex chronic medical conditions
for adults. The division provides clinical care
and consultation at University Hospital and in the
University Medical Pavilion, Jackson Medical Mall
Thad Cochran Center, and Lakeland Hypertension
Clinic.
Multidisciplinary teams provide disease management
in several programs founded in the division.
These programs rely on the expertise of
physicians, nurse practitioners, and clinical pharmacists
to coordinate the education and care of patients.
Marshall Bouldin, MD, directs UMMC’s Diabetes
and Metabolism Center and is the medical
director of the Delta Health Alliance. This nationally
recognized program provides education for
health providers and clinical expertise in the management
of patients with diabetes in five Mississippi
Delta Clinics. Comprehensive diabetes care is also
provided at the Medical Center.
Honey East, MD, is a fellow of the American
College of Physicians and a diplomate of the American
Board of Clinical Lipidology. Dr East’s interests
include the management of complex lipid
disorders and modification of risk for cardiovascular
disease. She directs the cardiometabolic program
in the pavilion.
Annette Low, MD, and Karen Grothe, PhD,
direct a weight management program at the Medical
Center. This program provides comprehensive
lifestyle modification for overweight and obese persons.
Low also continues her leadership of the Center
of Excellence in Women's Health.
Members of the hypertension program provide
consultation and care for patients with difficult
to control hypertension. Drs Wofford, Harkins,
Stewart, and Andrew Brown, MD, MPH, are recognized
by the American Society of Hypertension as
specialists in clinical hypertension. Debbie Minor,
PharmD, directs patient education for the clinic and
provides consultation on pharmcotherapeutics.
Terry Jackson, MD, continues his leadership
in clinical areas as the Department of Medicine's
vice chair for clinical programs. He provides oversight
and adminstrative guidance of all clinical programs
in the division.
Members of the division are active in a number
of research programs. Faculty members from
the division have ongoing pharmaceutical and federally-funded
clinical trials through the Clinical Research
Program. Brown serves as director of the
Medical Center's Patient Safety Center and is a
member of AHRQ's National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality. Minor continues
to mentor numerous medical and pharmacy students
in the development of research proposals and
presentations for the American College of Physicians.
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Mark Meeks, MD
Division Director
FACULTY
W. Mark Meeks, MD, Professor and Division
Director
Thomas H. Mosley, PhD, Professor and
Associate Division Director
Kenneth R. Butler, PhD, Assistant Professor
Kathy T. Gregg, MD, Associate Professor
Alan Penman, MD, MHP, Associate Professor
Christianne Pinell-Jansen, MPH, Instructor
Kimberly C. Teal, MD, Assistant Professor
Mary V. Webb, NP, Instructor
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Thomas Mosley, PhD
Associate Division
Director
Geriatric Medicine
The mission of the Division of Geriatric
Medicine is to provide consultative geriatric
care to the residents of our state, integrate
geriatric principles throughout the
curriculum for medical students and primary care
residents, and contribute to the research of problems
related to aging. Geriatricians evaluate and
manage a variety of geriatric syndromes including
cognitive impairment, falls, osteoporosis, polypharmacy,
and urinary incontinence.
Division Director Mark Meeks, MD, established
a falls and osteoporosis clinic for older adults.
This clinic is unique in offering a thorough assessment
of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that predispose
an older patient to falls. Multiple
interventions are then tailored to the patient’s needs
to lessen their risk of fall-related injuries.
Kathy Gregg, MD, continues to provide primary
care to patients in the University Medical
Pavilion and at a nursing home in the community.
She is the director of the “Senior Visits Program,”
which provides first-year medical students the opportunity
to visit with older residents in nursing
homes. After each visit the students meet in small
groups with faculty members to present their observations
and discuss the conditions of their patients.
She and Meeks also work with hospice
services in the community to prepare for certification
in hospice and palliative care.

Kim Teal, MD, provides primary care in the
University Medical Pavilion. She also provides counseling
for older patients with psychosocial issues related
to their medical illness.
This year the division initiated a Geriatric
Interest Group intended to foster interest in older
adults and their unique medical problems. The
teaching conference is led by residents, and both
students and residents are invited to attend.
The division has an active research portfolio,
with more that $15 million in NIH funding. Tom
Mosley, PhD, is associate director of the division
and serves as principal investigator for several studies,
including the “Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
(ARIC) Study,” the “ARIC MRI and
Neurocognitive Longitudinal Study,” and the “Atherosclerosis,
Plaque, and Cardiovascular Disease in
“Solo”: Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes, artists.
Communities Study.” Mosley also leads the Neurocognitive
Center for the recently funded Hispanic
Community Health Study. This new NHLBI-sponsored
study will be the largest long-term study of
health and disease in Hispanic/Latino populations,
recruiting 16,000 participants in four communities
around the U.S.
Ken Butler, PhD, ARIC project manager
and publications coordinator, was promoted to the
rank of assistant professor.
Faculty members continue to speak and
present research at national meetings including the
American Heart Association meeting in Chicago,
the Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease
Epidemiology and Prevention in Orlando, and the
annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology
in Boston.
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FACULTY
Joe C. Files, MD, FACP, Professor and
Division Director
Carolyn L. Bigelow, MD, Professor
Bernard J. Dreiling, MD, Professor
Stephanie L Elkins, MD, Associate Professor
Cheryl L. Hardy, PhD, Associate Professor
Vincent E. Herrin, MD, FACP, Associate
Professor
Maria Ventura-Holman, NP, Instructor
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Joe C. Files, MD
Division Director
Hematology
The Division of Hematology continues to
expand its services to patients with hematologic
malignancies and those who require
bone marrow transplantations. Faculty
members staff a 12-bed bone marrow transplant
unit in the Wallace Conerly Hospital for Critical
Care on the Medical Center campus. The unit is certified
by the Foundation for the Accreditation of
Cellular Therapy.
Division Director Joe Files, MD, FACP,
serves as associate chair for the Department of
Medicine and director of the Medical Center's Cancer
Institute. The Cancer Institute is located at the
Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center and is
further developing its comprehensive, interdisciplinary
care of patients with malignancies. The Cancer
Institute offers surgical oncology services, radiation
oncology therapy, and hematologic and oncologic
care.
Carolyn Bigelow, MD, directs the Medical
Center's National Marrow Donor Program
(NMDP), which includes a donor center for computerized
registration of potential unrelated marrow
donors, a collection center for collecting unrelated
marrow product for transplantation, and a transplant
center. Bigelow serves on the NMDP's Continuous
Process Improvement Advisory Group.
Stephanie Elkins, MD, directs the apheresis
service and is the hematology/oncology fellowship
director.

Vince Herrin, MD, FACP, has a joint appointment
in the divisions of hematology and oncology.
He is also the program director of the
internal medicine residency program.
Bernard Dreiling, MD, has been named to
the Department of Medicine's Hall of Fame after
being named a Clinical Professor All-Star by the student-led
Carl Evers Society for five consecutive
years.
Cheryl Hardy, PhD, directs the cryopreservation
lab. She also functions as a site reviewer for
the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular
Therapy and is a certified hematopoietic transplant
coordinator for the NMDP.
Members of the division participate extensively
in community service. Elkins is a member of
“Jimmy”: Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes, artists.
the board of the Jackson Free Clinic as its internal
medicine representative. She is also responsible for
scheduling and staffing the clinic to provide coverage
one weekend each month for the Department
of Medicine. Members of the division travel across
the state regularly to present continuing education
lectures regarding hematologic diseases including
marrow transplantation, management of sickle cell
disease, and new anticoagulants.
Fellows for July 2007 include Drs. Karissa
Boyd, Nikki Cleveland, Barbara Craft, Vikas Dembla,
Jennifer Frost, Reece Jones, Brian Persing, Ashley
Sumrall, and John Voss. All nine of the division's
fellows presented abstracts at the SSCI meeting in
New Orleans in February 2007. Craft spent eight
months at MD Anderson with a combined emphasis
in phase I clinical trials and breast cancer.
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FACULTY
Stanley W. Chapman, MD, Professor and
Division Director
John D. Cleary, PharmD, Professor
Judith Dial, NP, Instructor
Heather Dolan, NP, Instructor
Richard W. Finley, MD, Professor
Cheryl L. Hamill, RN, MSACRN, Instructor
Harold M. Henderson, MD, Professor
Deborah Konkle-Parker, PhD, FNP, Assistant
Professor
Heather K. Mangum, NP, Instructor
Leandro A. Mena, MD, MPH, Assistant
Professor
Rathel L. Nolan, MD, Professor
Janice Pierce, NP, Instructor
Donna C. Sullivan, PhD, Associate Professor
Edwin Swiatlo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Ed Thompson, MD, MPH, Professor
Helen R. Turner, MD, PhD, Professor
Risa M. Webb, MD, DTMH, Associate Professor
Tabitha Wells, MSN, FNP, Instructor
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Stanley Chapman, MD
Division Director
Infectious Diseases
Faculty members in the Division of Infectious
Diseases, directed by Stanley W. Chapman,
MD, are actively involved in
education, patient care, and research.
Harold Henderson, MD, the 2004 recipient
of the National HIV Clinician and Educator Award,
directs the division’s HIV/AIDS working group. He
serves as principal investigator on several grants that
total approximately $1 million in annual funding.
The division participates in numerous clinical research
trials evaluating new anti-HIV medications
and treatment strategies. The multicenter SMART
trial, a 10-year longitudinal study comparing standard
anti-HIV therapy to intermittent therapy, is
nearing completion.
The division’s microbial pathogenesis working
group continues to make rapid progress under
the leadership of Ed Swiatlo, MD, PhD. This program
includes faculty members from the division,
the Medical Center’s Department of Microbiology,
and the G.V. (“Sonny”) Montgomery Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. This group investigates
the pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae
infection, DNA vaccines, and parasitology. A new
member of the group is Richard O’Callaghan, PhD,
chairman of microbiology, whose research interests
include the pathogenesis of infections from Streptococcus
pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeurginosa, and Staphylococcus
aureus.

The mycotic research working group, headed
by Chapman, comprises two areas of inquiry: John
Cleary, PharmD, leads the antimycotic component,
and Donna Sullivan, PhD, leads the mycotic component.
Two clinical trials were recently completed
dealing with the treatment of invasive candidiasis.
During the coming year, the group plans to continue
participation in other multi-center treatment
trials, drug discovery, and clinical pharmacogenomics.
Rathel Nolan, MD, heads the hospital epidemiology
and antimicrobial resistance working
group. Implementation of the TheraDoc information
software is near completion and is being used
to track nosocomial infectious and adverse drug
events.
Nolan also heads the international health
working group. The international travelers clinic expanded
its scope of operations to five days a week
along with a walk-in immunization program. The
clinic is staffed by Heather Dolan, NP.
Under Nolan’s leadership, the division continues
to return annually to Iquitos, Peru. This trip
is a favorite elective of medical students and house
staff. Participants spend two weeks in the jungle
treating approximately 2,000 Peruvian Indians in
need of basic health care. This popular elective has
proven its worth by improving the health and
healthcare of the population it supports and by providing
new opportunities for research.
Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, heads the division’s
sexually transmitted infections (STI) working
group. He also serves as the state consultant for
STIs and the medical director of the Crossroads
Clinic, the product of a collaborative effort with the
Mississippi State Department of Health. The clinic
is unique in its class as a comprehensive treatment
center integrating clinical care, dental care, clinical
research and as an education and training center.
With more than 15,000 visits in 2006, it is becoming
one of the best-recognized STI clinics in the southeastern
U.S.
Mena also heads the division’s education and
training program, which is home to three fellows:
Drs. John DePaula, Christina Muzny, and Olantunji
Oluwatacle.
Mena and Henderson joined the Gulf South
Sexually Transmitted Infections and Topical Microbicides
Cooperative Research Center, directed by
David Martin, MD, at LSU Health Sciences Center.
This center addresses issues related to sexually
transmitted infections in HIV-infected women and
other emerging STIs.
Under the leadership of Chapman, the home
antibiotic monitoring program continues to thrive.
Over the last year, this program reduced the length
of hospital stays and total healthcare costs. The antibiotic
infusion center has been expanded to facilitate
home antibiotic therapy.
Two faculty members recently joined the division:
Drs. Svenja Albrecht and Trini Matthew. Albrecht
assumed leadership of the hepatitis
evaluation and treatment center and will be taking
over leadership of the division’s international health
working group.
Matthew leads the division’s efforts in providing
consultative services to the Mississippi State
Department of Health on management of tuberculosis.
She will be working closely with Henderson
in the HIV/AIDS working group.
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FACULTY
Michael F. Flessner, MD, PhD, Professor and
Division Director
Anita Basu, MD, Assistant Professor
Albert Dreisbach, MD, Associate Professor
Tibor Fulop, MD, Assistant Professor
Geeta Gyanlami, MD, Assistant Professor
Luis Juncos, MD, Professor
Kent A. Kirchner, MD, Professor
Shirley D. Schlessinger, MD, Associate Professor
Darren Schmidt, MD, Assistant Professor
Lajos Zsom, MD, Assistant Professor
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Michael F. Flessner, MD, PhD
Division Director
Nephrology
The Division of Nephrology’s major goal is
to provide a superb training program for
Mississippi’s future nephrologists and excellent
renal care to Mississippi citizens. The fellowship
program trains nephrologists to treat patients
with acute renal failure, chronic kidney disease, endstage
renal disease, and those who need renal transplantation.
Fellows develop skills in peritoneal dialysis,
hemodialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy,
acute and chronic care of renal transplant recipients,
medical economics, medical ethics, and biomedical
research. Additional preparation includes year-long,
longitudinal experiences in the care of home patients
(peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis)
and in-center hemodialysis patients. Current fellows
include Drs. Brandon Bean, Benahili Iboaya, Son
Lam, Frederick Lee, Minesh Pathak, and Sellors
Meador.
Total inpatient service at University Hospital
varies from 15 to 35 patients per day. Three to six
new consultations are provided daily to other services;
an equal number of renal patients are admitted
to the nephrology inpatient service. The Medical
Center’s artificial kidney unit provides acute dialysis
to inpatients, and continuous renal replacement
therapy is performed in all ICUs—typically on a
daily basis.
The Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran
Center dialysis unit includes 35 dialysis chairs with
a current census of 140. The home training program
has just been moved to the Medical Mall and

includes 70 peritoneal and home hemodialysis patients.
The renal transplant program follows approximately
500 patients and has been re-invigorated
with the arrival of transplant surgeon Alan Hawxby,
MD, who has performed more than 50 transplants
in the last five months. The program is anticipated
to grow to more than 100 per year. The renal clinic
follows 700 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients
with chronic renal insufficiency, proteinuria, hematuria,
or severe hypertension.
The VA Medical Center is the division’s second
major site for nephrology training and renal
care. The VA hospital exposes nephrology fellows
to patients with acute renal failure, CKD, and hemodialysis.
Training includes inpatient, outpatient,
and internet consultations.
Division Director Michael Flessner, MD,
PhD, holds the John D. Bower Chair of Nephrology
and Hypertension. Specializing in patients with
chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease,
he has specific interests in promoting home hemodialysis
and peritoneal dialysis in Mississippi. He
also works with the Mississippi chapter of the National
Kidney Foundation and Network 8 to increase
awareness and to slow the progression of
chronic kidney disease in Mississippi.
Flessner, who received the department’s 2006
Fred Allison Research Award in recognition of his
sustained productivity of superior and significant
research, has a grant from NIH to study the effects
of sterile, non-biocompatible peritoneal dialysis solutions
on peritoneal tissue. He also heads a project
on racial healthcare disparities in CKD patients and
is an active collaborator on the Jackson Heart Study.
Several faculty members are active researchers
with the Jackson Heart Study and
GENOA, including Drs. Tibor Fulop, Darren
Schmidt, Lajos Zsom, and Albert Dreisbach. Fulop
brings to the faculty a broad experience in primary
care and nephrology; his research interests focus on
the linkage between sleep disorders and cardiovascular
disease and CKD.
Zsom has extensive experience in dialysis
and transplantation, and is conducting research on
inflammation in dialysis patients.
Schmidt joined the faculty in August 2005.
He has strong interests in kidney disease in the setting
of chronic viral infection and continuous renal
replacement therapies. He recently started an HIV-
CKD clinic at the Jackson Medical Mall.
Dreisbach, who is board certified in both
nephrology and clinical pharmacology, chairs the
Renal-Hypertension Section of the American Society
for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He
is a member of the hypertension and chronic kidney
disease subcommittees of the CARe initiative, an
NHLBI-sponsored consortium that helps identify
genotyping priorities.
Active in diabetes research, Kent Kirchner,
MD, serves as assistant vice chancellor for VA Affairs
at the Medical Center and chief of staff at the
VA Medical Center. Drs. Anita Basu and Geeta
Gyanlami are on staff at the VA and act as attendings
and mentors for nephrology fellows.
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Shirley Schlessinger, MD, is the medical director
of the Mississippi Organ Procurement
Agency as well as the renal transplantation program.
She is also a councilor representing Region 3 on the
United Network of Organ Sharing board of directors.
Luis Juncos, MD, our newest faculty member,
is a professor of medicine, physiology, and biophysics.
He is dual trained in nephrology and
critical care and is an expert in CRRT and acute kidney
injury. He has extensive research experience
and has NIH funding to carry out basic research in
hypertension and renal physiology.
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FACULTY
J. Tate Thigpen, MD, Professor and
Division Director
Minsig Choi, MD, Assistant Professor
Robert D. Hamilton, MD, Assistant Professor
Vincent E. Herrin, MD, FACP, Assistant
Professor
Tawfiq I. Khansur, MD, Professor
Louis V. Puneky, MD, Associate Professor
Ralph Vance, MD, Professor
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J. Tate Thigpen, MD
Division Director
Oncology
The Division of Oncology continues to develop
its research, education, and clinical
care programs.
The division oversees activities of three National
Cancer Institute-sponsored cancer research
groups at the Medical Center: the Gynecologic Oncology
Group, Southwest Oncology Group, and
Cancer Treatment Support Unit.
A wide range of clinical trials are underway.
As a crucial part of this effort in clinical trials, the
division oversees the Cancer Research and Registry,
which manages all aspects of the clinical trials, and
the Cancer Registry of University Hospital. An extension
of this is now the State Cancer Registry
which, in only its third year under the oversight of
division faculty, met the goals for data collection for
approved state cancer registries.
Division Director Tate Thigpen, MD, serves
as the principal investigator for the CDC grant that
funds the State Registry, which, in turn, is directed
by Debra Christie. In addition, the Cancer Institute
houses dedicated basic research space for individuals
involved in laboratory research who wish to collaborate
with clinical oncologists.
In collaboration with the Division of Hematology,
the Division of Oncology supervises the
training of nine hematology/oncology fellows to
enhance the care of cancer patients throughout
Mississippi. The division also teaches residents in

internal medicine and medical students about the
care of patients with cancer.
Division faculty members continue to see a
large number of patients with solid tumors and to
provide true multidisciplinary care through several
active multidisciplinary conferences focused on specific
types of cancer. Examples of conference topics
held recently include general cancer, gynecologic
cancers, and cancers of the head and neck area.
Members of the division provide a wide
range of activities within the Medical Center cancer
program. Minsig Choi, MD, is particularly interested
in gastrointestinal cancers.
Vince Herrin, MD, FACP, became director
of the Department of Medicine’s residency program.
Darryl Hamilton, MD, serves as principal investigator
for the Medical Center’s membership in
the Southwest Oncology Group.
Thigpen continues in his leadership role in
the Gynecologic Oncology Group. He serves as its
vice chair for science and chairs its Protocol Development
Committee. He also serves as principal investigator
for the Medical Center.
Ralph Vance, MD, continues his service to
the American Cancer Society nationally as one of
its past presidents and participates in a variety of
ACS committees and activities.
Louis Puneky, MD, continues to provide an
educational resource to the fellows with his six years
of oncology experience in private practice and oversees
important aspects of the division’s patient care
programs.
Fellows for July 2007 include Drs. Karissa
Boyd, Nikki Cleveland, Barbara Craft, Vikas Dembla,
Jennifer Frost, Reece Jones, Brian Persing, Ashley
Sumrall, and John Voss. All nine of the division's
fellows presented abstracts at the SSCI meeting in
New Orleans in February 2007. Craft spent eight
months at MD Anderson with a combined emphasis
in phase I clinical trials and breast cancer.
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FACULTY
G. Douglas Campbell, MD, Professor and
Division Director
Akinyinka A. Ajelabi, MD, Assistant Professor
Alp S. Baran, MD, Associate Professor
Michael H. Baumann, MD, Professor
Rajesh Bhagat, MD, Assistant Professor
Sharon Douglas, MD, Associate Professor
Suzanne T. Miller, MD, Associate Professor
Marcy F. Petrini, PhD, Associate Professor
William C. Pinkston, MD, Professor
Allen C. Richert, MD, Assistant Professor
John R. Spurzem, MD, Professor
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G. Douglas Campbell, MD
Division Director
Pulmonary,
Critical Care and
Sleep Medicine
The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care
and Sleep Medicine provides critical care in the
medical intensive care units and consultative services
at University Hospital, the Jackson Medical Mall
Thad Cochran Center, the G.V. (“Sonny”) Montgomery
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, and the University Medical Pavilion. Under
the leadership of Division Director G. Douglas
Campbell, MD, the division continues to grow.
Marcy Petrini, PhD, directs the pulmonary
function laboratory, which offers methacholine
challenges and simple exercise testing. Soon the pulmonary
function laboratory will be providing pulmonary
function test results online through the
intranet. Petrini serves as vice chair for medical research
on the board of directors for the American
Association for Medical Instrumentation.
In addition to directing the VA Medical Center
sleep laboratory, Chappy Pinkston, MD, serves
as chief of respiratory care services and medical director
of Hinds Community College respiratory
therapy program. He also serves as medical advisor
for the Tri-State Respiratory Care Conference and
remains active in the education of residents, fellows
and respiratory therapy students.
John Spurzem, MD, is medical director of
the Wallace Conerly Hospital for Critical Care, and

was recently named medical director of the adult
hospital. Spurzem trained at the Mayo Clinic, the
University of Utah School of Medicine, and the
NIH. Spurzem’s research interests include bronchial
epithelial cell injury and repair.
Michael H. Baumann, MD, completed his
fellowship in pulmonary and critical care at the
Medical University of South Carolina and served on
the faculty for several years. In addition to his duties
as chief quality officer for University Hospital, he
remains active in clinical research and practice.
At the VA Medical Center, Akinyinka Ajelabi,
MD, is the director of its medical intensive care unit
and home oxygen program.
Sharon Douglas, MD, heads the ethics committee
and supervises medical education at the VA
Medical Center. She serves on the national AMA
Council for Ethical and Judicial Affairs.
Members of the division remain active in research.
Division members active with the Jackson
Heart Study include Drs. Ajelabi, Campbell, Petrini,
and Bhagat.
Campbell co-authored chapters in Harrison’s
Principles of Internal Medicine and Chest Medicine and,
along with Rajesh Bhagat, MD, a chapter in Pulmonary
Pearls.
Continuing his work in pleural diseases, Baumann
published four papers and chaired two sessions
at national meetings.
Drs. Spurzem, Baumann, Ajelabi, Bhagat,
and Petrini presented research findings at several national
meetings. Faculty members are active participants
in national associations. Campbell serves on
the editorial boards for the Journal of Respiratory Diseases
and Respiratory Medicine.
Baumann, sits on the Board of Regents of
the American College of Chest Physicians, the
board of directors for the International Pleural Journal,
Pleural Newsletter, and Clinical Medicine and Research.
Petrini is on the editorial board for Respiratory
Care.
The division’s fellowship program now includes
seven fellows. This past year, four fellows
presented posters, cases, or case discussions at national
and regional professional conferences. Two
fellows’ manuscripts were also published.
Fellows include Drs. Cameron Huxford,
Charlie Pearson, Brian Sumrall, Billy Williams,
Joseph Bosarge, Ketan Patel and Rafat Mohammed.
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FACULTY
Rob McMurray, MD
Division Director
Robert W. McMurray, MD, Professor and
Division Director
Sylvia T. Dold, DO, Instructor
Kenneth J. Hardy, MD, PhD, Professor
Valee Harisdangkul, MD, PhD, Professor
Emeritus
John K. Jenkins, MD, Associate Professor
Vikas Majithia, MD, Assistant Professor
Suzanne Sanders, MD, Assistant Professor
James G. Wilson, MD, Professor
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Rheumatology
Under the leadership of director Robert
McMurray, MD, the Division of
Rheumatology continues to expand its
clinical services, increase community and institutional
education programs, focus upon research, and
further develop the Metabolic Bone Disease and
Osteoporosis Program.
The division’s eight board-certified academic
rheumatologists and four rheumatology fellows provide
rheumatologic consultative services at University
Hospital, the University Medical Pavilion, the
G.V. (“Sonny”) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, the Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation
Center (MMRC), and an outreach primary care
clinic in Greenville. The division maintains vigorous
outpatient services at the pavilion, the Jackson Medical
Mall Thad Cochran Center, and the VA Medical
Center.
Ken Hardy, MD, PhD, former division director,
provides continued clinical, educational, and
research guidance, support, and mentorship to junior
faculty and fellows at University Hospital and
the VA Medical Center. Hardy also provides vital
educational and experiential support for the clinical
case and immunology conferences as well as supervisory
support for the fellows at the Medical Center’s
private practice clinics.

After a nearly 30-year career devoted to caring
for Mississippi’s citizens with rheumatologic diseases,
Valee Harisdangkul, MD, PhD, retired this
year from her post as professor of medicine. Harisdangkul
served as co-director of the division’s fellowship
program and provided clinical
rheumatological services at University Hospital,
MMRC, and the pavilion. She returns to the division
as professor emeritus in part-time practice.
John Jenkins, MD, recently completed the
last year of an NIH-funded grant to study disparities
in minority health, focusing on systemic lupus
erythematosus, cytokines and hormones. As part of
the Medical Center’s outreach clinical care programs,
Jenkins travels to Greenville twice each
month to see patients at a divisional satellite clinic.
Vikas Majithia, MD, provides educational
and clinical support to the medical student and
house staff teaching programs, as well as increasing
the division’s clinical practice at the Jackson Medical
Mall and the pavilion. In addition to its clinical care
services, the division has a comprehensive research
program in place, which includes studies of cell and
molecular immunology, cytokine immunobiology,
complement immunology, and immunoendocrinology.
Majithia is developing clinical research projects
in SLE in collaboration with Drs. Jenkins and Mc-
Murray.
Suzanne Sanders, MD, provides clinical and
educational services at the VA Medical Center, coordinates
clinical review and immunology conferences,
and was instrumental in the development of
the division’s fellowship program and certification.
James Wilson, MD, provides clinical and educational
services at the VA Medical Center. Wilson,
who chairs the Jackson Heart Study’s Genetics
Committee, was recently awarded a multi-million
dollar NIH grant addressing genotyping and admixture
mapping in minorities at risk for cardiovascular
disease. Collaborators on this study include faculty
members from Harvard University and MIT’s
Broad Institute.
Current fellows include Drs. Shabana Karim,
Sahdev Saharan, Amrit Singh, and Jason Taylor. Recent
fellowship support has been provided through
the Mary Bryan Barksdale Rheumatology Fellowship
award, a philanthropic effort by the Barksdale
family.
The division maintains the highest goals of
clinical service, education, and research and continues
its outstanding record of clinical care, being
named as the 2007 Outstanding Consult Service of
the Year.
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Scholarly Activity
Sponsor and Title: NIH, “University of Mississippi
Medical Center’s Clinical Center Gastroparesis
Research Consortium”
Principal Investigator: Thomas L. Abell
Project Period:: 04/01/2006- 03/31/2011
Annual Funding: $525,190
Sponsor and Title: Medtronic, Inc, “Double
Blind Placebo-Controlled Cross-Over Design with
Wash-Out for Temporary Gastric Electrical Stimulation
for Drug-Refractory Gastroparesis”
Principal Investigator: Thomas L. Abell
Project Period: 10/01/2005-09/30/2007
Annual Funding: $36,000
Sponsor and Title: Dynogen Pharmaceuticals, “A
Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled
Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of
DDP225 in Patients with Chronic Functional
Vomiting”
Principal Investigator: Thomas L. Abell
Project Period: 03/01/2006- 02/28/2008
Annual Funding: $48,110
Sponsor and Title: Medtronic Inc. “Gastric Electrical
Stimulation: Results Dissemination”
Principal Investigator: Thomas L. Abell
Project Period: 10/01/2002-12/31/2007
Annual Funding: $20,000
Grants and Contracts
Sponsor and Title: DHHS, “Multi-center Study
of Hydroxyurea Long-Term Follow-up”
Principal Investigator: Carolyn L. Bigelow
Project Period: 12/23/2002-12/22/2007
Annual Funding: $13,193
Sponsor and Title: NIH through Boston Medical
Center, “Boston Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center,
Clinical Center Core A”
Principal Investigator: Carolyn L. Bigelow
Project Period: 04/01/2000-03/31/2007
Annual Funding: $54,445
Sponsor and Title: NIH through Boston Medical
Center, “Arginine Supplementation in Sickle Cell
Anemia”
Principal Investigator: Carolyn L. Bigelow
Project Period: 04/01/2000-03/31/2008
Annual Funding: $38,484
Sponsor and Title: IcAgen, Inc., “An Open-
Label Extension Study Evaluation the Long-Term
Safety of ICA17043 with Sickle Cell Disease”
Principal Investigator: Carolyn L. Bigelow
Project Period: 10/20/2006 - 04/11/2007
Annual Funding: $51,354
Sponsor and Title: Delta Health Alliance, “Delta
Diabetes Project”
Principal Investigator: Marshall J. Bouldin
Project Period: 08/01/2005-09/30/2008
Annual Funding: $3,969,690
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Sponsor and Title: HRSA, “The Delta Telehealth
Partnership”
Principal Investigator: Marshall J. Bouldin
Project Period: 09/01/2005-08/31/2007
Annual Funding: $272,184
Sponsor and Title: McKesson Health Solutions,
“Cooperative Agreement for a Medicare Fee-For-
Service Chronic Care Improvement”
Principal Investigator: Marshall J. Bouldin
Project Period: 05/05/2006-04/31/2008
Annual Funding: $1,277,500
Sponsor and Title: Mississippi State Department
of Health, “Diabetes Control Program”
Principal Investigator: Marshall J. Bouldin
Project Period: 01/01/2006-12/31/2006
Annual Funding: $50,000
Sponsor and Title: NorvoNordisk, “Sugar in the
Delta: Culture and Disease”
Principal Investigator: Marshall J. Bouldin
Project Period: 04/06/2006-3/31/2007
Annual Funding: $30,000
Sponsor and Title: AHRQ, “Addressing Preventable
Medication Use Variance in Mississippi”
Principal Investigator: C. Andrew Brown
Project Period: 08/01/2001-09/01/2006
Annual Funding: $142,557
Sponsor and Title: AHRQ, “Detecting Medical
Errors in Rural Hospitals Using Technology”
Principal Investigator: C. Andrew Brown
Project Period: 09/01/2004-8/31/2007
Annual Funding: $542,011
Sponsor and Title: AHRQ, “Preventable Medication
Use Variance in Mississippi (Minority Supplement)”
Principal Investigator: C. Andrew Brown
Project Period: 09/30/2001-09/30/2006
Annual Funding: $76,280
Sponsor and Title: Bristol-Myers Squibb, “Genital
Ulcer Disease: A Risk Factor for Hepatitis C
virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus”
Principal Investigator: Mary Jane Burton
Project Period: 10/01/2005-09/30/2008
Annual Funding: $15,000
Sponsor and Title: Merck and Co., Inc., “Non
ICU Surveillance Study: Incidence of Multiresistance
in Serial Gram-Negative Isolates”
Principal Investigator: Stanley W. Chapman
Project Period: 07/1/2005-06/15/2007
Annual Funding: $7,000
Sponsor and Title: HHS, “SWOG Clinical Research
Associates Chair”
Principal Investigator: Debbie Christie
Project Period: 03/01/2006-02/28/2007
Annual Funding: $10,284
Sponsor and Title: Research Mississippi Inc.
“Cancer Clinical Trials”
Principal Investigator: Minsig Choi
Project Period: 02/01/2007-01/31/2008
Annual Funding: $25, 000
Sponsor and Title: Adventrx Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., “A Phase III Multi-Center Randomized Clinical
Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of
CoFactor and 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) plus Bevacizumab
versus Leucovorin and 5-FU plus Bevacizumab
as Initial Treatment for Metastatic
Colorectal Carcinoma ”
Principal Investigator: Minsig Choi
Project Period: 04/03/2007-12/01/2009
Annual Funding: $453,575
Sponsor and Title: NIAID, “High Purity Amphotericin
B: A Safer Antimycotic in AIDS”
Principal Investigator: John Cleary
Project Period: 04/01/2005-/03/31/2007
Annual Funding: $110,664

Sponsor and Title: NIH-BAMSG Pharmaceuticals,
“A Randomized Double-Marked Trial of
Caspofungin versus Placebo as Prophylaxis of Invasive
Candidiasis in High-Risk Adults in Critical
Care Setting
Co-Principal Investigators: John Cleary and
Stanley W. Chapman
Project Period: 08/01/2004-08/01/2006
Annual Funding: $100,000
Sponsor and Title: NIAID, “Pharmacogenomics”
Co-Principal Investigators: John Cleary and
Stanley W. Chapman
Project Period: 07/01/2003-07/01/2006
Annual Funding: $945,000
Sponsor and Title: NCI, “Tobacco Cessation via
Public Health Dental Clinics”
Principal Investigator: Karen M. Crews
Project Period: 06/15/2005-04/30/2007
Annual Funding: $51,165
Sponsor and Title: NIDA, “Tobacco Quitlines:
An Adjunct to Dental Interventions”
Principal Investigator: Karen M. Crews
Project Period: 09/02/2003-09/02/2007
Annual Funding: $136,265
Sponsor and Title: Abbott Laboratories, “Covance/Abbott-Fenofibric
Acid and Atorvastatin
Calcium Extension MD5-758”
Principal Investigator: Honey East
Project Period: 04/01/2007-01/31/2008
Annual Funding: $3,450
Sponsor and Title: Abbot Laboratories, “A
Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind,
Prospective Study Comparing the Safety and Efficacy
of Fenofibric Acid and Atorvastatin Calcium
Combination Therapy to Fenofibric Acid and
Atorvastatin Calcium Monotherapy in Subjects
with Mixed Dyslipidemia”
Principal Investigator: Honey East
Project Period: 04/01/2006-12/01/2007
Annual Funding: $20,601
Sponsor and Title: NovoNordisk, “Liraglutide
Effect and Action in Diabetes (LEAD 3): Effect
on Glycemic Control of Liraglutide versus
Gliepiride in Type 2 Diabetes. A Fifty-Two Week
(with Fifty-Two Week Open-Label Extension),
Double-Blind, Multi-Center, Randomized, Parallel
Study to Investigate Safety and Efficacy”
Principal Investigator: Honey East
Project Period: 04/01/2006-04/01/2009
Annual Funding: $60,296
Sponsor and Title: Genzyme Corporation,
“AMD 3100-2112: A Phase 2, Multicenter,
Prospective, Observational, Open-lab Study to
Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of AMD 3100
added to a G-CSF Mobilization Regimen in Poor
Mobilizing Adult Patients who have Previously
Failed Stem Cell Collections or Collection Attempts
Principal Investigator: Stephanie L. Elkins
Project Period: 07/21/2006-06/30/2008
Annual Funding: $54,295
Sponsor and Title: Romark, “Multi-Center, Double-Blind
Study of Nitazoxanide Compared to
Vancomycin in the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile-Associated
Diseases”
Principal Investigator: Richard Finley
Project Period: 03/01/2007-12/31/2007
Annual Funding: $43,250
Sponsor and Title: NIDDK, “Effects of
Hyaluronan on Intestinal Convection”
Principal Investigator: Michael F. Flessner
Project Period: 07/01/2005-06/30/2007
Annual Funding: $347,800
Sponsor and Title: Mississippi Institute for the
Improvement of Geographic Minority Health
Disparities, “Health Care Disparities in Kidney
Disease”
Principal Investigator: Michael F. Flessner
Project Period: 09/01/2006-08/31/2009
Annual Funding: $50,000
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Sponsor and Title: American Heart Association,
“Using Jackson Heart Study Data to Assess C-Reactive
Protein Levels and Cardiovascular Disease
in African Americans”
Principal Investigator: Ervin R. Fox
Project Period: 07/01/2006-06/30/2007
Annual Funding: $77,000
Sponsor and Title: UMMC, “Brain Natriuretic
Peptide Relation to Heart Disease in the Jackson
Heart Study”
Principal Investigator: Ervin R. Fox
Project Period: 04/01/2007-03/31/2008
Annual Funding: $30,000
Sponsor and Title: University of Tennessee,
“Automated Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy”
Principal Investigator: Karen C. Fox
Project Period: 11/01/2006-10/31/2007
Annual Funding: $7,518
Sponsor and Title: Delta Health Alliance, “Electronic
Health Records Project”
Principal Investigator: Karen C. Fox
Project Period: 07/01/2006-06/30/2008
Annual Funding: $2,155,399
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “Role of Mineralocorticoids
in Hypertension”
Principal Investigator: Celso Gomez-Sanchez
Project Period: 07/01/2004-06/30/2008
Annual Funding: $259,000
Sponsor and Title: Department of Veterans Affairs,
“Adrenal Zona Glomerulosa Gene Expression”
Principal Investigator: Celso Gomez-Sanchez
Project Period: 10/01/2002-09/30/2007
Annual Funding: $135,000
Sponsor and Title: NIH, “Chaperones, Immunophilins
and Nuclear Receptor Shuttling”
Principal Investigator: Celso Gomez-Sanchez
Project Period: 12/01/2006-11/30/2009
Annual Funding: $39,998
Sponsor and Title: Department of Veterans Affairs.
“Localization of Mineralocorticoid Action in
the Brain and Hypertension”
Principal Investigator: Elise Gomez-Sanchez
Project Period: 10/01/2004-9/30/2008
Annual Funding: $225,700
Sponsor and Title: NIH, “Adrenal Decommissioning
and Hypertension”
Principal Investigator: Elise Gomez-Sanchez
Project Period: 12/15/2004-11/30/2007
Annual Funding: $289,044
Sponsor and Title: Mississippi Institute for Improvement
of Geographic and Minority Health,
“Established Researcher Award”
Principal Investigator: Karen Grothe
Project Period: 06/01/2007-05/31/2008
Annual Funding: $25,000
Sponsor and Title: Advanced Magnetics, “A
Phase III Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Ferumoxytol
(Compared with Oral Iron) as an Iron
Replacement Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease
Patients not on Dialysis”
Principal Investigator: Geeta Gyamiani
Project Period: 08/01/06-07/31/2007
Annual Funding: $16,500
Sponsor and Title: Advanced Magnetics, “A
Phase III Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Ferumoxytol
(Compared with Oral Iron) as an Iron
Replacement Therapy in Hemodialysis Patients
who are Receiving Supplemental Erythropoietin
Therapy”
Principal Investigator: Geeta Gyamiani
Project Period: 08/01/06-07/31/2007
Annual Funding: $13,500
Sponsor and Title: Amgen Pharmaceuticals,
“National Young Rheumatology Investigator
Forum”
Principal Investigator: Kenneth J. Hardy
Project Period: 01/01/2007-04/01/2007
Annual Funding: $65,000

Sponsor and Title: NIH through Tulane University,
“SMART Study: A Large Sample Trial Comparing
Two Strategies for Management of
Antiretroviral Therapy
Principal Investigator: Harold M. Henderson
Project Period: 04/01/2006-02/28/07
Annual Funding: $93,578
Sponsor and Title: Mississippi State Department
of Health, “Provision of Adult and Adolescent
HIV Clinical Care Services”
Principal Investigator: Harold M. Henderson
Project Period: 04/01/2006-3/31/07
Annual Funding: $143,700
Sponsor and Title: HRSA, “Ryan White CARE
Act Title III: HIV Early Intervention Services”
Principal Investigator: Harold M. Henderson
Project Period: 04/01/2005-3/31/07
Annual Funding: $487,000
Sponsor and Title: HRSA, “Delta Region AIDS
Education and Training Center”
Principal Investigator: Harold M. Henderson
Project Period: 07/01/2005-06/30/2010
Annual Funding: $342,760
Sponsor and Title: HHS, “Radiation, Oncology
Research Partnership”
Principal Investigator: Vincent Herrin
Project Period: 06/01/2006-05/31/2007
Annual Funding: $15,000
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI/KOS Pharmaceutical,
Inc., “Aim High Trial”
Principal Investigator: Mohammed H. Kazi
Project Period: 01/01/2006-12/31/2010
Annual Funding: $668,250
Sponsor and Title: Educational and Research
Trust, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma,
and Immunology (AAAAI) and the AAAAI Allergy
Educational Forum “2005 Phoenix Program
Allergy and Immunology New Training Program
Grant”
Principal Investigator: Stephen F. Kemp
Project Period: 07/01/2005-06/30/2008
Annual Funding: $83,333
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “Action to Control
Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes”
Principal Investigator: Kent A. Kirchner
Project Period: 01/01/2000-09/30/2007
Annual Funding: $300,000
Sponsor and Title: NIH, “Multidimensional HIV
Adherence Intervention”
Principal Investigator: Deborah Konkle-Parker
Project Period: 09/01/2004-08/31/2007
Annual Funding: $116,946
Sponsor and Title: HHS, “Physician-Delivered
Intervention for HIV-Positive Patients in Clinical
Care”
Principal Investigator: Deborah Konkle-Parker
Project Period: 10/01/2005-12/31/2006
Annual Funding: $75,000
Sponsor and Title: John Snow, Inc., “JSI Research
and Training”
Principal Investigator: Deborah Konkle-Parker
Project Period: 06/01/2006-5/30/2007
Annual Funding: $1,200
Sponsor and Title: DHHS, “National Center of
Excellence in Women’s Health”
Principal Investigator: Annette K. Low
Project Period: 09/30/2003-09/29/2007
Annual Funding: $150,000
Sponsor and Title: DHHS, “National Center of
Excellence in Women's Health-Ancillary”
Principal Investigator: Annette K. Low
Project Period: 09/30/2006-09/29/2007
Annual Funding: $17,000
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Sponsor and Title: DHHS, “Heart and Soul Initiative:
Bringing the Heart Truth to the Delta”
Principal Investigator: Annette K. Low
Project Period: 08/17/2005-09/30/2006
Annual Funding: $20,000
Sponsor and Title: Johnson and Johnson
through UCSF, “TEAM Mississippi: A Partnership
for Health Families”
Principal Investigator: Annette K. Low
Project Period: 07/01/2006-06/30/2009
Annual Funding: $200,000
Sponsor and Title: Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
“Worksite Weight Management for Extreme Obesity”
Principal Investigator: Annette K. Low
Project Period: 02/27/2007-10/30/2007
Annual Funding: $70,000
Sponsor and Title: Junior League of Jackson,
“Powerful Bodies=Powerful Minds”
Principal Investigator: Annette K. Low
Project Period: 06/01/2006-05/31/2007
Annual Funding: $16,802
Sponsor and Title: Novartis Pharmaceutical
Corp., “Soluble CD23 Expression as a Marker of
Immunomodulation and Clinical Response in
Asthma Patients Treated with Omalizumad”
Principal Investigator: Gailen D. Marshall
Project Period: 01/02/2005-12/31/2006
Annual Funding: $262,712
Sponsor and Title: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Corp. “A 26-week Multi-center, Randomized,
Double-Blind, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled,
Study to Evaluate the Effect of Xolair(omalizumab)
on Improving the Tolerability of Specific
Immunotherapy in Patients with Persistent Allergic
Asthma”
Principal Investigator: Gailen D. Marshall
Project Period: 01/30/2006-07/31/2007
Annual Funding: $187,251
Sponsor and Title: Becton, Dickenson and Company,
“Clinical Evaluation of the BD ProbeTec tm
ET System and the BD Viper for the Direct Qualitative
Screening of C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae
in Female Endocervical, Female Vaginal,
Male Urethral, and Male and Female Urine Specimens”
Principal Investigator: Leandro A. Mena
Project Period: 02/01/2007-08/30/2007
Annual Funding: $230,560
Sponsor and Title: Mississippi Department of
Health, “STD/HIV Consultation and Services”
Principal Investigator: Leandro Mena
Project Period: 04/01/2006-03/30/2008
Annual Funding: $144,000
Sponsor and Title: Louisiana State University
Health Science Centers through the Gulf South
STI/TM Cooperative Research Center by the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
“Trichomonas vaginalis in HIV(+) Women” and
“Mutation in Genes Coding for Surface Exposed
Mycoplasma genitalium Proteins and Immunoselection
over Time in Chronically Infected Humans”
Principal Investigator: Leandro Mena
Project Period: 05/15/2006-9/30/2009
Annual Funding: $155,503
Sponsor and Title: Abbot Molecular Inc., “Abbott
Real Time CT/NG (Chlamydia trachomatis/
Neisseria gonorrhoeae)”
Principal Investigator: Leandro Mena
Project Period: 02/01/2006-08/01/2007
Annual Funding: $199,710
Sponsor and Title: Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, “Use of Self Collected Vaginal
Swabs as an Innovative Approach to Facilitate
Testing for Repeat Chlamydia Infection”
Principal Investigator: Leandro Mena
Project Period: 11/01/2003-9/30/2007
Annual Funding: $35,000

Sponsor and Title: Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, “Medical Monitoring Project”
Principal Investigator: Leandro Mena
Project Period: 06/01/2004-05/30/2008
Annual Funding: $294,069
Sponsor and Title: Jackson Heart Study Undergraduate
Training Center, Assessment of Cardiovascular
Disease Risk Factors in High Risk
Adolescents.
Principal Investigator: Deborah S. Minor
Project Period: 06/01/2006-08/01/2006
Annual Funding: $4,000
Sponsor and Title: Dean’s Summer Medical Student
Research Fellowship, “Cardiovascular Disease
Health Awareness and Self-Reported Behaviors in
Patients with Hypertension”
Principal Investigator: Deborah S. Minor
Project Period: 06/01/2006-09/01/2006
Annual Funding: $7,000
Sponsor and Title: Mississippi Society of
Health-System Pharmacists, “An Evaluation of
Strategies for Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination
Rates”.
Principal Investigator: Deborah S. Minor
Project Period: 09/01/2006-08/01/2007
Annual Funding: $2,500
Sponsor and Title: Jackson Heart Study Undergraduate
Training Center, Cardiovascular Risk
Factor Assessment and Awareness in Minority
High School Students.
Principal Investigator: Deborah S. Minor
Project Period: 06/01/2007-08/01/2007
Annual Funding: $4,000
Sponsor and Title: University of Mississippi
Medical Center Base Pair Program and Dean’s
Summer Medical Student Research Fellowship,
“Blood Pressure Control in a Hypertension Referral
Center”
Principal Investigator: Deborah S. Minor
Project Period: 06/01/2007-06/01/2008
Annual Funding: $5,300
Sponsor and Title: Mississippi Society of
Health-System Pharmacists, University of Mississippi
Medical Center Base Pair Program, “Comparison
of Once Daily Versus Twice Daily Dosing
of Atenolol in Controlling 24-hour Blood Pressure
as Determined by Ambulatory Blood Pressure
Monitoring”
Principal Investigator: Deborah S. Minor
Project Period: 6/01/2007-06/01/2008
Annual Funding: $6,000
Sponsor and Title: ACCESS Medical Group,
LTD., “Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-
Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient
Setting”
Principal Investigator: Charles Moore
Project Period: 06/01/2006-05/30/2007
Annual Funding: $8,200
Sponsor and Title: NSF, “Hypovolemic Circulatory
Collapse: Mechanisms and Opportunities to
Improve Resuscitation Outcomes”
Principal Investigator: Charles K. Moore
Project Period: 07/01/2005-06/30/2007
Annual Funding: $70,189
Sponsor and Title: NHBLI, “Atherosclerosis,
Plaque, and Cardiovascular Disease in Communities”
Principal Investigator: Thomas H. Mosley
Project Period: 09/15/2004-06/30/2008
Annual Funding: $453,242
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “The ARIC MRI
and Neurocognitive Longitudinal Study” and its
supplement “The ARIC MRI Genotyping and
Cell Preservation Initiative”
Principal Investigator: Thomas H. Mosley
Project Period: 09/30/2002-08/31/2007
Annual Funding: $956,055
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “Atherosclerosis
Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study”
Principal Investigator: Thomas H. Mosley
Project Period: 02/01/2006-01/31/2012
Annual Funding: $874,692
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Sponsor and Title: NIDDK, “Genetics of
Chronic Kidney Disease”
Principal Investigator: Thomas H. Mosley
Project Period: 02/20/2006-01/31/2011
Annual Funding: $192,191
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “Hispanic Community
Health Study”
Principal Investigator: Thomas H. Mosley
Project Period: 09/30/2006-03/31/2013
Annual Funding: $41,011
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “Genetic Predictors
of Arteriosclerosis in Hypertensives”
Principal Investigator: Thomas H. Mosley
Project Period: 04/21/2007-03/31/2010
Annual Funding: $17,673
Sponsor and Title: NINDS, “Genetics of Microangiopathic
Brain Injury”
Principal Investigator: Thomas H. Mosley
Project Period: 08/22/2001-05/31/2007
Annual Funding: $56,239
Sponsor and Title: ELA Medical Inc., “Prevention
of Atrial Arrhythmia in Patients without AV
Conduction Disease”
Principal Investigator: John Payne
Project Period: 06/01/2006-05/31-2008
Annual Funding: $12,100
Sponsor and Title: Biotronik, Inc., “Study of
Dual Ventricular Chamber Pacing”
Principal Investigator: John Payne
Project Period: 04/01/2006-03/31/2008
Annual Funding: $33,500
Sponsor and Title: NIDA, “Mapping Susceptibility
Loci for Nicotine Dependence”
Principal Investigator: Thomas J. Payne
Project Period: 06/01/2005-05/30/2009
Annual Funding: $122,072
Sponsor and Title: Johnson and Johnson,
“DOXIL BCA-3001-Randomized Study of Doxetaxel
Monotherapy or DOXIL and Docetaxel for
Advanced Breast Cancer”
Principal Investigator: Louis V. Puneky
Project Period: 10/01/2005-10/01/2008
Annual Funding: $379,115
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “Disparities in
Coronary Heart Disease: The Jackson Heart
Study”
Principal Investigator: Mario Sims
Project Period: 04/01/2006-03/31/2011
Annual Funding: $139,456
Sponsor and Title: Cordis Cardiology Corporation,
“Fellowship Grant”
Principal Investigator: Thomas Skelton
Project Period: 06/01/2007-05/29/2008
Annual Funding: $50,000
Sponsor and Title: Novartis Pharmaceuticals, “A
Prospective, Multinational, Multi-center, Double-
Blind, Randomized, Active-Controlled Trial to
Compare the Effects of Lotrel (Amlodipine/Benazepril)
to Benazepril and Hydrochlororthiazide
Combined on the Reduction of Cardiovascular
Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with High
Risk Hypertension (ACCOMPLISH)
Principal Investigator: Jimmy L. Stewart
Project Period: 10/01/2003-06/01/2009
Annual Funding: $162,666
Sponsor and Title: Department of Veterans’ Affairs,
“Dimerization and Dominant Negative Activity
of v-erbA”
Principal Investigator: Jose Sandtiago Subauste
Project Period: 04/01/2003-03/31/2008
Annual Funding: $147,300
Sponsor and Title: Pfizer Inc., “In Vitro Interaction
between Clindamycin and Azithromycin
against Streptococcus pneumoniae”
Principal Investigator: Edwin Swiatlo
Project Period: 12/01/2004-11/30/2006
Annual Funding: $10,000

Sponsor and Title: Janssen Medical Affairs,
LLC, “Strain Typing of Clinical Pseudmonase
Aeruginos Isolate by VNTR”
Principal Investigator: Edwin Swiatlo
Project Period: 03/01/2006-02/28/2008
Annual Funding: $6,000
Sponsor and Title: Cubist Pharmaceuticals,
“Treatment of Indwelling Vascular Graft Infection
with Daptomycin in a Rat Model”
Principal Investigator: Edwin Swiatlo
Project Period: 10/01/2005-09/30/2007
Annual Funding: $12,000
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “Jackson Heart
Study”
Principal Investigator: Herman A. Taylor, Jr.
Project Period: 06/01/1999-05/31/2013
Annual Funding: $9,900,491
Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “Hypertension Education
and Treatment (HEAT) Partnership”
Principal Investigator: Herman A. Taylor, Jr.
Project Period: 09/30/2004-09/29/2009
Annual Funding: $541,845
Sponsor and Title: NIH, “Excellence in Partnerships
for Community Outreach, Research on
Health Disparities and Training”
Principal Investigator: Herman A. Taylor, Jr.
Project Period: 09/30/2004-09/29/2009
Annual Funding: $236,551
Sponsor and Title: HHS, “National Cancer Prevention
and Control Center”
Principal Investigator: James T. Thigpen
Project Period: 10/01/2004-09/30/2006
Annual Funding: $936,498
Sponsor and Title: Mississippi State Department
of Health, “Mississippi Cancer Registry”
Principal Investigator: James T. Thigpen
Project Period: 10/01/2004-09/30/2006
Annual Funding: $123,895
Sponsor and Title: Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, “Mississippi Cancer Registry –
NPCR”
Principal Investigator: James T. Thigpen
Project Period: 06/30/2007-06/29/2012
Annual Funding: $783,216
Sponsor and Title: Millennium Pharmaceuticals,
“A Multi-center, Open-Label, Phase 2 Study of
VELCADE, for Injection in Previously Treated
Patients with Stage IIIB and IV Bronchioalveolar
Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma and Bronchioloalveolar”
Principal Investigator: Ralph Vance
Project Period: 10/01/2005-09/30/2007
Annual Funding: $76,034
Sponsor and Title: American Cancer Society,
“Characterization of T-3 and RA-responsive
Genes potentially involved in the Pathogenesis of
Hepatocellular Carcinoma”
Principal Investigator: Tereza Ventura-Holman
Project Period: 03/1/2007-02/29/2008
Annual Funding: $30,000
Sponsor and Title: NIH, “Health Disparities and
CVD: Admixture Mapping in the Jackson Heart
Study”
Principal Investigator: James G. Wilson
Project Period: 04/01/2006-3/31/2010
Annual Funding: $748,233
Sponsor and Title: Alexion Pharmaceuticals,
Procter & Gamble Pharmacy, “APEX-AMI: A
Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Parallelgroup,
Placebo-group, Placebo-controlled Study
of Pexelizumab in Patients with Acute Myocaridal
Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous
Coronary Intervention”
Principal Investigator: Michael Winniford
Project Period: 12/01/2006-11/30/2007
Annual Funding: $4,625
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Sponsor and Title: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
“Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac
Care through Improving the Continuum of Care
for Minority Patients”
Principal Investigator: Michael Winniford
Project Period: 09/15/2005-02/14/2008
Annual Funding: $199,298
Sponsor and Title: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
“Improving Heart Care using the Patient
Activation Measure and Customized Patient Support”
Principal Investigator: Michael Winniford
Project Period: 12/01/2006-11/30/2008
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Sponsor and Title: Novaris Pharmaceuticals, “A
Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled,
Multi-center Study of the Efficacy and Safety of
Long Term Administration of Nateglinide and
Valsartan in the Prevention of Diabetes and Cardiovascular
Outcomes in Subjects with Impaired
Glucose Tolerance” (NAVIGATOR)
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Project Period: 12/01/2002-12/31/2009
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Sponsor and Title: NHLBI, “Clinical Trial of
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Project Period: 07/01/2004-06/30/2007
Annual Funding: $1,109,287
Sponsor and Title: Mylan/Bertek Pharmaceuticals,
“ A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-and
Active-Controlled, Forced Titration Study Evaluating
the Effects of Nevivolol on Blood Pressure
and Heart Rate in African American Patients with
Hypertension”
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Project Period: 04/01/2005-12/01/2006
Annual Funding: $43,601
Sponsor and Title: Novartis Pharmaceuticals, “A
54-Week, Open Label, Multi-center Study to Assess
the Long-Term Safety and Combination of
Aliskiren 300 mg/Valsartan 320 mg in Patients
with Essential Hypertension (Aliskiren 2301).”
Principal Investigator: Marion R. Wofford
Project Period: 07/01/2006-08/31/2008
Annual Funding: $102,755
Sponsor and Title: Novartis Pharmaceuticals, “A
Multi-center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Active
Controlled Study to Compare the Effect of 24
Weeks Treatment with Vildagliptin 100 mg qd or
Metformin 1500 mg daily in Elderly Drug Naïve
Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (CLAF).”
Principal Investigator: Marion R. Wofford
Project Period: 08/01/2006-08/31/2008
Annual Funding: $51,940
Sponsor and Title: Novartis Pharmaceuticals, “A
10-Week, Multi-center, Randomized, Double-
Blind, Parallel-Group, Forced-Titration Study
Using 24-Hr ABPM to Evaluate the Efficacy of a
Valsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) Treatment
Regimen Versus Conventional Treatment
Regimen with Amlodipine and Hydrochlorothiazide
(HCTZ) in Patients with Stage 2 Hypertension
(EVALUATE).”
Principal Investigator: Marion R. Wofford
Project Period: 11/08/2006-07/31/2008
Annual Funding: $29,400
Sponsor and Title: HHS, “Retaining African
American Research Participation using a Community
Driven Model”
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Project Period: 10/01/2005-09/30/2006
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Sponsor and Title: NIH, “Excellence in Partnerships
for Community Outreach, Research on
Health Disparities and Training”
Principal Investigator: Sharon B. Wyatt
Project Period: 9/1/2006-8/31/2007
Annual Funding: $25,000

Sponsor and Title: NIH’s Ruth Kirschstein National
Research Service Award, “Physical Activity
as a Function of Neighborhood Context”
Principal Investigator: Sharon B. Wyatt (Mentor
to Jennifer Robinson)
Project Period: 09/30/2005-09/29/2006
Annual Funding: $25,042
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Jain S, Johnson W, Minocha A. Impact of Quality
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Lagos J, Roy S, Marshall G. Seasonal Patterns of
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Miller R, Islam N, Mire C, Schmidt D, Fulop T.
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Miller R, Islam N, Mire C, Schmidt D, Fulop T.
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Miller J, Mena L, Silva I, Barnes T, Henderson H,
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Miller Davis M, Brown C, Rudman W, Fairley K,
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Mosley TH, Catellier DJ, Coker LH, Knopman
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Onwubiko C, Shires C, Quin L, Swiatlo E, Mc-
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Pareek N, Williams J, Johnson WD, Minocha A,
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Quin E, Campbell W, Winscott J, Guild C. Characteristics
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Riche D, Valderrama R, Henyan N. Thiazolidinediones
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Romero D, Plonckzynski M, Gomez-Sanchez E,
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Ross L, Low A, Sumrall C, Bouldin M, Brackin B,
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Runnels J, Boyd S, Minocha A. Are Small Bowel
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Salameh JR, Aru GM, Abell TL. Electrostimulation
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Schmieg R, Minocha A, Abidi N, Weeks S, Abell
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Sims M, Wyatt S, Gutierrez M, Williams D. The
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Sullivan D, Kelly K, Chapman B, White H, Rockhold
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Sumrall A, Olivier J, Rose E. Is Multiple Sclerosis
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Taylor H, Dubbert P, Ainsworth B, Johnson W,
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Taylor J, Taylor H, Benjamin E, Sarpong D, Rotimi
C, Wilson J, Steffes M, Samdarshi T, Fox E.
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Thompson J, Johnson W, Minocha A, Abell T.
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Vergara G, Anderson E, Trussell D, Payne J.
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Weeks S, Johnson W, Al-Juburi A, Abell TL. Mucosal
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Williams C, Weeks S, Abell TL. Cyclic Symptoms
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Williams J, Abell T. Maternal Predominance in Cycling
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Williams J, Weeks S, Abell T. Cyclic Symptoms in
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Wilson R, Fox E, Penman A, King J, Towery J,
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Wofford P, Valentine K, Flessner MF. Healthcare
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Woodall J, Tucci M, Mishra A, Benghuzzi H. Cellular
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Wright A, Elkins S, Files J, Bigelow C, Herrin V,
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Yao S, Yanes L, Wilhelm-Bhagat C, Romero DG,
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