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

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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