
Dwayne Blaylock is the new CEO for River Oaks Hospital in Flowood. Blaylock moves from his position as the CEO at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory, where he has been since 2008. He is returning to River Oaks Hospital where he served as COO from 2002 through 2004. Blaylock received his bachelor of [...] [...]

River Oaks Hospital “Associates of the Year” were announced recently at an employee meeting. Brad Farmer received the River Oaks Associate of the Year award. Since 1995, Farmer has been an associate at River Oaks where he currently serves as the laboratory’s point-of-care testing supervisor. Farmer started as a student, was hired as a lab [...] [...]

River Oaks Hospital in Flowood has two new executives. Tim Mitchell has been named the CEO of River Oaks, and is assuming this position in addition to his role as the CEO of Health Management Associates Jackson market. Mitchell assumed the position of CEO of River Oaks following the retirement of Denny Bruns. Mitchell has [...] [...]
Patricia Albin was one of five associates to receive the coveted title “Associate of the Year” by Health Management Associates. She was also named “Associate of the Year” at River Oaks Hospital, and was then nominated by River Oaks President and CEO Dennis R. Bruns and chosen out of more than 40,500 associates to receive [...] [...]
Brad Sinclair had been named CFO of River Oaks Hospital in Flowood. Prior to this role, Sinclair served as CFO at Crossgates River Oaks Hospital in Brandon and Riley Hospital in Meridian. Sinclair is certified public accountant with over 10 years of healthcare finance experience and received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in accounting from [...] [...]

Dennis R. “Denny” Bruns has served as president and CEO/president of River Oaks Hospital for more than three years. Bruns earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry and a master’s in health care administration degree from Indiana University. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Prior to joining River Oaks, he served [...] [...]
Seshadri Raju, MD, FACS, a vascular surgeon at River Oaks Hospital and founder of the Rane Center for Venous and Lymphatic Diseases at River Oaks, has been named president of the American Venous Forum (AVF). Raju is a founding member of the AVF who has been a prolific contributor to the scientific programs of the [...] [...]

River Oaks Hospital and the physicians of Southern Women’s Health welcomes two native Mississippi, board-certified doctors. Dr. Leigh Edwards, a native of Cleveland, graduated summa cum laude from Delta State University and went on to earn her medical degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center where she also completed her internship and residency. Dr. [...] [...]

Dennis “Denny” Bruns, president and CEO of River Oaks Hospital, was one of five leaders to receive the coveted title CEO of the Year by Health Management Associates. Also, Gena Jackson was one of five nurses to receive the coveted title Nurse of the Year by Health Management Associates. She was named Nurse of the [...] [...]

River Oaks continues expansion with emergency department, surgical suites opening in spring Perched on the edge of one of the most consistently fastest-growing counties in Mississippi over the last two decades, River Oaks Hospital in Flowood has mirrored the population spike with expansions since its original development in 1981. Right after the summer solstice, River [...] [...]