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Read April 5 issue of MBJ

MBJ Staff — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:00:57 +0000

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Hospital helicopter transports are saving lives

Becky Gillette — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:52:10 +0000

Transporting critically ill or injured patients by helicopter from hospital to hospital or from the scene of an accident is commonplace in Mississippi’s urban centers and rural communities. Today about a dozen helicopters operate in Mississippi, flying heart transplant recipients, accident victims and premature babies to lifesaving care. The service is available throughout the state [...]

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Read June 25 issue of MBJ

MBJ Staff — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:34:25 +0000

>> IS FARMING REAL BUSINESS? Ag commissioner seeking more emphasis on agriculture in state’s economic development— By Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> RISING CATTLE PRICES RAISE RUSTLER WORRIES Cattle theft on the rise with beef prices— by Ted Carter   >> MSC: UMMC SUBJECT TO CON LAW “Certificate of need” applies to state’s largest [...]

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Reeves named dean

MBJ Staff — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:01:17 +0000

After more than two years of service as interim dean, Dr. Gary Reeves of Brandon has been appointed dean of the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry. Reeves took over as the school’s leader after interim dean Dr. Butch Gilbert stepped down in February 2010. He first came to the School of Dentistry [...]

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Hybrid Plastics technology used in world’s first synthetic organ transplant

Amy McCullough — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:24:21 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Technology from a Mississippi company has been used in an international medical breakthrough: Hybrid Plastics’ unique technology called POSS (Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane) was recently used to enable the world’s first synthetic organ transplant. In the surgery performed in June 2011 in Sweden, a terminally ill cancer patient received a new trachea, or windpipe, [...]

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DRMC announces chief of staff

MBJ Staff — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:36:37 +0000

Delta Regional Medical Center (DRMC) is pleased to announce Robert L. Curry, M.D., Urologist, as its new Chief of Staff. As Chief of Staff, Curry will serve as Chief Medical Officer, as well as on the Board of Trustees at DRMC. Stansel Harvey, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer at DRMC says, “Dr. Hayek did a remarkable [...]

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Private money, new stadium for Jackson State football loom as roadblocks for UMMC mega facility

Clay Chandler — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:00:18 +0000

There are two major hurdles to clear if the area around University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson is to become a medical research and treatment “city.” Jackson State University has to relinquish control and management of Veterans Memorial Stadium, and hundreds of millions of dollars in private investment from new and existing medical facilities [...]

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Martin installed as president

MBJ Staff — Sun, 22 May 2011 06:00:30 +0000

A member of the faculty of the University of Mississippi Medical Center has been named president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Dr. James Martin, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UMMC, was installed in Washington, D.C., as president of the 53,000-member organization that is the leading group of physicians providing health care [...]

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Global Obesity Summit held this week in Jackson

Amy McCullough — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:35:31 +0000

Source: Press release JACKSON — The Global Obesity Summit 2010 will be held this week at the Jackson Convention Center. Internationally renowned scientists, clinicians, state leaders, business leaders, and health care policy makers will discuss innovative solutions to the causes of obesity, preventive strategies, and therapeutic management approaches. This summit marks the founding of the [...]

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Federal biomedical research director, UMMC grad, lectures Friday

Amy McCullough — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:10:46 +0000

Source: UMMC press release JACKSON — One of the nation’s top scientists and director of the federal agency charged with mobilizing production of last year’s H1N1 flu vaccine, the largest amount in U.S. history, will give the University of Mississippi School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences 2010 Research Day Distinguished Alumni Lecture on [...]

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