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Felicia D. Anderson ........................................................3 Dr. James Anderson ....................................................... 4 Phil Ayers, Pharm.D., BCNSP, FASHP ..............................5 Sophia Batteast ............................................................. 6 Cindy Brown ...................................................................7 Mike Chaney.................................................................. 8 Patrick Daily, M.D. ......................................................... 9 Daniel P. Edney, M.D. ....................................................10 Elon Espey, NP ..............................................................11 Donna Gardner ..............................................................11 Debbie Garner .............................................................. 12 William B. Grete ........................................................... 12 DeGail J. Hadley, DO ..................................................... 13 Robert L. Harris, M.D. ................................................... 13 Shenika Kelly-Moore, DMD ........................................... 14 Lynn Langley ................................................................ 14 William C. Lineaweaver, M.D., FACS ............................... 15 Susan Mayfield-Johnson ............................................... 15 Quincy Monroe Oatis Sr. ............................................... 16 Sam Owen, M.D. .......................................................... 16 Michelle Y. Owens, M.D. ............................................... 17 Barbara Owens ............................................................. 17 Norman M. Price, FACHE ..............................................18 Camille C. Richards .......................................................18 Daniel M. Riche, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, CDE, ASH-CHC, CLS ...... 19 Kappi Fuller Rushing, FNP-BC ...................................... 19 Tina Marie Scott .......................................................... 20 Steven E. Speights, M.D. .............................................. 20 Italo R. Subbarao .......................................................... 21 Carolyn N. Thompson, R.N. .......................................... 21 James M. Turner, DO, MPH, FACOFP, FACOEP ...............22 Eric Warren ..................................................................22 Jessica M. Willis, LPC-S, NCC, ACS ...............................23

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elicia Anderson is director of Regulatory Compliance (Accreditation and Licensure) at Mississippi State Hospital, where she is responsible for making sure all departments are staying within the regulatory lines as drawn by MSH policy and various accreditation and licensing agencies.

A Chicago native, Anderson moved with her family to Jackson when she was 10 years old. She attended Provine High School, where she played on the tennis team, and she majored in history and education at Mississippi College.

Anderson earned a degree in hospital administration and then a Masters of Business Administration from Belhaven University. She is currently working on a doctorate through Walden University in Minnesota.

Previously, she was senior director at a critical access hospital in Tallulah, La., and prior to that worked as a department administrator at University of Mississippi Medical Center.

She is affiliated with the Medical Group Management Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, and the Downtown Jackson Toastmasters Club

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Baptist Salutes THE 2016 MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL

HEALTHCARE HEROES Congratulations to our heroes at Baptist Health Systems

Phil Ayers, Pharm.D., BCNSP, FASHP Patrick Daily, MD William B. Grete, Esq., JD, Taxation LLM Robert L. Harris, MD Steven E. Speights, MD

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Dr. James Anderson Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center

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n one of the most moving tributes at any of the events the Mississippi Business Journal has hosted, Dr. James Anderson was honored with a standing ovation of more than two minutes as his accomplishments were noted at the recent Healthcare Heroes event.

Dr. Anderson has been a champion for the provision of quality healthcare to low income, uninsured and minority populations during his 50-plus years as a medical doctor. To this end, he assisted in the establishment and worked at the Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou, which was the first community health center established in Mississippi. He was also one of the driving forces and co-founder of the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center, which was established to serve these populations.

During his tenure at Jackson-Hinds, he served as a staff physician, chief medical officer and chief executive officer. Dr. Anderson is a retired general practitioner with an MD from Meharry Medical School in Nashville. During his training, his exceptional abilities earned him externships at E.H. Crumps Hospital in Memphis and the Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York.

He completed his internship at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Upon completion of his clinical training, Dr. Anderson returned to Mississippi, setting up practice in McComb. It was here that he participated in the civil rights movement with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. This was a historic period to become active in the practice of medicine for a young black doctor in a state where the Sovereignty Commission had eyes and ears everywhere.

His role in these activities was short lived although as he was in a health shortage manpower area when he was drafted into the Army. He served as chief medical examiner for the U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Syracuse, N.Y., and as company commander of the 624th Medical Dispensary in Jackson.

Upon discharge from the Army, Dr. Anderson moved to Jackson to establish a private practice. He became active again in civil rights and the affairs of the community and city. Dr. Anderson was one of

few physicians treating patients without regard to color, financial class, and those local people fighting in the historic movement.

Dr. Anderson helped build the viability and power of the Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association through membership recruitment and policy reorganization to influence health policy on the local, state and national level. He was a leader in MMSA’s successful suit against the traditional white medical association’s exclusive right not to name black physicians to state boards and commissions.

He was a leader with two other local black physicians in breaking the barriers of Central Medical Society and in obtaining full privileges in the Mississippi State Medical Association. Dr. Anderson and these same two physicians were the first three black physicians to obtain full hospital privileges at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson.

He was one of the founders of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, an organization that became national in scope and the medical arm of the civil rights movement. This group developed the concept of federally funded community health centers which brought significant changes in health care for people in Mississippi and eventually throughout the nation. This organization was also instrumental in bringing the first statewide Head Start program to the state.

Dr. Anderson was a pioneer in his support of health care for children enrolled in Head Start programs and other public health innovations which have had tremendous social, political and economic impact on the state.

For more than 30 years he was director of health at Jackson State University, often working under severe budget restraints, yet somehow finding a way to provide quality health care in an environment of limited resources common to historically black institutions.

Dr. Anderson holds many professional memberships and has received many honors and awards for his contributions to medicine as well as civil rights activities. He has always been active in the community, not only in the political arena, but also as a sponsor of social activities as a supporter of his local government. He served as chairman of the City of Jackson Planning Board, providing strong leadership during a period of transition for the city.

Phil Ayers, Pharm.D., BCNSP, FASHP

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hil Ayers is Chief of Clinical Pharmacy Services at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, where he is responsible for management of five clinical pharmacy specialists. He also is Clinical Associate Professor for the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, where he is teaches and precepts Doctor of Pharmacy Students and Pharmacy Residents.

Ayers began the first clinical pharmacy service at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in 1993. The service — one of two in the state — is a multidisciplinary nutrition support service that includes two physicians, a dietitian and clinical pharmacist specialist, which is Ayers.

Previously, he was pharmacy manager at Medi Save Pharmacy in Jackson and pharmacy manager at Rite Aid in Talbott, Tenn. He earned his BS in Pharmacy and his Doctor of Pharmacy degrees at the University of Mississippi.

He was recently recognized with the 2016 Stanley Serlick Award by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

He is a member of First Baptist Church Ridgeland and an ordained Baptist Deacon. He enjoys golf and Ole Miss football.

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Mississippi Baptist Medical Center

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Congratulations to both Southeast Urogyn physicians upon receiving the 2016 Healthcare Hero award!

Robert Harris

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Sophia Batteast Community Home Care, LLC

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s founder and nurse administrator of Community Home Care in Indianola, Sophia Batteast blends her business skill with healthcare expertise. She ensures the company is in compliance and meets regulatory standards, and assures the proper services are rendered. She also manages the operating budget and human resources details.

She also has worked with Delta Area Hospice Care in Greenville since she became a registered nurse in 2012.

She earned her Associate Degree of Applied Science in Nursing at Mississippi Delta Community College, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2014 at Mississippi University for Women. She is a CertiďŹ ed Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation instructor. She is studying Adult Gerontology at Walden University.

She is a member of the Eliza Pillars Nursing Association and the Mississippi Nurses Association.

Batteast enjoys gardening, a hobby she says she inherited from her mother.

Our 2016 Healthcare Hero Your compassionate service is infectious to all around you. You are very deserving of this honor, and we are so proud of everything you have achieved in your 20 years with Camellia Healthcare!

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Cindy Brown

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indy Brown has been Outreach Coordinator for Golden Triangle Planning and Development District since 2010. She screens applicants for two federal and state grant-funded programs, creates and manages outreach programs and presents district services through programs and requests.

Previously, she worked for Northeast Mississippi Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Starkville, was owner and manager of What’s for Dinner, a catering business and restaurant in Starkville, and worked for the Starkville Parks Commission.

She earned her Associate of Applied Science Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management Technology at East Mississippi Community College in Mayhew in 2002, and her Bachelor of Science Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at Mississippi State University in 2001.

Reaching out and creating opportunities for seniors is important to her. As a chair for the Mississippi Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer, she exceeded goals for participation and fundraising.

She envisioned and achieved a Baby Boomer and Senior EXPO that had approximately 400 participants and 68 vendors. She is currently trying to pull together people and assets to create a Senior Resource Guide for her service area.

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Golden Triangle Planning and Development

Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Owens, Camille Richards, and Dr. Daniel Riche for being selected as 2016 Health Care Heroes by the Mississippi Business Journal.

Michelle Owens, MD

Camille Richards, MSN, FNP-BC

Daniel Riche, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, CDE

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Adult Congenital Heart and TAVR Programs

Pharmacy Practice and Internal Medicine

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Mike Chaney Mississippi Department of Insurance

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or the last eight years, Mike Chaney has been Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal. He began is third term in January.

He is a businessman with a background in energy and agriculture. He was a pioneer in worker’s compensation reform and risk management in Mississippi. Previously, Chaney served 15 years in the Mississippi House of Representatives and in the Mississippi Senate.

As Commissioner, he was inducted into the Insurance Hall of Fame at his alma mater, Mississippi State University, where he received a B.S. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Mississippi Risk Management and Insurance program, and its Professional Society. He has been named one of the top insurance professionals by Insurance Business America Magazine. He is a member of the NAIC and serves on numerous committees, task forces and working groups.

Chaney has served on numerous community development entities and corporate boards. He is also a Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow. He is a past president of the Republican Elected Officials of Mississippi and serves on the state Republican Executive Committee.

He is a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. Chaney and his wife Mary have three children and eight grandchildren.

Congratulations to our dedicated hero Baptist congratulates our own hero Barbara Owens for 50 years of service— and on her 2016 Mississippi Business Journal’s Healthcare Heroes nomination.

We thank you for your dedication!

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Patrick Daily, M.D.

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r. Patrick Daily is a native of Fayetteville, Ark., and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi. He received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. Daily completed his general surgery internship and residency in urology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Daily practiced urology in Cape Coral, Fla., before joining Mississippi Urology Clinic in 2004. He is certiďŹ ed by the American Board of Urology.

Daily is a member of the American Urological Association, Endouroligical Society, Mississippi State Medical Association and the Central Mississippi Medical Society. His hospital privileges include Baptist Medical Center, St. Dominic Hospital, Merit River Oaks Hospital, and Merit Woman’s Hospital.

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Mississippi Urology Clinic PLLC

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DeGail Hadley from Bolivar Medical Center and the Cleveland Medical Clinic for being selected a

William Carey University and the WCU College of Osteopathic Medicine congratulate Dr. James Turner and Dr. Italo Subbarao on being named Health Care Heroes.

2016 Health Care Hero by the Mississippi Business Journal

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Daniel P. Edney, M.D. Medical Associates of Vicksburg

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aniel Edney, an internist with Medical Associates of Vicksburg, is past-president of the Mississippi State Medical Association, the state’s largest physician organization.

Edney has led medical response teams to disasters such as Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast, as well as in Iraq, Nepal, Indonesia, Lebanon and Haiti.

He graduated Summa Cum laude with a B.S. in chemistry and biology from William Carey College in Hattiesburg and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, earning the Doctor of Medicine Degree.

He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Virginia Hospitals in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Edney is a member of the American College of Physicians, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, American Medical Association and Mississippi State Medical Association.

He is affiliated with Merit Health River Region in Vicksburg and Merit Health Central in Jackson.

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Jessica Willis M. Ed., LPC-S, NCC, ACS

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William C. Lineaweaver, MD FACS 2016 Healthcare Hero

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Elon Espey, NP

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lon Espey is Crisis Center director for Central Mississippi Residential Center in Newton, which provides assisted living, sustance rehabilitation and mental health services.

She has served as the director and main clinician at the Crisis Center for several years, and oversees a the staff and operations for the 24/7 mental health crisis center.

She is licensed as a medical and psychiatric nurse practitioner. She also treats patients experiencing mental health crises in a comprehensive and compassionate manner during regularly scheduled hours, but on call at all hours and weekends.

Espey is one of the nurse practitioners who has worked to create Mississippi’s first Single Point of Entry to help law enforcement handle individuals in crisis. She has worked to implement the Memphis CIT Model of Crisis Intervention.

Espey is involved in creating solutions for people from before admission to discharge and aftercare, ensuring that her work continues beyond the crisis center.

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Central Mississippi Residential Center

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Donna Gardner Camellia Home Health and Hospice

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s a regional director for Camellia Home Health and Hospice, Donna Gardner stays busy. She oversees 10 company branches, nine Mississippi offices and one in Louisiana.

Acting as a liaison with community business and medical leaders, the Marion County native ensures that the interest of patients is always first priority.

Before joining Camellia in 1996, Gardner was an emergency room nurse for Hattiesburg’s Forrest General Hospital and Conroe Medical Center in Texas.

A frequent volunteer, the Harley-Davidson motorcycle enthusiast is active with Camellia Ministries, American Cancer Society, Cystic Fibrosis Association and the American Heart Association.

She was recently recognized as the company’s MVP of the core value Responsible Stewardship.

She earned her Nursing Degree at Pearl River Community College in 1988.

Married with three sons and five grandchildren, Gardner enjoys traveling, fishing and spending time with family.

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Debbie Garner Oxford Home Health Care

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ebbie Garner has with in the health care business for over 25 years with an emphasis on business development and management. Since 2011, she has been Regional Vice President at Oxford Home Health Care, where she is responsible for the day-to-day operations for the 12 offices in Mississippi. She also develops business and new marketing segments for Alabama and Georgia.

She has been successful at exceeding revenue goals while reducing costs from year to year.

She also has experience in business metrics, P&L reports, accounts receivables, claims processing and electronic claims submission.

Previously, she worked as President for a small home care agency, which she says allowed her the ability to work directly in Human resources, staffing, customer relations, billing, marketing, accounts receivables and payables.

In nominating Garner, Leah Merz said: “She has always maintain a very positive and friendly attitude towards all her clients. She is also able to work under pressure and has always managed to solve stressful situations. She is a lovable person to have around.�

William B. Grete Mississippi Baptist Health Systems

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illiam Grete is General Counsel and Vice President of Regional Network Development for the Mississippi Baptist Health Systems in Jackson. He has been with Baptist since 1999, where his focus is health care and general business law.

Previously, he was a shareholder for Baker Donelson, and associate for Watkins Ludlam Winter and Stennis, and a staff attorney for Judge B. John Williams of the United States Tax Court.

Grete earned his B.S. in Business Administration from Pensacola Christian College, his law degree from Cumberland School of Law, and his Master of Law in Taxation in 1989 at Georgetown University Law Center.

Grete is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, Curia Honors Society at Cumberland Law School, was Boss of the Year by the Jackson Legal Professional Secretaries Association in 2002, Vice Chairman of the Health Law Section of the Mississippi Bar Association in 2012, and Chairman of the Tax Section of the Mississippi Bar in 1996.

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DeGail J. Hadley, DO

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or DeGail Hadley, returning home was important.

After earning Bachelor’s Degrees in Biology and Chemistry at Delta State University in 2004, the Cleveland native headed to Kansas City where he earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.

“My most significant professional accomplishment would be the ability to go through medical school and residency and then return to my hometown to provide service to lifelong members of my community, family, and friends,” he said.

Since 2012 he has been a Family Medicine Physician at Cleveland Medical Clinic and Bolivar Medical Clinic in the Mississippi Delta. For the three previous years, he practiced medicine in Mt. Clemens, Mich.

Within the last 3 years, has become President-elect of the Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association (MOMA). Other honors include The Robert and Mary Elliot Delta State University Inspiration Award in 2014, The Birdie Griffin Health Care Award from United Family Life Center in Cleveland in 2013, Speaker Award by the Mentoring Program of Ruleville in 2014, Graduation Speaker Award by East Side High School in Cleveland in 2016, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Business Person of the Year in 2016

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Cleveland Medical Clinic

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Robert L. Harris, M.D. Southeast UROGYN

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r. Robert Harris is a urogynecologist with Southeast Urogyn in Jackson.

He earned his Biological Science degree from Mississippi State University and his medical degree from University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He performed his residency at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He held a fellowship in Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He is board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

His memberships include: American Urogynecologic Society; International Continence Society; Society of Gynecologic Surgeons; International Urogynecological Association; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; National Association for Continence, Interstitial Cystitis Association; American Medical Association; Southern Medical Association; Mississippi State Medical Association; Central Mississippi Medical Society; Winfred L. Wiser Society; The Guardian Society at the University of Mississippi; F. Bayard Carter Society at Duke University.

He is affiliated with Baptist Medical Center in Jackson and Mississippi Surgical Center/SCA in Jackson.

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Shenika Kelly-Moore, DMD Kelly Family Dentistry

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r. Shenika Kelly-Moore of Kelly Family Dentistry is a native of Jackson.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Alcorn State University, and attended the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry where she obtained a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree. Kelly-Moore completed a one-year general practice residency at Louisiana State University.

Kelly-Moore always knew she wanted to be in the health professional field at a very young age. She strives to provide the best care to her patients. She looks forward to the journey that lies ahead with her career.

Kelly-Moore is married to Davie Moore, and they have three daughters Chaightlin, Christina and Chloe.

Kelly-Moore enjoys spending time with family in her spare time and also traveling. She strives everyday to improve herself and the world around her. She believes you can do whatever you put your mind to and that there’s nothing impossible with God.

Lynn Langley Mississippi State Board of Nursing

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ynn Langley has exemplified professionalism in Healthcare in her role as Executive Director of the Mississippi State Board of Nursing. She has been instrumental in the advancement of the nursing profession in the state by remaining both intimately involved and actively facilitating communication between the state Legislature and the directors of other healthcare boards in the state such as the boards of Pharmacy and Medicine. Lynn is a dynamic person with an exuberant personality.

For more than 25 years, Langley was an family/adult nurse practitioner with the Sonny Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson.

She also has degrees from the University of Alabama-Huntsville, Mississippi University for Women and the University of Southern Mississippi.

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William C. Lineaweaver, M.D., FACS

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illiam Lineaweaver is the medical director for the Joseph M. Still Burn and Reconstructive Center and a board certified plastic surgeon in Jackson.

Lineaweaver received his medical degree at the University of Florida in 1976 and interned in general surgery at the University of Virginia in 1977.

He’s had residencies in general surgery and then plastic surgery at the University of Florida and California, San Francisco, respectively, followed by a hand and microsurgery fellowship at Davis Medical Center in San Francisco in 1986 and 1987.

He is certified by the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery Certificate of Added Qualification Surgery of The Hand.

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Joseph M. Still Burn Center

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Susan Mayfield-Johnson University of Southern Mississippi

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usan Mayfield-Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Southern Mississippi, but she does much more than teaching students about health.

She also is Director of the Center for Sustainable Health Outreach, which is a research center supported through the College of Health. She also is Director of the Community Health Advisor Network, which recruits and trains volunteer natural helpers who seek to improve individual and community health.

She also is Principal Investigator or co-PI on three newly funded research project, including one working with the Vietnamese along the Gulf Coast to understudy the social, economic, cultural, and/ or environmental policies impacting their. she was awarded a $50,000 research award from the Gulf States Health Policy Center for the project.

Mayfield-Johnson earned her BA in American Studies in 1997, her MPH in Health Education in 1998 and her PhD in Adult Education in 2006. All were from the University of Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

On her contribution to health care, she said: “My contributions are largely system focused. I help to advocate for the community health worker profession nationally through publications, public speaking, working with various health disparate populations, grant writing, technical assistance, and training of community health and other outreach workers.

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Quincy Monroe Oatis Sr. Gentiva Home Health

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uincy Oatis, a certified occupational therapy assistant, is the proud father of eight children. He drives every day from Purvis to care for his clients (at a minimum an hour and half each way). Quincy has a servant’s heart. He is always going above and beyond to care for his clients, making sure he does everything in his power to improve the quality of life for others. Out of his own time and money, he has made therapy items that the clients use. And he is never too busy to change out light bulbs or assist clients with other household tasks.

Quincy is a team player and works extremely well with the OT in making sure their supervisory visits and the OT’s assessments are completed timely.

As was stated by people he has worked with, Quincy is always positive and has a can do attitude.

Patients often send in thank you notes on Quincy’s care and his dedication of his job.

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Sam Owen, M.D. Memorial Physician Clinics

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am Owen is a cardiologist with Memorial Physicians Clinic in Gulfport.

According to those who know him, Owen has a real dedication to his patients. He is soft spoken and takes his time with each one, treats everyone with respect and explains to his patients exactly what is wrong with them until they understand. If he’s on call he sleeps at the hospital to make sure he’s there if needed.

Owen is a dedicated father of four little boys and is active in his church and volunteers at his church on a regular basis. He also volunteers with coaching baseball. He is loved by his patients and the staff he works with. He grew up in Gulfport went to Ole Miss, received his medical degree at University of Mississippi School of Medicine, is a fellowship trained board certified Cardiologist at Oschners and Fellowship trained board certified at the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital.

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Barbara Owens

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arbara Owens is the Administrative Director for Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union County, having began her career at Baptist Union County as a ward clerk when she was just 15 years old after her mom, who was a nurse in labor/delivery/nursery recruited her.

Owens’ career path led her to transcription and coding and eventually to senior leadership. Her responsibilities include oversight of Health Information Management, Medical Staff, pharmacy, lab, radiology, quality, hospital medicine, safety, and Joint Commission preparedness.

Because of Barbara’s commitment and dedication to patient safety and quality measures, Baptist Union County has received numerous accolades for quality over the past 50 years of her career including recognition from the Joint Commission, Premier, Leapfrog, Tennessee Health Association, March of Dimes, and Press Ganey. In 2015, the SafeCare Group named Baptist Union County one of the top three safest hospitals in the United States. According to those she works with, the medical staff respects her, listens to her, trusts her, and loves her. Owens has volunteered at countless community events and is active in her church.

Michelle Y. Owens, M.D. University of Mississippi Medical Center

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r. Michelle Owens is associate professor with tenure in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Trained at the Medical College of Virginia with her residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine and a Master’s of Science at the University of Mississippi Medical School, and a certificate from the Business Advantage Program of Millsaps College’s Else School of Management, Owens has used her educational opportunities, her professional experiences, her personal passion for the underserved, and her faithful belief that her work is a form of ministry, to help change the landscape of infant and maternal health in Mississippi.

A noted author and the recipient of numerous awards including being named Physician of the Year in 2012 by the Mississippi Medical and Surgical Society, Owens has led the way in Mississippi for women’s health and family-centered care, insisting that family and community support systems are vital to our future and that addressing issues of substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, homelessness, and economic disparities are key to the long-term health of our children, our families, and our communities.

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Norman M. Price, FACHE Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center

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EO Norman Price has guided Southwest Health System’s growth for more than 30 years, starting when it was the 160-bed Southwest Mississippi Medical Center to through its expansion into the multi-county healthcare delivery network it is today.

Price’s arrival to McComb was memorable in a couple of ways. His first day on the job, Jan. 7, 1985, was his birthday and his middle son, Aaron, was born that very day at the Medical Center.

To mark the 30-year anniversary of Price’s service, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to put his name on the Ambulatory Surgery Center, which he helped create not long after he took over the hospital.

When he and his family moved from Birmingham to McComb in 1985, he recalled, “It was the beginning of a new thing called ambulatory surgery centers. It was the first thing we established here.”

Price is modest about taking credit for expanding the services and facilities at Southwest Health System, and said having a building named after him is “sort of embarrassing.” His speech at the ceremony naming the Norman M. Price Ambulatory Surgery Center consisted of two words: thank you.

Camille C. Richards University of Mississippi Medical Center

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amille Richards is a nurse practitioner and director of the adult congenital heart and the valve programs at UMMC. In 2014, under the direction of Dr. Michael McMullan, he and Richards created the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) program at UMMC which is the only program of its kind in Mississippi. She also started the valve program at UMMC which screens patients with valve disease and helps direct their care within a collaborative group of cardiologist, surgeons, and other specialists. Currently, she oversees the care coordination, manages the marketing and future growth plans, and provides clinical assistance for both programs.

Richards, who has been in the business 16 years, received her bachelor’s degree in from the University of Virginia School of Nursing in 1992 and her Master’s degree in from the University of Florida School of Nursing in 2000.

Richards says her mother is her most important role model and the most humble person she knows.

Richards is married and in her spare time she loves kayaking.

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Daniel M. Riche,

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r. Daniel M. Riche received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2005. His postgraduate training includes a Specialty Residency in Family Medicine at St. Louis College of Pharmacy co-affiliated with Mercy Family Medicine. Riche has been the Clinic Coordinator of the Cardiometabolic Clinic at the University of Mississippi Medical Center since 2007.

Dr. Riche was a University of Mississippi Faculty Research Program Fellow in 2008, and co-editor of the 11th Edition of Clinical Drug Data. Dr. Riche also received the University of Mississippi Clinical Science Teaching Award in 2009 and the University of Mississippi Innovations in Teaching Award in 2011. Dr. Riche was named ACCP New Clinical Practitioner of the Year in 2011 and a University of Mississippi Distinguished Teaching Scholar in 2014. Dr. Riche is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) and a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE).

Outside of work, Dr. Riche enjoys spending time with his wife (Krista) and daughter (Hannah Lee), as well as cheering for the LSU Tigers.

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Kappi Fuller Rushing, FNP-BC McComb OB-GYN Associates

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wo years ago former Natchez Cathedral football coach Ron Rushing and his wife, Kappi Rushing were driving back from a football conference in San Antonio. During the drive, Coach Rushing could not shake the “Pink Arrow Project” a concept a Michigan high school coach discussed during the conference. The high school football team plays an annual cancer fundraising game that has made a tremendous impact on their community raising more than $100,000 for cancer support charities. Coach Rushing decided he wanted to bring the idea back to Natchez. When he mentioned it to his wife, her immediate reaction was to laugh, but the more Coach Rushing talked about it the more she wanted to get involved.

After eight months of planning, Coach Rushing and Kappi began planning and fundraising. Kappi said she got caught up in the fundraising but when it was game night, reality hit and she realized what the event was really about. “It is about remembering the ones we have lost, celebrating those who survived and encourage those battling cancer.”

When they began planning the project, Kappi knew friends affected by cancer but no one in her immediate family. By the time the game was played her uncle had been diagnosed with cancer and later lost the battle, giving the game a completely different meaning.

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Tina Marie Scott Mississippi Band of Choctaws

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ina M. Scott lives on the Standing Pine Choctaw Indian Reservation in Mississippi with her husband of 10 years and two children. She is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw

Indians.

She is a native speaker of the Choctaw language. She has always been interested in the health, education and welfare of the Choctaw People. In 1997, she earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology/Sociology from the University of Oklahoma and later obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Health (M.P.H) from the University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center in 1999. In January of 2000, she took on the role as the Director of Community Health Services for the Choctaw Health Center on the Choctaw Reservation and helped formulate a domestic violence policy at CHC. Since August of 2004, she has served as the Program Director of the Family Violence and Victim’s Services Program which falls under the auspices of the Department of Family and Community Services.

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Steven E. Speights, M.D. Southeast UROGYN

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native Mississippian, Dr. Steven Speights brings a compassionate heart and impeccable training to the treatment of women with pelvic health concerns.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Biological Science from the University of Mississippi, followed by medical degree at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He also did his residency at UMMC in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Speights did fellowships in Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery at UMMC and the University of Michigan Health Systems. He also did a fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Pelvic Surgery at the Atlanta Center for Laparoscopic Urogynecology.

He is board certified with the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and has memberships in many associations, including American Medical Association, Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Winfred L. Wiser Society, Norman F. Miller Gynecologic Society and many more.

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Italo R. Subbarao

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r. Subbarao is the Associate Dean of Pre-Clinical Sciences & Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences and Family Medicine at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

He was formerly Director of Public Health Readiness Office at the American Medical Association Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response, the Deputy Editor of the Journal of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness an official AMA publication, and the Medical Director for the National Disaster Life Support Program Office.

Subbarao is a leader in domestic and international disaster response including terrorism and is recognized for his work in interprofessional competency development and assessment.

He has provided field and technical support to the Haiti Earthquake, the Mumbai Shootings, Hurricanes Gustave and Ike, Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan Earthquake, and other large scale events. He has published and edited over 60 books and articles and has been an invited speaker to many domestic and international sponsored conferences which include US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations. He lives with his wife and son in Hattiesburg.

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Carolyn N. Thompson, R.N. South Central Regional Medical Center

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icole Thompson is a patient focused registered nurse with a dedication to learning and developing within an influential healthcare environment.

Thompson has been a nurse at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel since 2013.

She is a 2009 graduate of Jones Junior College and a 2014 graduate of the nursing program at Jones Junior College.

Among her qualifications are being CPR Certified by American Heart Association; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certified by American Heart Association; Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certified by American Heart Association; TB Certified; NIH Stroke Scale Certified and Experience with CPSI EMR among other things.

When she is not at work, Thompson enjoys cycling, reading, sewing and embroidery.

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James M. Turner, DO, MPH, FACOFP, FACOEP William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine

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r. Turner was appointed as the WCUCOM Dean in early 2013 after serving as interim Dean and Associate Dean, Clinical Sciences. Turner graduated from Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1988. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine from Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, Florida and completed his Bachelors of Science degree at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, Georgia.

He received his Fellow from the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians in 1998 and the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine in 2008.

He has worked as an Osteopathic Family Physician and Emergency Physician in Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, and West Virginia. He is married to Sherry Turner, D.O. and has a 22-year-old daughter, Ashley Turner currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine. He is an inspector for the American Osteopathic Association for, medical colleges and emergency medicine residencies, as well as multiple committees.

Eric Warren American Medical Response

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hose who know Eric Warren know that he is passionate about his work as a paramedic. He thrives on helping people and is well liked by all he works with. He has a demeanor that makes his patients comfortable with him and he gives 100 percent to each patient. He also takes time to train new EMTs and medics in order for them to be better suited for their jobs in patient care.

Eric is continuing his college education while working in hopes of becoming an ER doctor or physician’s assistant.

In a letter of support for Warren it is said his level of integrity shows in his profession is a much desired asset that employers of all professions seek. His genuine character, professionalism, and conďŹ dence in his career has gained much respect among his fellow employees, students in health care, and Emergency room physician in the greater Jackson area.

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Jessica M. Willis, LPC-S, NCC, ACS

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essica Willis is Program Director Behavioral Health Services at Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville, where she has been for more than seven years. Willis deals with 2-5 individuals seeking or needing treatment on any given day.

And with 6-year-old twins, the day doesn’t end, even when she gets home, which can be very late. In the nomination letter for Jessica, her husband wrote, “It is amazing how Jessica seems to get everything done. I have never seen a person with the amount of passion she demonstrates for her profession and always puts the needs of others before herself. Let’s face it, healthcare is not getting any easier and the mental health industry has taken some really tough hits in our state lately. After hours, weekends, and even during vacation she can be found trying to track down a judge to get a court committal so that a family is protected and the patient gets the treatment they need. ‌ Mental illness doesn’t seem to discriminate and watching her grow in her profession over the years has really opened my eyes as a healthcare practitioner as to just how serious the problem really is. I can always tell those who do make it out of that vicious cycle–when out in public, someone will come up and give her a huge hug– without asking I already know that she made a difference in that person’s life. This puts a smile on my face to say the least and makes me proud that I’m her co-worker and her husband.â€?

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Delta Regional Medical Center

2016

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