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Circle Record Highs MORE THAN 600 graduate AT UMMC’S COMMENCEMENT
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total of 634 physicians, dentists, nurses, allied health professionals and graduate students in the health sciences—the largest group of graduates in the Medical Center’s history—were awarded degrees during the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s 55th Commencement on May 27 at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. Graduates included 118 who received the M.D.; 35 who received the D.M.D.; 26 who received the Ph.D.; 45, the Master of Science; 44, the Master of Science in Nursing; 121, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing; 63, the Doctor of Physical Therapy; and 36, the Master of Occupational Therapy. Two students received both the M.D. and the Ph.D. Receiving the B.S. in the School of Health Related Professions were 144 students. They included 41 in clinical laboratory sciences, six in cytotechnology, 21 in dental hygiene, 12 in health informatics and information management, 43 in health sciences and 21 in radiologic sciences. UM Chancellor Dan Jones (MD 75) noted before conferring degrees that research on both the Medical Center and Oxford campuses has experienced vast growth with 618 externally funded research projects for a total of $177.6 million. Jones introduced Dr. Hank Bounds (PhD 00), commissioner of higher education, and Institutions of Higher Learning board members C.D. Smith, Bob Owen and Stacy Davidson (MedCert 55, MD 57). Davidson is a member of the Medical Center’s first medical school class and has never missed a UMMC commencement during his 12-year tenure on the board. AR
Dr. Mary Currier (left), state health officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, hoods her son, Drew Mallett, after he received his Doctor of Medicine diploma May 27.