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Pumping Life into the Heart
Baptist Cardiovascular Services Expedites Access of "World's Smallest Heart Pump" To Save Patient's Life
In mid-summer, the surgical team at Baptist Cardiovascular Services pulled off a last-minute effort to save a patient's life using the "world's smallest heart pump."
The Impella 2.5 heart pump, which has earned the "miniature" moniker for being smaller than a No. 2 pencil eraser, supported 64-year-old Charles Morea's diseased heart while life-saving repairs were made to blocked vessels.
LYNNE JETER |
River Oaks Unveils New Baby Space
Enlarged NICU, Improved Obstetrics Beds, Specially-Designed Orthopedic Rooms among Highlights
FLOWOOD—Just in time for the annual wave of babies born nine months after the holidays, River Oaks Hospital opened its new $45 million, 145,000-square-foot building addition in August.
LYNNE JETER |
The (GO Zone) End is Near
It is hard to believe that it has been four years since Katrina, Rita and Wilma wrought havoc on the coasts of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Florida. As Mississippi continues to recover, the GO Zone tax incentives brought about by Congress after the storms are beginning to expire. Consider how your business might benefit from some of these remaining opportunities.
MARSHA H. DIECKMAN, CPA |
Lessons Learned
MGMA Online Guide Walks Through Operational Essentials
At the beginning of this year, Medical Group Management Association's Center for Research, with funding from United Health Foundation, began rolling out chapters of an online resource guide that outlines essential financial know-how for running an efficient practice. "Lessons for Financial Success" is open to everyone through the MGMA Web site (www.mgma.com) and takes the reader through valuable operational information in five chapters, the last of which has just been published.
CINDY SANDERS |
Benjamin M. Carmichael, MD
HATTIESBURG – South Mississippians almost missed out on the talents of Ben Carmichael, MD. Blame it on Camille.
"In the summer of 1969, my wife, Kathy, and I moved from D.C. to San Antonio and happened to spend the night in Jackson when Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast," he explained, with a chuckle. "Kathy and I both decided right then, we didn't know where we'd settle down, but we knew it wouldn't be in Mississippi or Alabama."
LYNNE JETER |
Retirement Leaving Little Space
Hattiesburg cardiologist Ben Carmichael began phasing into retirement in 2004, when he gave up night call and weekend duty, and devoted most of his working hours to the nuclear cardiology program at the Hattiesburg Clinic that he developed, and occasionally traveling to the satellite clinic in Picayune.
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Off Call
When retired Hattiesburg cardiologist Ben Carmichael takes time off, he and his wife, Kathy, usually hit the road. They've traveled to his ancestors' homeland to the village of Carmichael in the lowest tip of the Scotland triangle. "My forefathers had lived in a huge manor house that burned," said Carmichael. "The ruins are still there."
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Pioneering Cardiology in South Mississippi
Hattiesburg cardiologist Ben Carmichael looks similar to John Ingle, the soap star on Guiding Light who briefly played the second Mickey Horton on the long-running NBC daytime series Days of Our Lives.
With his southern charm and genteel manner, Carmichael acts a bit like him, too.
And that's a very good thing. Around Hattiesburg, Carmichael is a star.
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Rubbing Elbows with the D.C. Crowd
While serving in the military, Hattiesburg cardiologist Ben Carmichael was a member of a medical team that attended President Dwight Eisenhower. Eisenhower, who was recovering from a heart attack, died in 1969, shortly after Carmichael left Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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