Grand Rounds May


Folse Receives Recertification by ABPMR

Dr. Y. Susi Folse of Southern Bone and Joint Specialists, P.A. received a recertification by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
 
Folse currently teaches a medical aspects class for the athletic training program at the University of Southern Mississippi. Folse serves as the co-director of the USM student athletic training program.
 
She received her athletic training degree from USM. She later received her medical degree from the Louisiana State University Medical Center in 1996 and also served her internship and residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation there. While at LSU, she served as associate chief resident and director of the residency sports medicine program. Folse is a member of the American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association and Southern Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Society.
 

Dr. Stephen D. Lipson Joins Medical Staff of Biloxi Regional Medical Center

Biloxi — Stephen D. Lipson, M.D., F.A.C.S, Urologist, has joined the medical staff of Biloxi Regional Medical Center and the practice of Back Bay Urology Center where patients will be treated with kindness and compassion.
 
Dr. Lipson attended Princeton University, A.B., where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and University of Cincinnati. He completed his Internship and Residency at The John Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Lipson was a Clinical Associate at The National Cancer Institute where he completed a Fellowship in Oncology. He was the Chief Urology Resident at The Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School.
 

SRHS Opens New Facility at Ocean Springs Medical Park

Singing River Health System celebrated the newest addition to its world-class facilities with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house at Ocean Springs Medical Park on Wednesday, April 1.
 
The outpatient facility includes all outpatient radiology, a dedicated women's imaging area, cardiac rehabilitation services, cardiovascular surgical services and the SRHS Regional Cancer Center's Ocean Springs branch.
 
The area will operate with a female-only staff in a spa-like environment, and includes digital mammography, bone densitometry, ultrasound, and will have stereotactic capability, which allows for breast biopsy without the need for anesthesia.
 

Dr. Jeffrey Clark, of Brookhaven Urology, attends surgical symposium in Atlanta

Dr. Jeffrey Clark, of Brookhaven Urology, recently attended a surgical symposium in Atlanta, Georgia. While attending the symposium, he performed minimally invasive surgical procedures for symptomatic pelvic prolapse in women. The course was designed to highlight the latest surgical techniques that are minimally invasive for a very common problem experienced by a large group of women. The technique is specifically designed to target what is known as vault prolapse. This condition commonly occurs with a cystocele, a rectocele, and stress urinary incontinence.
 
Dr. Clark received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Birmingham Southern College in 1985 and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Alabama School Of Medicine in 1991. He completed two years of general surgery and his residency in Urology at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1996 with a two year general surgery residency and a three year urology residency.
 

MRHC Accredited Vascular Laboratory

Magnolia Regional Health Center has attained recognition for its commitment to providing a high level of patient care and quality testing for the diagnosis of vascular disease.  The facility achieved accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL).
 

Healthworks! Receives Kellogg Foundation Grant

TUPELO — The W. K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to HealthWorks! children's health education center. Funds from the grant will support the center's operations as it provides curriculum-based health education programming for school children and the general public.
 
"HealthWorks! was developed as an affordable health education resource for schoolchildren throughout this region and other areas of the state," said Dean Hancock, president of Health Care Foundation of North Mississippi. "Our modest admission fees are designed to offer a quality health education experience at the center for as many students as possible. The Kellogg Foundation grant will help supplement HealthWorks! operations, providing additional important opportunities for those students."
 
Since its opening in early February, more than 5,000 visitors have attended HealthWorks!. Of these, 3,500 were students from 45 schools located throughout 14 counties in north Mississippi.
 
Founded in 1930 by cereal pioneer, Will Keith Kellogg, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports programs for children, families and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Grants within the United States are concentrated in Michigan, Mississippi and New Mexico. The Foundation is also actively involved in Latin America, the Caribbean and southern Africa.
 

New Device Lessens Pain and Allows Quicker Recovery

According to Dr. Jeff Fletcher, a cardiologist at Jackson Heart Clinic and Medical Director of St. Dominic's Catheterization Lab, the thing patients remember most from cardiac catheterization is the pain where the artery is punctured and the time they have to wait for it to heal.
 
St. Dominic Hospital is now using a new technology that minimizes pain for patients during the closing of the puncture site following cardiac catheterization. The hospital first began using the device in September, 2008 and now most patients who require catheterization are treated with Mynx.
 
The new Mynx closure device uses a gel-like material to seal the hole in the artery following the procedure. It quickly absorbs the blood around the puncture site, stopping the bleeding and immediately sealing the hole. The sealant then dissolves within 30 days, leaving only a healed artery.
 
A cardiac catheterization is used by doctors to diagnose and treat heart conditions in patients. A catheter, a thin flexible tube, is inserted into a blood vessel and advanced to the heart. Dye injected in the catheter allows doctors to view artery blockage on a digital screen.
 
Because the sealant is placed on top of the artery instead of inside the artery, it eliminates tugging and cinching during insertion and placement. Before Mynx, the hospital used manual compression or mechanical clamps that required heavy pressure on the leg for 15 to 30 minutes. The pressure could be uncomfortable and caused a patient to be bed-ridden for at least 10 to 12 hours after the procedure while they waited for the entry point in the artery to strengthen enough so it would not reopen.
 

Prewitt Joins Medical Faculty

JACKSON — Dr. Thomas W. Prewitt Jr., has joined University of Mississippi Medical Center as an assistant professor of surgery. He will see general surgery patients through University Physicians, part of University of Mississippi Health Care.
 
Prewitt earned the M.D. at UMMC. He also completed an internship and residency training in general surgery at the Medical Center, where he was chief resident from 1994-95. He was a medical staff fellow in the surgery branch of the National Cancer Institute from 1990-93.
 
He was affiliated with three North Carolina hospitals from 1995-2007 - Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, Blowing Rock Hospital and Watauga Medical Center in Boone. Before joining UMMC, he worked with Stillwater Surgical Associates in Oklahoma.
 
He is a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and American College of Sports Medicine.
 

Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Welcomes Dr. Sandifer To Medical Staff

Brandon — Allen Tyra, CEO, of Crossgates River Oaks Hospital announced that Fred M. Sandifer, M.D. has joined the hospital's medical staff.
 
Dr. Sandifer received a medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans an interned at Charity Hospital of New Orleans. Dr. Sandifer completed an orthopedic surgery residency at the Campbell Clinic in Memphis, TN.
 
For almost 30 years, Dr. Sandifer worked in private practice in Greenwood, MS and most recently in Clarksdale, MS. Prior to this he worked as an orthopedic surgeon in the United States Air Force serving at Travis Air Force Base in California.
 
Dr. Sandifer will join Rankin Orthopedic Specialists alongside Dr. William Lawrence. Rankin Orthopedic Specialists provide general orthopedic surgery, orthopedic trauma, carpal tunnel, arthroscopic surgery and total joint replacement procedures.
 

Delta Regional Medical Center Introduces Air Evac Lifeteam Service to the Delta Region.

Greenville, MS – Ray Humphreys, CEO at Delta Regional Medical Center, announced Air Evac Lifeteam, the largest independently owned air ambulance service in the United States, has announced plans to expand its operations with a new base in Greenville.
 
The opening of the base is a cooperative effort between Air Evac Lifeteam and Delta Regional Medical Center. The base will be located at the Delta Regional Medical Center Pavilion, 1693 Fairground Road, and will serve hospitals and communities within a 70-mile radius. The base is scheduled to open this summer.
 
Air Evac Lifeteam, operated by Air Evac EMS, Inc., is a rural-based air ambulance service providing patients with on the-scene medical attention following an accident or medical emergency and rapid transport between medical facilities.
 
Air Evac Lifeteam crews include a pilot, registered nurse and paramedic. The crew is on duty 24 hours a day and can respond to the scenes of medical emergency, bringing lifesaving medical care directly to the patient, or transfer patients between medical facilities.