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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 53 Preston Gallaher, M.D. Gallaher received a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 2003, and completed his medical training at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis in 2007. In 2011, he completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Location: NMMC-Tupelo Emergency Department, 830 S. Gloster St. Stephen Hunter, D.O. Hunter received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Mississippi University for Women in Columbus in 2001. In 2008, he completed his medical training at the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg. In 2011, he completed an emergency medicine residency at the Louisiana State University Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Memberships: National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, the Air Medical Physicians Association, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine Locations: NMMC-Tupelo Emergency Department, 830 S. Gloster St. Ryan Pond, M.D. Pond received bachelor’s degrees in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Georgia in Athens in 2003. In 2008, he completed his medical training at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and in 2011, he completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Location: NMMC-Tupelo Emergency Department, 830 S. Gloster St. Genti Tahiraj, M.D. Tahiraj graduated summa cum laude from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn., in 2002. He completed his medical training at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis in 2009. In 2011, he completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Location: NMMC-Tupelo Emergency Department, 830 S. Gloster St. Search all the physician specialties at North Mississippi Medical Center by visiting www.nmhs.net and clicking the “Find a Physician” link. You’ll find phone numbers and addresses of any doctor on staff at NMMC or with North Mississippi Medical Clinics. Find a Physician GeRiaTRicS ashley Harris, M.D. Harris graduated magna cum laude from Mississippi State University and received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He completed a family medicine residency at NMMC’s Family Medicine Residency Center in Tupelo and a geriatric fellowship at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Physician in practice with: Lee Greer, M.D. Location: IMA-Tupelo, 845 South Madison St. For more information: 662-377-5930 Appointments are by referral only. PaTHOLOGy cohra Mankey, M.D. Mankey graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from Boston University. She received her medical training at the University of Texas Southwestern. She then completed an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of Michigan Health System, where she also completed fellowships in hematopathology and surgical pathology. Memberships: American Society for Clinical Pathology and the College of American Pathologists Physicians in practice with: Drs. Curt Collins, Richard Griswold, Rickey Hicks, Mark Huffman and Robert Jarrett Location: NMMC-Tupelo, 830 S. Gloster St. PeDiaTRicS Lakesha Tables, M.D. Tables earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, before pursuing her medical degree at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Physician in practice with: Keith Watson, M.D. Location: Children’s Clinic of West Point, 720 Medical Center Drive For more information: 662-494-1620 54 Vim & Vigor • SP R I N G 2 012 online http://www.nmhs.net

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Spring 2012 - North Mississippi

Vim & Vigor - Spring 2012 - North Mississippi
Opening Thoughts
Building Healthier Hearts
Young at Heart
Caring for the Little Ones
Get Real
How Far We’ve Come
Patient Survival Guide
Perfect Attendance
Jennifer Hudson, Grammy-winning recording artist
Lean on Me
Intimidated by the Gym?
What Is Your Volunteer Style?
A Prescription for Relief
Virtual Health
SPECIAL You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
Get Heart Healthy!
Growing Stronger
The Doctor Will See You Now
Catch the Spirit

Vim & Vigor - Spring 2012 - North Mississippi