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September 18, 2024 - Jackson, MS — In a significant development for local healthcare, Merit Health Central proudly announces the grand opening of its new chemical dependency unit. This unit provides treatment and support for individuals struggling with substance use disorders, marking an expansion of the ...
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Jackson MS - Merit Health Central is proud to announce that it has achieved the highly prestigious international Baby-Friendly designation after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA, the organization responsible f...
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The leadership of Merit Health Central has named Brad Polk, RN, MSN, to the role of assistant chief nurse officer (ACNO). Polk has 13 years of nursing experience, with over eight years at Merit Health Central. Prior to his new role, he wo...
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Laura Ramsey Liberto has been promoted to assistant administrator at Merit Health Central according to the hospital’s acting CEO Greg Oden, M.D. Liberto has served on the hospital’s senior leadership team as administrative specialist since June 2019, and previously worked at Merit Health ...
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Merit Health Central has named its 2019 employee and managers of the year. Erica Smith, BSN, RN, CIC, infection control coordinator, was named Employee of the Year. Jan Cossitt, emergency medical services coordinator, wa...
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Merit Health Central has named its 2020 Employee and Managers of the Year. All three were nominated by Merit Health Central employees and selected by a committee of supervisors and peers. Sandra Weber, RN, Telemetry, was...
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Merit Health Central recently honored its very first DAISY award recipient, clinical coordinator Demetrice Lee, RN, with a reception on the hospital’s post-surgical unit. Lee has worked at the hospital for four years and...
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Jackson, Miss. — Merit Health Central has named Vince Brummett as the new chief administrative officer. Brummett has more than 30 years in healthcare, beginning his career as a radiologic technologist and paramedic where he worked for 17...
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...spital stay combined with intensive physical rehabilitation. Today, advances in minimally invasive lateral access spinal techniques are now enabling neurosurgeons like Menarvia Nixon Gaddis, M.D., at Merit Health Central in Jackson, to perform similar procedures in a safe and effective manner. She is one of the first female neurosurgeons to perform this procedure in Mississippi. “The lateral lumbar fusion technique i...
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Merit Health Central is hosting a career fair on Thursday, August 12, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. in the Lagniappe Room on the first floor of the hospital. The event is specifically targeting licensed professional nurses (LPNs)...
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Merit Health Central has named David C. Henry, FACHE, as the new chief executive officer, effective May 24, 2021. “I am excited to work with and support the employees and medical staff as we continue the momentum of maki...
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Patients receiving cardiovascular care at Merit Health Central will receive their treatment in a newly completed unit. The hospital recently celebrated a significant milestone in an ongoing construction and renovation project underway at the Jackson hospital wit...
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Merit Health Central recently honored its DAISY award recipient for 2020 – Tedasii Turner-Cotton, BSN, RN, ICU nurse and house supervisor, with a surprise reception in the hospital’s ICU area. Cotton received a certifica...
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Merit Health Central has named Tom Wills, MPPM, BSN, RN, as Chief Operating Officer. Tom has served over 20 years in healthcare, beginning as a charge nurse and quickly moving into leadership over multi-faceted departmen...
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3D mammography, which utilizes advanced breast screening technology, is now available at Merit Health Central. In conventional 2D mammography, overlapping tissue is a leading reason why small breast cancers may be missed and normal tissue may appear abnormal, leading to unnecessary callbacks. A mammography e...
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Merit Health Central recently honored its Q2 2018 DAISY award recipient, Katie Wood, RN, with a reception in her department, the intensive care unit. Wood has worked at the hospital for three months and was selected from...
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Merit Health Central recently welcomed surgeon Jeffrey T. Gibbs, MD, to their burn center medical staff at Joseph M. Still Burn Centers, Inc. Dr. Gibbs is board certified in general surgery. Dr. Gibbs performs plastic, g...
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Merit Health physicians, leaders and clinicians recently gathered to celebrate the Center of Distinction Award, which was given to Merit Health Central and Merit Health River Oaks by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months, including pat...
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...inton and the surrounding communities.” To schedule an appointment with Dr. Martin or Joanna McCullom, NP, please call (601) 924-7994. Pictured left to right: Jan Cossitt, Director of Guest Services, Merit Health Central; Barry Moss, CEO, Merit Health Central; Greg Oden, CMO, Merit Health; Clay Mansell, President, Board of Directors; Shirley Young, Board of Directors member; Mike Mudd, COO, Merit Health Central; Rich...
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JACKSON, Miss., July 28, 2017 – Neurosurgeon Menarvia Nixon Gaddis, MD, has joined the medical staff of Merit Health Central. Dr. Nixon Gaddis specializes in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disorders of the nervous system, including trauma, tumors, infections of the brain or spine, and developmental and degenerativ...
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Flowood, MS - May 12, 2025 - Merit Health Central, Merit Health Rankin, Merit Health River Oaks, and Merit Health Woman’s Hospital, along with multiple outpatient clinics across the greater Jackson area, are proud to recognize National Hospital Week...
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Healthcare executive Barry Moss has been promoted to the role of chief executive officer for Merit Health’s Jackson Market. Moss currently serves as CEO of Merit Health Central, and will continue in this position, which he has held for the past three years. In his expanded role, Moss will also have oversight for Merit Health Rankin, Merit Health River Oaks and Merit Health ...
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William C. Lineaweaver, MD, FACS, medical director of the Joseph M. Still (JMS) Burn & Reconstruction Center at Merit Health Central, has named David W. Adcock, MD, director of the center’s Laser and Reconstruction program. Dr. Adcock joined the burn program in July 2015 and has 21 years of laser experience in both research and th...
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Kim Harrell, MHA, BSN, CNOR, R.N., has assumed the role of Merit Health market chief quality officer. Harrell most recently served as the Chief Quality Officer at Merit Health Central, a position she held nearly four years. Utilizing over 18 years of leadership experience, she will provide oversight to the quality departments in the six Merit Health hospitals in Jackson and Vicksb...
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...mic restrictions are lifted, and the country eases back into large gatherings and social events, Dr. Derek M. Culnan, interim medical director of the Joseph M. Still Burn and Reconstructive Center at Merit Health Central in Jackson, MS, wants to wish everyone a safe, friends-and-family-filled Fourth of July weekend. “It’s the start of summer and, before we head outside for the holiday weekend, I would like to remind ...
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