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Date: December 19, 2017
GULFPORT, Miss. – Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) and Memorial Hospital at Gulfport announce the sale of Memorial Behavioral Health (MBH) and expect to complete the transaction in the first quarter of 2018. MBH operates a 109-bed behavioral health facility for adults, adolescents and children, along with two outpatient clinics in Gulfport, Miss. MBH offers a full continuum of professional services to help individuals and their families resolve and manage emotional and behavioral problem......
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Date: December 5, 2017
GULFPORT, Miss.—Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees elected officers at their annual meeting on Nov. 27. David White was elected Chairman; Linda Sherman, Vice-Chairman; and Gary Fredericks, Secretary/Treasurer. David White, of Gulfport, was appointed by the Harrison County Board of Supervisors in September 1993; Linda Sherman, of Gulfport, was appointed by the City of Gulfport in March 2010; and Gary Fredericks, of Gulfport, was appointed by the City of Gulfport June 2015. Other members of Memorial Hosp......
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Date: December 4, 2017
GULFPORT, Miss.—Memorial Hospital at Gulfport has named the recipients of the Third Quarter 2017 Star awards—Memorial’s highest honor. STAR (Service, Teamwork, Attitude and Respect) recognizes outstanding customer service. STAR recipients attended a special award ceremony where they received gift certificates donated by the Memorial Auxiliary and gold pins to wear on their employee badges. The recipients are as follows: L-R (front row): John Foxworth, Environmental Services; Greg Lefort, Biomedical Engi......
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Date: November 30, 2017
GULFPORT, Miss.—Memorial Cancer Center welcomes Maya Mathew, MD, in association with Rod Krentel, MD, in the practice of radiation oncology at Memorial Cancer Center, 1340 Broad Ave, Suite 140, Gulfport. Dr. Mathew completed her preliminary year in General Surgery at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Penn. and radiation oncology residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill. To schedule an appointment, call (228) 575-2950....
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Date: November 15, 2017
GULFPORT, Miss.—Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (CPS), the nation’s leading provider of pharmacy management services, named Memorial Hospital at Gulfport the 2017 Site of the Year for outstanding pharmacy performance. The award was presented during Comprehensive Pharmacy Services’ Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., in September. “As the leader in pharmacy management services, each year CPS recognizes the top hospitals and health systems in the country for extraordinary pharmacy performance that makes ......
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Date: October 13, 2017
GULFPORT, Miss. — In order to relieve congestion in the emergency department and better serve patients with medical emergencies, non-urgent patients will be redirected to walk-in clinics. Beginning November 1, those patients determined to have conditions that are not medical emergencies will be required to pay their insurance copay or pay a $200 deposit toward the cost of care before receiving treatment for non-urgent care. Qualified ER providers will make the determination of emergency status. Non-urgen......
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Date: October 12, 2017
GULFPORT, Miss.—Memorial Physician Clinics welcomes Aung Aye, MD, in the practice of rheumatology in association with Richa Gupta, MD, at 1110 Broad Ave., Suite 500, Gulfport. Dr. Aye will also see patients at Memorial multi-specialty clinic locations in Hancock county. Dr. Aye completed his internal medicine residency at Cooper University Hospital, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in New Jersey, and fellowship in rheumatology at Albany Medical Center, Albany Medical College in New York. ......
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Date: October 4, 2017
Gulfport, Miss. – Digestive Health Centers (DHC) in Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, and Pascagoula are now associated with Memorial Hospital & Physician Clinics. This new relationship also includes an outpatient surgery center located in Ocean Springs. Memorial Physician Clinics - Digestive Health Centers continues to offer multidisciplinary gastroenterology clinic services, combining the expertise of a variety of clinicians who specialize in all aspects of gastroenterology. These clinicians offer a......
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Date: September 25, 2017
GULFPORT, Miss.—Memorial Hospital & Physician Clinics employees raised more than $10,000 in a fundraising drive to benefit employees of Refugio County Memorial Hospital (RCMH) in Southeast Texas. Working with the Memorial Hospital Foundation, employees donated cash or gift cards. RCMH is a critical access hospital located about 50 miles from Rockport and 44 miles from the Texas Gulf Coast. The county-owned hospital employs 125 people in Refugio, Texas, and is in one of the hardest-hit areas in the r......
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Date: August 29, 2017
GULFPORT, Miss.— In August, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors appointed Dr. Thad Carter to serve as a member of the Memorial Board of Trustees. Dr. Carter replaced Mrs. Kathie Short, whose term expired in July. Dr. Carter joined Memorial Medical Staff in 1980 in the practice of urology and served on numerous medical staff committees, including the Medical Executive Committee, Medical Quality Review Committee, and Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee. He also served as Chief of Staff for the......