Volume 31 Number 1

A PUBLICATION FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEESJanuary 6, 2021

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CHECKUPBEE Award ................2

Bariatric Moves ........2

Children’s Clinic ........3

BEE Award ................3

Dr. Corbett ................4

Nutrition Classes ......4

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Mont Berry, M.D., was recently elected chairman of the North Mississippi

Medical Center medical staff for 2021.

Dr. Berry is board certified in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology Allergy. He began his practice in northeast Mississippi upon joining ENT Physicians of North Mississippi in 1998. He specializes in the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with ear, nose and throat disorders and allergy problems, with a special interest in laryngeal and voice disorders.

Dr. Berry is a graduate of Millsaps College where he received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and was a four-year letterman and captain of the basketball team. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine where he was awarded the Mississippi-Louisiana Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Otolaryngology. He also served as National Student Trustee for the Christian Medical Dental Society. Dr. Berry completed his residency at Vanderbilt University where he was winner of the resident research

competition for his work in laryn-geal re-animation. He is a charter member of the Christian Society of Otolaryngology and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

He is married to Sara Williams Berry of Corinth and they have seven children. He is a founding member of The Orchard Church in Tupelo where he continues to serve as an elder on the Jeremiah Council. He is an avid sportsman and spends most of his free time with his family.

Dr. Berry Elected Chairman of NMMC Medical Staff

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NMMC Presents BEE Award to Walker

North Mississippi Medical Center has presented Anna Walker, unit coordinator and

nursing assistant with the Bariatric Center, with the most recent BEE (Beyond Exceptional Expectations) Award.

Walker had a patient who was the sole caregiver for her adult son with severe autism and schizophrenia. The patient had no family to place her son with, so he stayed with her in the hospital and her pastor’s wife assisted with his care. When the pastor’s wife left town for the weekend, Walker volunteered to stay with the patient and take care of the patient’s son. “She showed her loving and caring heart by offering her exceptional skills to care for someone she didn’t even know,” wrote the registered nurse who nominated Walker.

An Aberdeen resident, Walker joined the NMMC staff in 2015 working on 4 West. She transferred to the Bariatric Center shortly thereafter. She and her husband, Richard, have two children, Richard and Alexius Walker, and four grandchildren, Taylee and

Antoine Walker, and Aubrey and Joseph Ewing. Walker received a certificate, a BEE Award pin, a bouquet donated by Bishop’s Flower Shop and a cake. The BEE Award is given to a deserving caregiver each month at NMMC. Nomination forms are available throughout NMMC or at www.nmhs.net/bee-award. For more information, call (662) 377-3431 or email BEEAwards@nmhs.net.

Bariatric Clinic Moves, Physicians Focus Practice

North Mississippi Medical Center’s Bariatric Clinic has moved into Midtown Pointe, located at 499 Gloster Creek Village.

The Bariatric Clinic is now housed in the same facility as Surgery Clinic of Tupelo, whose two surgeons –Terry Pinson, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Will Cauthen, M.D., F.A.C.S. – perform weight loss surgery at North Mississippi Medical Center. For more information,call (662) 377-SLIM (7546).

Two surgeons formerly with Surgery Clinic of Tupelo will continue their practices in the building but will focus on specific areas. Danny Sanders, M.D., F.A.C.S., will be affiliated with NMMC Breast and General Surgery Clinic and will primarily perform breast surgery. His office may be reached at (662) 377-8025.

Charles Pigott, M.D., F.A.C.S., will be affiliated with NMMC Acute Care Trauma and will primarily perform

trauma surgery. Dr. Pigott will also maintain his general surgery practice in Hamilton, Alabama. For more information, call (662) 377-6470.

Hours for these clinics are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-noon Friday. Surgery Clinic of Tupelo is open until 2 p.m. Friday.

Presenting Anna Walker (third from left) with NMMC’s BEE Award are Kristen Long, senior director of nursing; Emily Edwards, director of nursing support; and Megan Bunch, director of inpatient nursing.

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Dr. Krist Joins Children’s Clinic

Pediatrician Keith Krist, M.D., recently joined West Point Children’s Clinic. Dr. Krist joins Dr. Keith Watson and nurse practitioners Whitt

Foster and Jennifer Rigdon at the clinic, which is located at 63 Medical Center Drive. For appointment information, call (662) 494-1620.

Dr. Krist is a 1990 graduate of Frostburg State University in Maryland, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration/finance with a minor in economics. He also attended the University of South Carolina in Aiken and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was certified in industrial hygiene, audiology and hearing conservation. Dr. Krist earned his medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile in 1997, and he completed a pediatric residency there in 2000. He earned a master’s degree in health administration from the University of Cincinnati in

Ohio in 2018. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Krist served as a pediatri-cian with White-Wilson Medical Center in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, for 16 years. During his tenure there, he also served as vice president of the medical group’s board of directors. He comes to West Point from Pensacola Pediatrics, where he practiced and also served as executive medical director.

In his free time, Dr. Krist enjoys being outdoors, playing the guitar and great cinema. When he is not cheering on his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguins, Dr. Krist finds every opportunity to enjoy his two sons’ musical performances.

Gravat Honored with BEE Award

Jerry Gravat, care coordinator with Case Management, recently received North Mississippi Medical Center’s BEE

(Beyond Exceptional Expectations) Award. Gravat was nominated by a nurse whose

patient was at the end of life and asking to go home. The patient was admitted to home hospice and was awaiting an ambulance ride home, but the nurse was advised that it would be several hours before they could transfer her. “The patient didn’t have several hours,” the nurse wrote. “Jerry was notified and under-stood the need and limited time.” Gravat went to the patient’s room and spoke with her husband, offering to go get an ambulance and drive the patient home himself. Ten minutes later, the patient was on her way home as she had requested.

A Houston resident, Gravat received his Emergency Medical Technician training through Itawamba Community College and joined the NMMC staff in 2015. He served as an EMT with Ambulance Services for two years while earning his bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Mississippi. He transferred to Case Management in 2017 and also

received a BEE Award in August 2018. He received a certificate, a BEE Award pin, a bouquet

donated by Bishop’s Flower Shop and a cake. The BEE Award is given to a deserving caregiver each month at NMMC. Nomination forms are available throughout NMMC or at www.nmhs.net/bee-award. For more information, call (662) 377-3431 or email BEEAwards@nmhs.net.

Presenting Jerry Gravat (center) with NMMC’s BEE Award are (left) Angela Coggins, director of Case Management, and Carrie Bruce, care coordination supervisor.

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Dr. Corbett Joins Amory Anesthesia Staff

Anesthesiologist David T. Corbett, M.D., has joined the medical staff of North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore-Amory.

Born in Amory, Dr. Corbett comes to NMMC Gilmore-Amory from Winfield, Alabama, where he served on the medical staff of Northwest Medical Center for nine years. He served as chief of the medical staff from 2015-2019 and on the Medical Executive Committee from 2013-2020.

Dr. Corbett earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 2003. He completed his medical degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham in May 2007, graduating in the top 10% of his class. He completed an internship with Physicians

Medical Center-Carraway in Birmingham in 2008 and an anesthesiology residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital in June 2011.

Dr. Corbett is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He and his wife, Brandi, have a 22-month-old daughter, Caroline. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family and being outdoors, especially working on his farmland.

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