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  • Memorial Physician Clinics welcomes Samantha McGill, Nurse Practitioner

    GULFPORT, Miss. — Memorial welcomes Samantha McGill, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, at Memorial Physician Clinics, Internal Medicine, 835 Thames Ave., Bay St. Louis and 4300 Leisure Time Drive, Diamondhead. McGill treats juvenile diabetes patients. Juvenile diabetes, also known as type 1 diabetes, is most often diagnosed in children and young adults whose bodies do not make insulin. Symptoms of type 1 diabetes include: frequent urination, extreme thirst, hunger (even though they are eating), fatigue, blurred vision, s…

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  • Memorial Hospital Gulfport Names Matt Walker as Vice President, Clinic Operations

    GULFPORT, Miss. — Memorial Hospital has named Matt Walker, RN, MSN/MBA, as Vice President, Clinic Operations. Mr. Walker most recently held the position of Senior Director, Clinic Operations. In his new role, Mr. Walker will provide strategic focus to attain improved clinical outcomes and physician operating efficiencies throughout the system of care at Memorial and more than 95 Memorial Physician Clinics. He will work with a strong foundation of providers, staff, and the leadership team to embrace nece…

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  • Memorial Hospital Gulfport Names April LaFontaine as Chief Administrative Officer

    GULFPORT, Miss. — Memorial Hospital has named April LaFontaine, FACHE, MBA, CPC, as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Ms. LaFontaine most recently held the position of Vice President, Revenue Cycle Services. In her new role, Ms. LaFontaine will continue to lead the revenue cycle divisions, with new oversight of the organization’s strategic priorities working with providers and facilities for the purposes of potential collaboration and/or shared services. Ms. LaFontaine will work to integrate demands o…

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  • Memorial NICU Receives Digital CO2 Monitor Donation

    GULFPORT, Miss. —The Speck and Walker families donated a Sentec Digital Transcutaneous CO2 monitor (TcPCO2) to Memorial NICU on April 22, in memory of their son and brother, Randall Speck. At age 16, Randall was diagnosed with Stage IV Rhabdomyosarcoma. It was rare in children and because of the advanced stage of the cancer, the survival rate was virtually non-existent. The Randall Speck Pediatric Special Needs Fund was established through Memorial Hospital Foundation by Randall’s parents, Richard and C…

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  • Memorial Hospital Gulfport Achieves Healthgrades 2019 Outstanding Patient Experience Award

    GULFPORT, Miss. —Memorial Hospital Gulfport has achieved the Healthgrades 2019 Outstanding Patient Experience Award and two 5-Star Ratings in 2019 for Total Hip Replacement and Carotid Procedures. The Patient Experience Award recognizes Memorial as being among the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for patient experience, according to Healthgrades, the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals. “Memorial is honored to be the only hospital on the Mississippi Gulf Coast…

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  • Driftwood Nursing Center will become part of Memorial Hospital on July 1

    Gulfport, Miss.—Memorial Hospital Gulfport is pleased to announce, effective July 1, Driftwood Nursing Center will officially become part of Memorial and operate as Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center. The center, a 151-bed nursing home facility, will remain at 1500 Broad Avenue and will add approximately 150 clinicians and support staff to Memorial. There will be no interruption in care provided to patients which includes 24-hour RN and LPN nursing care, a therapy team providing therapeutic activities…

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  • Cardiologist Jay Libys joins Memorial Physician Clinics – Coast Cardiovascular Associates

    GULFPORT, Miss. —Memorial Physician Clinics welcomes Jay Libys, MD, in the practice of Cardiology in association with Paul Mullen, MD; Antoine Rizk, MD; and Matthew Hann, MD, at Memorial Physician Clinics – Coast Cardiovascular Associates. Dr. Libys received his medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. He was fellowship trained in non-invasive cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, M…

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  • Memorial Celebrates National Donate Life Month

    GULFPORT, Miss. —The Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA) will be on-site at Memorial Hospital Gulfport on Wednesday, April 24, 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., in the Parking Garage Atrium, to promote the importance of organ and tissue donation and to register donors. There are more than 115,000 people in America waiting for organ transplants. Another name is added to the national transplant waiting list every 10 minutes. In addition, each year hundreds of thousands of people benefit from donated tissue and…

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