Newly added members of the King’s Daughters Willing Hearts Circle include (back row from left) Mary Clark, Vickie Goza, Joyce Burt, Marie Gray, Diane Ryan; (front row from left) Shirley Sandifer and Joyce Hughes. The Willing Hearts Circle is the founding organization for King’s Daughters and began its mission to care for those in need during the late 1890s. The local chapter started the first hospital in Brookhaven and has overseen its growth ever since.
King’s Daughters Medical Center, in Brookhaven, hosted an advanced nurses training class to produce 23 certified nurses trained to provide patient care to victims of sexual assault.
Nurses from across the state participated in the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners course. The training consisted of a 40 hour class, including classroom review, live examinations, photography instructions and a mock run through in the courtroom.
The SANE Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program is provided by the Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault and administered through the state attorney general’s office. The course meets all required standards for certification listed by the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
(From left) CFO Dean Snider, CEO Alvin Hoover, Larry Mills and Christi Mills of King’s Daughters Therapy & Fitness Center.
Larry Mills was recently named the first Employee of the Quarter in 2008 at King's Daughters Medical Center. Mills has served KDMC as an occupational therapist since 1998 before becoming the new Clinic Systems Director this April.
(From left) First place in the 2008 King’s Daughters Medical Center Golf Tournament was the Insurance Risk Managers Team including Sha Walker, Josh Smith, J.L. Wallace and Chuck Holloway.
The 2008 King’s Daughters Medical Center Tennis Tournament winners from both divisions included Sam Sones, Jessica Dowd, Lynn Taylor, Anna Giust, Amy Owens and Harriett Proffitt.
At the recent annual volunteer appreciation luncheon, King’s Daughters Medical Center honored Keith McDaniel as the 2007 Volunteer of the Year.
The luncheon is held every year in conjunction with National Healthcare Volunteer Week, which this year is April 28th – May 2nd.
McDaniel began volunteering in the Emergency Room in 2002 when the facility instituted an Emergency Room host/hostess program to assist with customer service. During her shift, McDaniel assists family members and hospital staff both inside and outside of the Emergency Department.
“Keith is a valuable volunteer for her years of consistent service in one of the busiest areas of our hospital, but she is also a faithful reflection of our Christian mission statement,” said Jennifer Jackson, volunteer services coordinator. “We are blessed to have Keith in our hospital on a weekly basis. She tends to the needs of anyone she comes across.”
McDaniel was chosen for the honor based on peer votes through mail-in ballots. KDMC has almost 50 volunteers in many areas of the hospital.
Dr. Timothy Shann has recently joined Brookhaven Children’s Clinic and King’s Daughters Medical Center to extend the reach of pediatric care in Southwest Mississippi.
Shann began seeing patients on April 1 at the clinic, which offers a full range of pediatric services including pediatric cardiology.
“We are excited about the arrival of Dr. Shann and the level of quality care he will provide to our facility,” said Alvin Hoover, CEO. “With the growing number of families in Brookhaven and the surrounding area, an additional pediatrician is certainly an added value to our community.”
Shann received his undergraduate and graduate education in Oklahoma. He completed his pediatric residency at Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson. Shann began practicing in Oklahoma after graduation and moved to Brookhaven a month ago to begin his practice. He is board certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Shann now resides in Brookhaven with his wife, Lisa, and their 3-year-old son.
King’s Daughters Medical Center recently announced several managerial changes in various patient care and service departments at the Brookhaven hospital.
Terry Singleton, RN, EMT-P, was appointed as the new manager of the Emergency Department while still fulfilling his previous role as supervisor of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Mark Lambert, RN/EMT-P was placed in the role of Assistant Manager of EMS. Jaymie Heard, RN, accepted the position of ICU Nurse Manager in the Intensive Care Unit.
“All of these individuals have been working for KDMC in other positions. We are excited to have them move into these management positions and looking forward as we continue to move toward becoming the Employer of Choice in Healthcare,” said Alvin Hoover, CEO.
New recent additions to KDMC include Walt Wilson in the role of Cardiopulmonary Manager and Othena Redfield as manager for Environmental Services.
Judine Redd, RN, from the Surgery Department at King’s Daughters Medical Center, (center), was recently honored as the hospital’s Employee of the Year for 2007. Also pictured (left) Sherra Smith, KDMC Board Chairperson, and (right) Alvin Hoover, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer.
King’s Daughters Medical Center recently named surgery nurse Judine Redd as the 2007 Employee of the Year for the hospital.
Redd, RN, received the honor at the facility’s annual awards banquet in late February. She was one of four Employees of the Quarter selected last year from various departments. The final selection for Employee of the Year is voted upon by a group of employees previously honored by the same recognition.
Redd began her employment at KDMC as an executive assistant in Dec. 1992 and left in 1997 for nursing school. She returned to KDMC in August 1999 as a registered nurse on the medical floor and transferred into surgery in 2002.
Information Systems employee Tammy Allen (center) was recently named the last 2007 Employee of the Quarter for KDMC. Information Systems Manager Carl Smith (left) and CEO Alvin Hoover presented the award to Allen.
Tammy Allen, of the Information Systems Department at King’s Daughters Medical Center, was named the fourth and final “Employee of the Quarter” for 2007 at a recent hospital recognition luncheon.
Allen began her employment with KDMC in 1996 and has worked ever since then as a Telecommunication Specialist overseeing the hospital’s phone system, voice mail system, cell phones and pagers.
“I am very honored to receive this award. I work with a very special group of people at King’s Daughters, not only in my department but the entire Medical Center,” she said. “We all take pride in what we do here at KDMC and to be singled out for this award is a special honor to me.”
Allen will be considered for the hospital’s 2007 Employee of the Year among three other employees from last year each receiving the quarterly honor. The announcement will be made on Feb. 28th at the hospital’s annual Service Awards Banquet.
“I am so happy that Tammy received this award. She is not only a great worker, but a great overall person. We are very blessed to have her here at KDMC,” said Carl Smith, manager of Information Systems.
Dr. Jeffrey Clark, of Brookhaven Urology, recently completed all requirements for recertification with the American Board of Urology.
Every 10 years, the American Board of Urology’s certification process evaluates a physician’s clinical skills based on education, completion of continuing education, written examination, review of actual surgical cases, peer review and knowledge in areas such as pediatric urology, oncology, stone disease, impotence/infertility and incontinence.
By achieving recertification, Dr. Clark has successfully met all training requirements and demonstrated knowledge in competence of care with his patients.
Clark received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Birmingham Southern College in 1985 and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1991. He completed two years of general surgery and his residency in urology at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1996. Then, Clark joined the practice of Dr. Jeffery Boyd at Brookhaven Urology in Brookhaven. Clark and Boyd provide comprehensive urological services to Southwest Mississippi. Clark is also one of the founding partners with South Central Urology Services.
Some of Clark’s professional accomplishments include: Member of the worldwide Cambridge Who’s Who Registry, Diplomat of the American Board of Urology, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Past President of the South Central Medical Society, Past Chief of Staff at King’s Daughters Medical Center, National Board of Examiners, Member of the Medical Affairs Committee of the Brookhaven/Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce, Past Chairman of the Recruiting Committee and Member of the Tumor Board of the Mississippi Cancer Institute.
Clark also serves as a volunteer on a local and state level. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Foundation, in which he has also held the position of past president. In 2005, Governor Haley Barbour appointed Clark to the Federal Migration Conservation Commission in Mississippi. He has also served as past area chairman of Ducks Unlimited. Clark volunteers his time coaching youth soccer, basketball, baseball and football. He and his wife, Shannon, have two sons, Peyton, 13 and Daniel, 10.
