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Hattiesburg – Merit Health Wesley welcomes Shantele Bolton, M.D., to Women's Pavilion of South Mississippi. Dr. Bolton, a Hattiesburg native, has returned home to serve women of the Pine Belt. Her focus is on contraception management, high risk obstetrics, minimally invasive surgery, evidence-based medicine, and patient and community education. “We’re happy to welcome Dr. Bolton back home to the Pine Belt,” said Mike Neuendorf, Chief Executive Officer at Merit Health Wesley. “Our patients have long enjo... ... Read More

Hattiesburg – Merit Health Wesley welcomes Brandon Ingram, M.D., to Southern Surgery & Urology. Ingram, a Petal native, has returned to the Pine Belt to serve the community, practicing general and bariatric surgery. Dr. Ingram graduated from Millsaps College with a bachelor of physics. He completed medical school at University of Mississippi School of Medicine and completed a general surgery residency at University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Ingram is a member of the Christian Medical and De... ... Read More

Hattiesburg – Merit Health Medical Group welcomes Daniel J. Skarzynski, M.D., as a new cardiologist. He will join interventional cardiologist Viral Lathia, M.D., in the Cardiology clinic located at 5003 Hardy Street, Tower B in Hattiesburg. Skarzynski earned a bachelor of science from Yale University in New Haven, Conn. and completed medical school at Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Ill. He also completed fellowships in both cardiovascular disease and invasive and interventional cardiology at Fe... ... Read More

As the colors of summer begin to fade, the colors on our plates are slowly starting to change as well. Football tailgates, Halloween candy, and Thanksgiving buffets are making a comeback, and making heart-healthy decisions about what you are eating could get tough. But fall also brings a colorful harvest of nutrient rich produce like pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and squash. Produce containing color is packed full of vitamins, fiber, minerals and phytochemicals which have disease fighting elements in them t... ... Read More

Ramon Brown, M.D., has joined the medical staff of Merit Health Biloxi. Dr. Brown received his Doctorate of Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He completed an internship and residency in general surgery at Keesler Medical Center. Dr. Brown received fellowship training at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in colorectal surgery. Dr. Brown is a member of several professional societies, has received numerous awards and has been the author of several publicati... ... Read More

Hattiesburg – Merit Health Wesley is happy to welcome Dexter Ware as its new Chaplain. Ware is a native of Jackson, Miss. and former Chaplain of Baptist Memorial Hospitals in Memphis, Tenn. and Oxford, Miss. Before coming to Merit Health Wesley, Ware worked as pastor of Harrisville United Methodist Church in Harrisville, Miss. Ware received a bachelor of arts from Mississippi College and a master of divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is ordained as a United Methodist Elder by the... ... Read More

Dr. Miguel Figueroa Begins Practice This Week NATCHEZ, Miss. –September 25, 2017 – Interventional Pain Management Physician Miguel Figueroa, M.D., has joined the medical staff of Merit Health Natchez. Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Dr. Figueroa is excited to be making his home in Natchez. After receiving his Doctorate of Medicine in 1984 from Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, Colombia, Dr. Figueroa completed his Internship in Internal Medicine at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, New Yor... ... Read More

Biloxi, MS - July 17, 2017 Lisa M. Mabry, M.D., has joined the medical staff of Merit Health Biloxi. Dr. Mabry received her Medical Doctorate from the University of Tennessee Health and Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis, TN. Prior to this, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA, graduating Cum Laude. She completed her internship in preliminary medicine at Baptist Hospital and her residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Alabam... ... Read More

Biloxi, MS - August 14, 2017 Molly Brown, RN, BSN, MSN, FNP has joined the medical staff of Merit Health Biloxi. Molly attended Mississippi University for Women where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing in 2009. She then attended the University of Mississippi Medical Center where she earned a Masters of Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2012. Molly has Family Nurse Practitioner Certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Mississippi State Board of Nur... ... Read More

Biloxi, MS - Sept. 1, 2017 Hans W. Adams, M.D., has joined the medical staff of Merit Health Biloxi. Dr. Adams received his Doctor of Medicine in 1971 from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta where he also completed his internship, a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in Gastroenterology. Dr. Adams was also the Assistant Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology there from 1975-1976. Since 1979, he has been practicing Gastroenterology on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Dr. Adams has recei... ... Read More