University of Mississippi Medical Center
Organization overview
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is Mississippi’s public academic health sciences center and is based in Jackson. Its campus includes the state’s only schools of medicine and dentistry, along with programs in nursing, health-related professions, graduate studies and population health. UMMC operates teaching hospitals, specialty centers and a network of clinics and telehealth sites that extends across the state. The modern medical center opened in 1955, building on the University of Mississippi’s earlier medical education program. Its combined missions of patient care, education, research and professional training give it a central role in Mississippi’s health care system.
Key facts
Domain
umc.edu
Website
https://www.umc.edu/Organization type
Critical infrastructure sector
Aliases
- UMMC
Locations
Primary location
Additional locations
- Louisville, Mississippi
- McComb, Mississippi
- Ridgeland, Mississippi
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Canton, Mississippi
- Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
- Lexington, Mississippi
- Flowood, Mississippi
- Meridian, Mississippi
- West, Mississippi
- Iuka, Mississippi
- Ecru, Mississippi
- Winona, Mississippi
- Batesville, Mississippi
- Gulfport, Mississippi
- Tupelo, Mississippi
- Vaiden, Mississippi
- Madison, Mississippi
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Oxford, Mississippi
- Grenada, Mississippi
- Biloxi, Mississippi