UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER

With more than 10,000 full- and part-time employees, UMMC is one of the largest employers in Mississippi. The Medical Center's $1.7 billion annual budget - approximately one-tenth from state appropriations that are directed to assist the academic mission - represents 10 percent of the Jackson metro area economy and two percent of the state economy. UMMC continues to grow in all its mission areas... Integral to its education and research missions, UMMC provides wide-ranging patient care programs. University Hospital is a large adult in-patient facility and is joined on the Jackson campus by three specialized hospitals including the only children's hospital in Mississippi, a women and infants' hospital and a critical care hospital. UMMC offers the only Level I trauma center, the only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, the only organ transplant programs in the state and many other specialty referral services. University Physicians, the faculty group practice of the School of..

Also known as: UMMC

Primary location: Jackson United States