MOMA (Mississippi) 2024 Winter CME Meeting (On Demand)

Dr. Paul Fowler, DO, JD Related Seminars and Products

Chief Risk Officer

US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services

Paul Fowler, DO, JD is both a physician and attorney and currently serves as the Chief Risk Officer, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services based in Washington D.C.  Previously he served as Legal-Medicine Officer to the Surgeon General of the Army.  He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence with Honors from Drake University Law School and is a graduate of the University of Des Moines College Of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Fowler is Past-President of the American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine.  Dr. Fowler is a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Family Practice, the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice, the American Board of Forensic Examiners, the American Board of Disability Analysts and the American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine.  

Dr. Fowler is a member of the Florida, Illinois, Kentucky and District of Columbia Bars.  He was sworn in as a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.  He holds licenses to practice both law and osteopathic medicine in the State of Florida.
 

Charles Fillingane, DO Related Seminars and Products

William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Sam Fillingane, DO is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at William Carey University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Hattiesburg, MS. He is a graduate of Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He is a board-certified Family Practitioner who practiced in Jackson, Mississippi for nearly twenty years before joining the staff of WCUCOM.  Dr. Fillingane has been highly interested and involved in cardiovascular risk reduction for many years. He has taught numerous medical courses around the country related to improving our approach to cardiovascular disease issues.  Dr. Fillingane hosted the nationally televised program - “Straight To The Heart” - that aired on My Family TV Network, The Retro Network, and The Comcast National TV Network with 52 episodes devoted to help patients better understand cardiovascular disease.

Italo Subbarao, DO, MBA Related Seminars and Products

Dean, WCUCOM

WCUCOM

Italo Subbarao, DO, MBA – Dean and Chief Academic Officer, William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg MS

Medical School:  Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medical School
Residency:  Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Board Certification: AOBEM 

BIO: Dr. Italo Subbarao is a leader in domestic and international disaster response and has provided field and technical support during large-scale emergencies like earthquakes in Haiti and Pakistan, shootings in Mumbai, and hurricanes like Katrina – which brought about his first visit to Mississippi in 2005.  Seven years later, having worked as an emergency room physician and disaster fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of Public Health Readiness for the American Medical Association, Dr. Subbarao arrived in Hattiesburg.
Dr. Subbarao joined the WCU College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2012, serving as associate professor of clinical sciences and Associate Dean.  Later, he moved into the role of Senior Associate Dean, and in 2019 became the Dean of WCUCOM.  Dr. Subbarao serves on the board of directors for many state and national organizations, including the Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association. 

Ashley Hood, DO Related Seminars and Products

Elite Wellness for Women

Dr. Hood is currently in a private practice, Elite Wellness for Women, an OB/GYN clinic in Jackson, Mississippi.  He received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences – College of Osteopathic Medicine.  He then completed his internship and residency in OB/GYN at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Dr. Hood remains extremely involved in the osteopathic profession.  He is currently serving as a board member for the American Osteopathic Association. He also served as a student and resident member to the American Osteopathic Association’s Board of Trustees.  He has served on the AOA’s Bureau of Osteopathic Education, and the AOA Council of Osteopathic GME Development.  He has previously served on many AOA bureaus, councils, and committees. 

He is also serving as chair of the American College of Osteopathic OB/GYN Bylaws Committee and served three terms on the ACOOG Board of Trustees. 

He is a past president for the Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association and has been very involved in the MOMA since he was a resident.  He continues to serve as the MOMA delegation chair to the AOA House of Delegates.

He has served on two committees of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. He is clinical preceptor for the William Carey University – College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, MS, where he teaches women’s health topics.  He was awarded the MOMA Preceptor of the Year in 2021-2022.

He also serves on many hospital committees at River Oaks Hospital in Jackson, MS, currently serving as Chief of Staff.

He enjoys life with his wife, Summer, and their 4 children.  He enjoys golf, and water skiing, and traveling with his family. 

Interesting fact:  Dr. Hood, or “Ashley”, was named after Gone with the Wind.  His mother was a big fan of the movie, and her best friend’s name?????   …… You guessed it, Scarlet.  There were actually 5 boys in his high school named Ashley (generational thing)!!

Dr. Thomas Recore, MD Related Seminars and Products

Forensic and Clinical Psychiatrist, MS State Hospital

Mississippi State Hospital

Dr. Roy R. Reeves, DO Related Seminars and Products

Clinical Director at South Mississippi State Hospital in Purvis, Miss, and psychiatrist at Hattiesburg Clinic Psychiatry

South Mississippi State Hospital

Dr. Reeves serves as the clinical director at South Mississippi State Hospital in Purvis, Miss.

Reeves received his medical degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Mo. He completed an internship at Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital in Kirksville, Mo., a residency in psychiatry at University of Oklahoma-Tulsa in Tulsa, Okla., and a residency in neurology at University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, N.M.

He is board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in neurology by the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. His professional memberships include the American Psychiatric Association and the American Osteopathic Association. Reeves has special interests in geriatric psychiatry, dementia and cognitive disorders.

Dr. Joseph Nosser, PharmD Related Seminars and Products

Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice

William Carey University School of Pharmacy

Dr. Joseph Nosser is originally from Vicksburg, Mississippi, and serves as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice with William Carey University School of Pharmacy. He currently practices as a clinical pharmacist with the Forrest General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Clinic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2013. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy in 2019. He also completed a PGY-1 community-based pharmacy residency from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2020. Dr. Nosser is a Board-Certified Medication Therapy Management Specialist (BCMTMS) through the National Board of Medication Therapy Management (NBMTM). He is the founder and chief executive officer of Rx Wellness Clinical Solutions, LLC, an independent pharmacy consulting firm, which helps local independent pharmacies in southeast Mississippi to implement clinical services and to improve patients’ medication adherence. His professional interests include ambulatory care pharmacy, pharmacist-led clinical services, and precepting future generations of student pharmacists in Mississippi. He attributes his passion for teaching to his three aunts, who are retired teachers with a collective experience of over 100 years in private and public-school education in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Dr. Nosser is an avid supporter of Southern Miss athletics, loves to cook, travel around the United States, and enjoys spending quality time with his family and friends.

Dr. Julius A. Kato, DO Related Seminars and Products

Specializing in Cardiology

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle / Columbus Cardiovascular Care

Dr. Richard Charles Calderone, DO Related Seminars and Products

Family Medicine Residency Clinic

Forrest General Hospital/ Family Medicine Residency Clinic

Originally from Slidell, LA, Richard C. Calderone, DO, MPH performed his undergraduate studies at Southeastern Louisiana University.  He earned a Master of Biomedical Sciences degree from William Carey University, as well as a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Southern Mississippi.  He is a graduate of the inaugural class of William Carey University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he was a National Health Service Corps Scholar.  Dr. Calderone completed his residency training in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at The University of Mississippi Medical Center and received additional certifications in Hypertension and HIV Medicine. He is currently a fellow in the Population Health Training in Place Program, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Preventive Medicine” program.  Dr. Calderone is the secretary of the board of directors for the Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association and for the South Mississippi Medical Society.  He serves as a full-time faculty member for the Forrest General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, where he is also the medical director of the FGH Preoperative Clinic.

Wayne Latack, MD Related Seminars and Products

Internal Medicine Program Director

511572 - Memorial Hospital at Gulfport Tradition, Gulfport, MS

Born in Michigan, Dr. Latack entered in the United States Air Force in 1995 where he served for 27 years. He received his MD from the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in nephrology and is a Fellow in the America College of Physicians and American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Latack moved to Mississippi in 2007 and served as Associate Program Director and Program Director for the Internal Medicine residency at Keesler Medical Center for 15 years. He is currently the Internal Medicien Program Director at Memorial Hospital of Gulfport. 

Dr. Ryan Anderson, DO Related Seminars and Products

Director of Clinical Ultrasound

WCUCOM/Keesler Air Force Base

Dr. (Maj) Ryan Anderson, DO is an emergency medicine physician in Biloxi, MS. He is a Major in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Keesler Air Force Base where he serves as flight commander and lead physician of the emergency department.  He also works part time at Singing River Gulfport and Highland Community Hospital to help serve the local community. He was recently named Director of Ultrasound at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine and has developed a revolutionary ultrasound credentialing platform for all graduating medical students.  He is also Founder and CEO of Conquering The Boards which offers personalized study schedules for medical students to help them successfully navigate studying for their licensing exams while still balancing their core curriculum.  He is a local resident of Biloxi, MS, is happily married to his wife, Alli, who is an ER nurse, and has three children - Arya (4), Adam (2), and Ella (1 month). 

Cindy Brown, BS Related Seminars and Products

Outreach Coordinator, Beneficiary Relations, Office of the Governor, Division of Medicaid

MS Division of Medicaid

Undergraduate School:  B.S. Business Management, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

BIO: Cindy Brown is native of Jackson, MS. Cindy has worked in the Healthcare field for over 24 years and 20 of those years were associated with The MS Division of Medicaid. She has been the VP of Membership of Toastmasters “Guess Who’s Talking Now” Club Number 3284 for the past 2 years. She has served as the Financial Advisor for The Jackson Rattlers AAU Basketball Team. She is a Youth Leader, Sunday school teacher and a member of the Leadership Board at Grace Inspiration Church; as well as an original Mississippi Mass Choir Member. Cindy has been married for 23 years to Percy Brown III and they have two sons; Percy Brown IV (20) and Peyton Omar Brown (19). Cindy received an Associate’s Degree from Hinds Jr. College and her Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Management from Jackson State University.

Kirk Kinard, DO Related Seminars and Products

Willow Pain and Wellness, LLC.

The Pascagoula, MS native began his medical career after a brief stint in the minor leagues with the Arizona Diamondbacks professional baseball organization upon graduating from Millsaps College in 1996. Dr. Kinard received his medical degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003. He completed his Anesthesia residency and Pain Medicine fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Kinard maintains dual Board Certifications in both specialties.

He has served on the Board of Directors for the Southern Pain Society and is an active member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Southern Pain Society and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Dr. Kinard is a regionally known speaker and serves on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure.

The practice at Willow utilizes a comprehensive, multimodal approach to the management of a multitude of chronic painful conditions, including procedural, medical, psychotherapeutic, and rehabilitative efforts. Dr. Kinard has a special interest in and will focus his general approach toward, achieving his treatment goals (pain relief, improved physical function, enhanced quality of life) while minimizing the role of medications which can result in chemical dependency and addiction.

Robert D. Walley, DO Related Seminars and Products

Hattiesburg Clinic Critical Care Medicine

Robert D. Walley, DO, is a physician with Hattiesburg Clinic Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Walley received his medical degree from William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Miss. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine – Largo Medical Center in Largo, Fla. In 2017, Walley was selected as the Largo Medical Center Resident of the Year.

Walley is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Osteopathic Internists, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Physicians.

At Critical Care Medicine, Walley provides care to seriously or critically ill patients, who have or are recovering from life-threatening conditions.

Whitney Herring, MD, MPH Related Seminars and Products

Pediatric Urgent Care

Dr. Whitney Herring serves as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Metabolic Clinic at MCAM. Dr. Herring received her Bachelor of Science degree in General Sciences and Pre-Med from Mississippi State University, her Masters of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology from the University of South Florida and her Medical Degree (M.D.) from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Prior to joining MCAM, Dr. Herring has been leading a pediatric obesity program for the last two and a half years and practiced general pediatrics for three years prior to that. Dr. Herring is board certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics and board certified in obesity medicine by the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dr. Herring will be working alongside a pediatric dietitian to help build the program at MCAM through a multi-disciplinary approach. She is passionate about providing the best possible care that will result in making a lasting impact on children and their families. Dr. Herring is a mom to three young children and enjoys exercising, eating good food, traveling, shopping and gardening.

Eva Shay, DO Related Seminars and Products

Dr Shay's interest in medicine began as a young missionary child in Congo, Africa where she was exposed to the culture of traditional healing.  By the age of ten the interest in health care was growing.  She would help missionaries by giving shoulder massages where she loved using her hands.  She later decided to be a physician rather then a nurse as she "wanted to be in charge."  Dr. Shay learned in college that her desire to help people with her hands could be combined with mainline medicine in the field of Osteopathy, so she became a fully licensed Osteopathic physician.  It was the exposure to traditional therapies in Africa that drew her to holistic health.

A US Navy scholarship to Osteopathic Medical School led her to be come a Navy Medical Officer.  Between Internship and Residency, Dr. Shay was selected to work as a General Medical Officer at the Naval Hospital Corpus Christi, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.  There she worked in the General Medicine Clinic and completed her tour of duty as the Department Head of the Active Duty Clinic.  During and after Residency she worked in two very busy Emergency Departments on the Southern Coast of Texas.  After practicing full family medicine for many years, Dr. Shay chose to specialize in the area of medicine where she felt that she could have the most impact on the most lives and the area which she loves the most: Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM).

Dr. Shay utilizes a wide variety of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) styles, including Cranial Osteopathy, Biodynamics, Muscle Energy, Fulford Percussor Hammer Techniques, Counterstrain, Myofascial Release, Visceral Manipulation, HVLA, Prolotherapy and more.  She enjoys working with individuals of all ages, from birth to elderly.

In July 2001 Dr. Shay opened Well Spring Health Center with the dream of it one day becoming a full wellness center. In May of 2008 we moved to a new office space and were joined by Chris Mayer, LAc, expanding our services to include Acupuncture. Massage Therapy was added in the Fall of 2009.
 

Paula Warren, MD Related Seminars and Products

The Headache Specialists

Paula Province Warren, MD is a neurologist and the founder of The Headache Specialists. She is board certified in neurology through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and she is licensed through the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure and the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners and Medical Licensure Commission. She has more than 10 years of experience treating migraine and other headache disorders. 

Dr. Warren’s areas of interest include headaches, epilepsy, and neuro-oncology. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Headache Society, and Society for Neuro-Oncology.

Dr. Warren received her medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in Birmingham, Alabama. She completed her residence in neurology at UAB, where she also completed a neuro-oncology fellowship. 

Dr. Warren lives on the MS Gulf Coast with her husband and 2 children.  Outside of work she enjoys reading, exercise, traveling, and spending time with her family. 

Dr. Janet L. Ricks, D.O. Related Seminars and Products

Family Medicine Residency Program Director, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center

The University of Mississippi Medical Center / Lakeland Medical