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BILOXI, Ms. (December 14th, 2021) – A nurse at Merit Health Biloxi is being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ®. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The DAISY Award recipient is: Christopher Malloy, RN. Christopher went out of his way to assure the family member of a patient their loved one was in the best care. Without the patient or family asking, Christopher too... ... Read More

By Alfred E. McNair Jr., M.D. When we think of cancer prevention, we typically think of those we hear the most about, such as breast cancer or lung cancer. However, excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States, per the ACS. The good news is that if colon cancer is detected before it spreads, the five-year survival rate is about 91 percent, according to the ACS. If it’s not caught before the cancer spreads to other organs, ... ... Read More

BILOXI, Miss. – The Merit Health Biloxi board of trustees has named Landon Hise as the hospital’s new chief executive officer effective January 1, 2022. Hise comes to the hospital from AllianceHealth Woodward, an 87-bed hospital in Oklahoma where he has served as CEO since 2018. Successes during his tenure at Woodward include the addition of tele-neurology and tele-pulmonology, renovation and expansion of an outpatient rehab center, development of a QuickMed set to open next spring, and recruitment of p... ... Read More

Our new e-newsletter, Live Healthy, promoting health and wellness Merit Health Biloxi is on a mission to help the people of our community be well and live healthier. One of the best ways to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle is to be informed. To help, we are launching Live Healthy, a monthly e-newsletter designed to promote healthy living. Each issue will include a variety of health and wellness topics including: Tips to help you live healthier Keys to preventing and detecting serious health issu... ... Read More

BILOXI, MS – With homeschooling and hybrid learning disrupting classroom learning for the past 18 months, it’s easy to forget what preparing for a “normal” school year might look like. In addition to buying new clothes and stocking your child’s backpack with the right supplies, an annual physical and the proper immunizations will start your child’s new school year on a healthy foundation. Children should receive an annual checkup with their physician even if they are healthy. At a checkup, your child wi... ... Read More

BILOXI, MS, July 19, 2021 – With homeschooling and hybrid learning disrupting classroom learning for the past 18 months, it’s easy to forget what preparing for a “normal” school year might look like. In addition to buying new clothes and stocking your child’s backpack with the right supplies, an annual physical and the proper immunizations will start your child’s new school year on a healthy foundation. Children should receive an annual checkup with their physician even if they are healthy. At a checkup... ... Read More

Biloxi, MS— June 21, 2021 When we think of cancer prevention, we typically think of those we hear the most about, such as breast cancer or lung cancer. One of the most common cancers is actually colon cancer: cancer of the large intestine and lower part of the digestive system. It is the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. – and early detection dramatically increases the survival rate. More than 145,000 new cases of colon cancer have been diagnosed in the U... ... Read More

Merit Health Biloxi now offers endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), a unique service for our community. Endoscopic ultrasound is a minimally invasive procedure that uses diagnostic ultrasound to produce detailed images of tissues and allows the doctor to reach organs that were difficult to access before such as the pancreas and the outside of the esophagus and stomach. These are highly specialized procedures so being able to provide our patients with the most comfortable experience and the most accurate possibl... ... Read More

The annual awards program for Merit Health Biloxi employees was held on May 12, 2021 at the Biloxi Yacht Club. Numerous employees were honored for their years of service from 5 years to 49 years. In addition, annual awards for 2019 and 2020 were announced for the following recipients: Employee of the Year for 2019 - Ashley LaCasse Employee of the Year for 2020 - Penny Foutz Clinical Manager of the Year for 2019 - Bill Lawson Clinical Manager of the Year for 2020 - Natalie Bourque Non-Clinical Manager of... ... Read More

Study finds average weight gains of 1.5 pounds a month during pandemic Biloxi, MS – As the days get longer and more of our community is opening up, we encourage you to reverse the extra pounds they may have added over the past year of the pandemic. A recent study by the University of California, San Francisco confirmed what many of our scales and wardrobes have already shown us – lower activity levels and increased snacking and overeating have added up, and not for the better. The study found significan... ... Read More