Mississippi State Board of Health

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Elayne H. Anthony, PhD

Location: Madison

Service

7/1/2019 - 6/30/2025
7/1/2013 - 6/30/2019
7/1/2007 - 6/30/2013

Frederick Barnett Carlton, Jr., MD

Location: Oxford

Service

7/13/2023 – 6/30/2027

James P. “Pat” Chaney, MD (Vice-Chairman)

Location: Amory

Service

10/13/2021 - 6/30/2027

John Davis IV, MD

Location: Flowood

Service

4/14/2021 - 6/30/2023
7/1/2023 – 6/30/2029

Beth Edmiston, PT

Location: Ocean Springs

Service

7/14/2021 - 6/30/2023
7/1/2023 – 6/30/2029

Gene Benny Hubbard, Jr.

Location: Magee

Service

7/1/2023 – 6/30/2029

Lee Ann Griffin, Pharm.D.

Location: Jackson

Service

10/13/2021 - 6/30/2027

Lucius M. Lampton, MD, FAAFP (Chairman)

Location: Magnolia

Service

7/1/2019 - 6/30/2025
7/1/2013 - 6/30/2019
7/1/2007 - 6/30/2013
7/1/2006 - 3/30/2007

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine
  • William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Editor, Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association
  • Designated Institutional Official, Southwest Health Family Medicine Residency Program, McComb
  • Past President, Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians
  • Past President, South Central Mississippi Medical Society
  • Past President, Foundation of Mississippi History

Robert "Bobby" J. Moody

Location: Louisville

Service

7/1/2019 - 6/30/2025
3/4/2014 - 6/30/2019

Jim Perry

Location: Jackson

Service

7/1/2019 - 6/30/2025

Thad Waites, MD, MACC

Location: Hattiesburg

Service

7/1/2021 - 6/30/2027
7/1/2015 - 6/30/2021
5/25/2010 - 6/30/2015

  • Member, Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology
  • Chair, American College of Cardiology Board of Governors, 2011

About the Board of Health

  • The Mississippi State Department of Health is governed by an 11-member Board appointed for staggered terms by the Governor.
  • The Board meets on the second Wednesday of January, April, July and October.
  • The Board provides policy direction for the Agency.
  • The Board appoints a State Health Officer to operate the Agency.
  • The Board approves the State Health Plan.
  • The Board approves all Rules and Regulations of the Agency.
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Mississippi State Department of Health 570 East Woodrow Wilson Dr Jackson, MS 39216 866‑HLTHY4U Contact and information

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