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
James P. “Pat” Chaney, MD
Will become Vice Chair of the Board effective July 1, 2023
Location: Amory
Service
10/13/2021 - 6/30/2027
John Davis IV, MD
Location: Flowood
Service
4/14/2021 - 6/30/2023
Beth Edmiston, PT
Location: Ocean Springs
Service
7/14/2021 - 6/30/2023
Lee Ann Griffin, Pharm.D.
Location: Jackson
Service
10/13/2021 - 6/30/2027
J. Edward Hill, MD, FAAFP (Vice-Chairman)
Location: Tupelo
Service
7/1/2021 – 6/30/2027
7/1/2015 - 6/30/2021
7/1/2009 - 6/30/2015
7/1/2007 - 6/30/2009
7/17/2006 - 3/30/2007
- President, American Medical Association, 2005-2006
- Chairman of the Board, World Medical Association, 2006-2010
Lucius M. Lampton, MD, FAAFP
Will become Chair of the Board effective July 1, 2023
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
- Past President, Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians
- Past President, South Central Mississippi Medical Society
- 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
Wheeler Timothy "Tim" Timbs, III
Location: Sunflower
Service
7/1/2017 - 6/30/2023
7/16/2014 - 6/30/2017
- Chairman, Board of Trustees South Sunflower County Hospital
- Member, Board of Governors Mississippi Economic Council
- Delta Region Research-in-Action Award, 2016
MS Governor's Conference on Tourism
Thad Waites, MD, MACC (Chairman)
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.
