The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, which opened in 1955, is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi. The 164-acre campus houses the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Health Related Professions, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Population Health, and Graduate Studies in Health Sciences. • Currently has over 10,000 employees and 3,000 students • Hospitals on campus include University Hospital, the Wallace R. Conerly Critical Care Hospital, the Winfred L. Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants, and Batson Children’s Hospital • The Jackson Medical Mall houses the UMMC Cancer Institute, along with the Jackson Heart Study More than 125 medical specialties are represented by the University of Mississippi Health Care’s 450 physicians and five hospitals. As a part of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the state’s only academic medical center, UMHC is dedicated to improving lives through quality healthcare, cutting-edge research and education of tomorrow’s health care leaders. The University of Mississippi Medical Center unites the interrelated activities of education in the health sciences and accepts responsibility for teaching, research, service, and lea...dership in this field. Its programs embrace training for physicians, dentists, nurses, and allied health professionals; graduate medical education, graduate dental education, and graduate study in the health sciences; and the delivery of health care in the teaching hospitals and clinics. The Medical Center offers equal opportunity in all its programs and services regardless of race, creed, sex, color, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status