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The 12 founding resident physicians of the first medical residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi completed their training in June 2024 and are moving on to the next steps in their medical careers. 

A celebration was held on June 8, 2024, at The Inn at Ole Miss, where faculty, support staff, families, and loved ones gathered to mark the milestone. The evening’s agenda included remarks from Baptist North Mississippi CEO and Administrator Brian Welton, Baptist Memorial Medical Education Designated Institutional Official Dr. Anne Sullivan, Founding Program Director Dr. Seger Morris, and Program Director Dr. Estefania Lara Garcia. 

Founding members of the program also received special recognition, including those who played key roles in the application process for initial accreditation from The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. 

The ceremony provided a festive send-off for the pioneering graduates to enter independent practice or further their training. Details of their new locations and roles are included below: 

• Alexander Crossett, MD

  Hospitalist, CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga
  Chattanooga, TN 
  
  

• Mahmoud Elshawwaf, MD
  

  Hospitalist, Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi
  Oxford, MS 
  
  

• Michael Ghaly, MD
  

  Hospitalist, AdventHealth
  Davenport, FL 
  
  

• Johnny Green, DO
  

  Primary Care Physician / Graduate Medical Education Faculty Member, Baptist Medical Group – Oxford Internal Medicine
  Oxford, MS
  
  

• Garrett Hadley, DO
  

  Hospitalist, Conway Regional Medical Center
  Conway, Arkansas 
  
  

• Simra Kiran, MD
  

  Pulmonology and Critical Care Fellowship, University of Louisville
  Louisville, KY 
  
  

• Joseph Kordsmeier, DO
  

  Primary Care Physician, Charleston Clinic
  Charleston, MS 
  
  

• Shravanti Muthu, MD, MPH
  

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine / Hospitalist, Lewis Katz School of Medicine / Temple University Health System
  Philadelphia, PA 
  
  

• Juvarez Ogbuneke, MD, MBA
  

  Hospitalist, CaroMont Internal Medicine
  Gastonia, NC 
  
  

• Swetha Priyadarshan, MD
  

  Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Virginia
  Charlottesville, VA 
  
  

• Sajan Sarker, DO
  

  Hospitalist, Broward Health Coral Springs 
  Coral Springs, FL
  

• Swarna Sarker, DO
  

  Hospitalist, Broward Health North
  Deerfield Beach, FL 

Prior to graduation, four of the 12 trainees obtained board certification in Internal Medicine through the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine this Spring. Several of them also completed the American Board of Internal Medicine board certification exam, along with the remainder of the graduating class, in August 2024. 

SEE: Graduation Celebration Photos
Photo credit: Joe Worthem

WATCH: Graduation Celebration Video