Internal Medicine Residency Program
Internal Medicine Residency Program
Our program’s Mission is to develop physicians with the competencies and skillset required to become future healthcare leaders by exhibiting excellence in academics and high-quality patient-centered care.
Our Vision is to recruit and produce the best community-trained internal medicine physicians while improving our region’s healthcare through education, collaboration, and commitment to the patients we serve.
Please check out our website below and our social media page and see what our residents are up to – in and out of the hospital.
If you’re looking to train in a supportive, challenging, clinically excellent environment, MRHC is the place for you!
John Peyton Preece, D.O. FACOI, FACP
Internal Medicine Program Director
*Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
MRHC’s Internal Medicine Residency program accepts applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
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Associate Professors of Internal Medicine/Core Faculty
J. Peyton Preece, D.O., FACOI
Program Director Internal Medicine Residency
Director of Student Medical Education
Janet Buccola, M.D.
Associate Program Director Internal Medicine Residency
Director of Scholarly Activity
Ben Long, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine/Core Faculty
Director of Quality and Safety
Magnolia Hospitalist Group Director
Chris Tucker, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine/Core Faculty
Director of Simulation
Sidney Pace, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Valerie Norton, D.O.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine/Core Faculty
Director of Ambulatory Medicine
Training Program Highlights
- Journal Club
- MKSAP Board Review
- Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds
- Morbidity and Mortality
- Case Presentation
- Community Volunteer Opportunities
- Formal Resident Presentations
- Research Opportunities
- Ambulatory clinic experiences weekly
- Month at a Glance
Salary & Benefits
- Competitive annual salary
- Health & Life Insurance
- 21 PTO Days annually PGY 1-3
- Educational Days PGY1=4, PGY 2=6, PGY3=6
- Long Term Disability
- White Coat Annually
- Complimentary Meals
- MKSAP Board Review
- ACP Membership
Additional Benefits Information MPS Benefit Summary Sheet
Application Process
Active in ERAS and NRMP; AAMC ID 1402700210
Research and Scholarly Activity
We are pleased to report that several of our internal medicine residents have presented at regional and national conferences nationwide. Although most have been done virtually this past AY, please see some of our previous presentations.
Residents are allotted a scholarly activity stipend that may be utilized toward such conferences each PGY year.
- Scholarly activity funds are utilized to help residents pay for attending educational conferences to present posters and/or case abstracts, the cost of posters, and other materials needed.
Chief Resident Tara George presents at AAIM 2022
2024 ACC Conference
Dr. Anan Rmilah presented at the conference in Atlanta, GA
Dr. Aaron Brooks presents at the 2019 American Thoracic Society National Conference
Dr. Heather Lusby, IM Residency alumna, presented a research poster at the Johns Hopkins HPVAA Conference
Dr. Jared Mullins presents at the Alabama/Mississippi ACP Scientific Meeting
Carlos Pfeiffer presenting Challenges and Implications of Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a Patient with Pre-Existing Neurological Deficits poster at Alabama-Mississippi Chapters ACP Scientific Meeting June 2023 in Meridian, MS.
Dr. Sahar Jahan presents at the Alabama/Mississippi ACP Scientific Meeting
Dr. Aaron Brooks, Dr. Dantwan Smith, Dr. Taylor Smith, and Dr. Jared Mullins presented research posters and participated in the oral presentation category (and won 1st and 2nd place) at the Southern Medical Association Meeting in 2019.
Madilyn Slater presenting EVALI or COVID-19? A Diagnosis of Exclusion poster at Alabama-Mississippi Chapters ACP Scientific Meeting June 2023 in Meridian, MS.
WELCOME 2025 Incoming Class of Internal Medicine Residents
Click here to Meet our Internal Medicine Residents 2024-2025!
Contact Us at the Office of Graduate Medical Education
Jamie Hajek, C-TAGME
Internal Medicine Residency Coordinator
Division of Internal Medicine
Magnolia Regional Health Center
611 Alcorn Drive
Corinth, Ms. 38834
Office (662) 293-1143
Fax (662) 293-4347
Email: jhajek@mrhc.org
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