Emergency Medicine Residency
Thank you for your interest in our Emergency Medicine Program. Our inaugural class began in July 2020.
Our Mission: To provide compassionate, efficient, and high-quality health care to all whom we serve and train emergency medicine residents in an inter-professional supportive and collegial atmosphere. This will be done in the setting of a rural hospital with the purpose of enhancing emergency care to the underserved rural population and preparing physicians to practice in a resource-limited environment.
This 3-year residency program is dedicated to training highly skilled, compassionate, and well-rounded physicians competent to care for all patients in emergent, urgent, and ambulatory settings, especially in a community environment. The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at MRHC will have an emphasis on problems encountered in community hospitals and rural areas. Corinth is an ideal setting for this type of program, as the vast majority of emergency medicine residencies are in urban or suburban communities. Recently, greater attention has been focused on health care in smaller and more rural communities due to fewer resources and physicians in these areas.
If this sounds like what you have been looking for, we look forward to hearing from you.
Steven T. Haywood, MD, RRT, FACEP
Emergency Medicine Chair and Program Director, Simulation Director
In This Section
Program Overview
Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
MRHC’s Emergency Medicine Residency program accepts applications through the ResidencyCAS.
Training Program Highlights
- Journal Club
- Resident Lectures
- Grand Rounds
- Case Presentation
- Research Opportunities
- Morbidity and Mortality
- Hippo EM Q Bank
Salary and Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health & Life Insurance
- PTO Days – 21 PTO Days for PGY1/2/3
- Educational Days PGY 1=4 PGY2=6 PGY 3=6
- Long Term Disability
- Complimentary meals while on duty
- Board Review
- Library Resources
- Scholarly activity/research $ annually
- ACEP/EMRA Membership
- Benefits Page MPS Benefit Summary Sheet
MRHC GME strives to maintain a healthy and supportive working environment for our trainees. Although we encourage an open-door policy across all areas, there may be a need for sensitive discussions regarding mental health. In these cases, the trainee is encouraged to contact the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or local Mobile Crisis Region IV Mental Health Services at 1-888-287-4443.
Emergency Medicine Residency Application Process
Applications for student clerkship and audition rotations are welcome. Audition rotations are offered to allopathic and osteopathic students. Please contact our Clerkship Coordinator, Wendy Hurley (whurley@mrhc.org), with questions regarding required rotational information. Click here for the rotation application student_rotation_application.
Magnolia Regional Health Center Emergency Medicine Residency participates and accepts applications through ResidencyCAS. Eighteen (18) positions are offered at Magnolia Regional Health Center (6 per year).
- Our program abides by all ResidencyCAS criteria and deadlines.
- All applicants must have passed USMLE and/or COMLEX STEP 1 prior to submitting an application.
- Applications may be reviewed without USMLE and/or COMLEX STEP 2 scores, but an applicant will not be placed on the rank list without passing scores on STEP 2.
- If the applicant has completed one or more years of previous residency training, he or she must provide a passing STEP 3 score prior to the interview.
- International students must have a valid ECFMG certificate prior to starting residency. All international students who have graduated prior to the application deadline must have a valid ECFMG certificate to be considered.
- If 4 or more years have passed since previous residency training or medical school graduation, a separate letter must be submitted to the program director with an explanation. Applications will only be reviewed upon receipt of this letter.
- If the applicant has previous residency training, he or she must have a letter of recommendation and summative competency-based evaluation completed by the previous residency program director(s).
- Our facility does not currently sponsor J-1 or H1B visas.
- Our program abides by all MRHC GME selection requirements. Click here for more information about our facility.
Meet our Faculty
Steven T. Haywood, MD, RRT, FACEP
Emergency Medicine Chair and Program Director, Simulation Director
Dr. Haywood graduated from Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee, with a B.S. in Biology. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN, and completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Erlanger Medical Center.
Dr. Steven T. Haywood is the Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at Magnolia Regional Medical Center. Dr. Haywood is the chair elect of the ACEP Rural Section, Vice Chair of the ACEP Communications Committee, and a senior editor on CriticalCareNow.com. Dr. Haywood has a passion for online education providing medical education across social media platforms under the handle @HeySteveMD.
Japheth Baker, DO, FACEP, FAEMS
Associate Program Director
Dr. Japheth (Jay-Feth) Baker received his B.S. in Microbiology and Cell Science from the University of Florida. He worked as a Paramedic before attending Nova Southeastern for medical school. After graduation, Dr. Baker completed a combined Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine residency in Pittsburgh, PA, at Allegheny General Hospital. After completing his residency, he completed a fellowship in Emergency Medical Services, also at Allegheny General Hospital. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine and Emergency Medical Services and has practiced in North Mississippi since 2014. Dr. Japheth Baker is Associate Program Director at Magnolia Regional Health Center and is the EMS medical director for MRHC EMS. He enjoys conservation on his farm, running his sawmill, joyriding in his bobcat toolcat, and spending time with his family.
Lisa Bundy, MD, FACEP
Core Faculty, Emergency Ultrasound Director
Dr. Bundy hails from New Orleans, La, and received her M.D. from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2006. She completed an internship in emergency medicine at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla., and her residency in emergency medicine at UAB Medical Center in 2010. She is board certified in emergency medicine, and is the current president of the Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). She also sits on the ACEP Finance Committee, and has been a national leader since medical school. She is a graduate of the ACEP/CORD Teaching Fellowship and the Ultrasound Leadership Academy. Her interests include cardiac ultrasound, the use of procedural ultrasound in the ED, and ultrasound education. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband David of 29 years, and her four children, whom they adopted from Ukraine in 2014.
Amy Davis, MD, FACEP
Core Faculty, Fast Track Medical Director
Dr. Amy Davis received her B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Mississippi. She practiced retail pharmacy before returning to the University of Tennessee for medical school. After graduation, Dr. Davis completed an emergency medicine residency in Columbia, SC, at Palmetto Health Richland. She is board certified in emergency medicine and has practiced in North Mississippi since 2003. Dr. Amy Davis is a core faculty member at Magnolia Regional Health Center and is the medical director for MRHC Express Care. In 2024, she was awarded the Excellence in Community Emergency Medicine Award by the American College of Emergency Physicians, given to one emergency physician each year nationally. She enjoys cooking, traveling, and spending time with her family.
Alex Hampton, MD, FAAEM
Core Faculty, Emergency Medicine, Clerkship Director
Dr. Alex Hampton graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of North Alabama with a B.S. in General Chemistry. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Nashville, specifically at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital.
Dr. Hampton specializes in patient quality and safety. He is the chair for both the Sepsis and Morbidity and Mortality Conferences, and he advocates for ER initiatives related to throughput, stroke, and trauma care. Additionally, he is actively engaged with the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. In his spare time, Alex enjoys golf, tennis, freshwater fishing, wakeboarding, and various water sports, as well as attending sporting events and participating in fitness training.
Courtney Rich, MB, BCh, BAO, MPH
Core Faculty Emergency Medicine, Research Director
Dr. Rich graduated from Washington State University with her B.S. in Biology and received her medical degree from the University College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland. She then went on to obtain a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC. During her time at the University of North Carolina, Dr. Rich worked as a research intern with NC DETECT. Following this, Dr. Rich spent a year working as a research and policy fellow for the Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Rich completed her emergency medicine residency at Magnolia Regional Health center and is board certified in Emergency Medicine. She now serves as Core Faculty and Research Director for the emergency medicine residency program. She has been a resident of North Mississippi since 2020 and enjoys equestrian sports, running, hiking, traveling, and completing pen and ink art in her spare time.
Contact Us
Andrea Sanders
Emergency Medicine Residency Coordinator
Magnolia Regional Health Center
611 Alcorn Drive
Corinth, MS 38834
Office: (662) 293-7218
Fax: (662) 293-4347
Email: ASanders2@mrhc.org
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