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
Frederick Barnett Carlton, Jr., MD
Location: Oxford
Service
7/13/2023 – 6/30/2027
James P. “Pat” Chaney, MD (Vice-Chairman)
Location: Amory
Service
10/13/2021 - 6/30/2027
John Davis IV, MD
Location: Flowood
Service
7/1/2023 – 6/30/2029
4/14/2021 - 6/30/2023
Beth Edmiston, PT
Location: Ocean Springs
Service
7/1/2023 – 6/30/2029
7/14/2021 - 6/30/2023
Gene Bennett (Benny) Hubbard, Jr.
Location: Magee
Service
7/1/2023 – 6/30/2029
Lee Ann Griffin, Pharm.D.
Location: Jackson
Service
10/13/2021 - 6/30/2027
Lucius M. Lampton, MD, FAAFP (Chairman)
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
- Designated Institutional Official, Southwest Health Family Medicine Residency Program, McComb
- Past President, Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians
- Past President, South Central Mississippi Medical Society
- Past President, Foundation of Mississippi History
Jim Perry
Location: Jackson
Service
7/1/2019 - 6/30/2025
Thad Waites, MD, MACC
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.
