Pharmacy Residency Administration & Preceptors

System Director of Pharmacy
Dr. Pitts earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and was named Fellow of ASHP in 2014. He is highly involved in both state and national pharmacy organizations. Dr. Pitts has extensive experience in implementing and improving clinical service collaborative practice agreements, managing perfo...

Assistant Director of Pharmacy—Clinical Services Residency Program Director
Dr. Griffin earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2017. Upon graduation, she completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at NMMC in 2018. After residency, Dr. Griffin joined the NMMC team as an advanced practice pharmacist, and she now s...

Assistant Director of Pharmacy—Operations
Dr. Kelly earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Mississippi State University in 2014. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2018 from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. He joined NMMC after graduation as a PRN pharmacist, working in both inpatient and outpatient/clinic set...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist

Residency Coordinator

Dr. Clark earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2015. Upon graduation, she completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at NMMC in 2016. After residency, she joined the NMMC team as an Advanced Practice Pharmacist. She has experience as a pharmacist for the cardiolo...

Dr. Burrow earned her Doctor of Pharmacy (2019) and Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2014) degrees from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. She joined NMMC as a PRN technician in 2018 and transitioned to a full-time staff pharmacist in a central-based role after graduation. She now currently practices as the sterile compounding manager and...

Dr. Byrum earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2025. Upon graduation, he completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at NMMC in 2026. After residency, he joined the NMMC team as an advanced practice pharmacist and now practices on a 50-bed general medicine unit. Dr. Byrum is a residency preceptor for the required adult...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Cox earned a bachelor of pharmaceutical science degree at the University of Mississippi in 2008, and Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2010. She then completed her PGY-1 residency at NMMC in 2011. Dr. Cox's professional experience has been in orthopedic surgery (trauma and Joint Replacement Center), neurosurgery and pediatrics. Currently, sh...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Eschete earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2002 and Master of Business Administration from Mississippi College in 2021. After completing an ASHP accredited pharmacy residency at North Mississippi Medical Center in 2003, she accepted a clinical pharmacy specialist position at NMMC with emph...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Fitts is a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, where he earned both his Doctor of Pharmacy (2021) and Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2018) degrees. Dr. Fitts completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at North Mississippi Medical Center and a PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency at Vanderbilt Universit...

Ambulatory Care Pharmacist Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Gannon earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi in 2023, after which she completed a PGY-1 residency at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center.  Following residency completion, she practiced as a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner at the Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center, pr...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Goff received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi in 2017. Upon graduating, she completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at NMMC in 2018. She then joined the team at NMMC as an Advanced Practice Pharmacist. She has worked with the cardiology and CV surgery units along with surgical services and centrali...

Ambulatory Care Pharmacist – Internal Medicine Residency Center 
Dr. Holley earned her bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences in 2019 and Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2022 from the University of Mississippi. After graduation, she completed a PGY-1 residency at NMMC (2023). After residency, she joined the NMMC team as a PRN pharmacist and further transitioned to b...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Kennedy earned her bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical science in 2013 and Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2016, both from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY-1 residency following the completion of graduation in 2017 at NMMC. She currently practices as the clinical pharmacist on an internal medicine floor...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Magana received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2021. Upon graduation, he completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at North Mississippi Medical Center in 2022.  Following completion of his residency training, he worked as a PRN pharmacist for a brief time. He then accepted an ove...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. McCay earned her bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences in 2016 and Doctor of Pharmacy in 2019 from the University of Mississippi. She completed a PGY-1 residency at Huntsville Hospital in Alabama. After completing residency, she joined the NMMC team and now serves on one of the general medicine units. She has experience all over...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. McCrory earned her bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical science (1999) and Doctor of Pharmacy (2001) from the University of Mississippi. She completed a Master of Business Administration in 2020 from Blue Mountain College. She completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency in 2004 and a year of intensive training in internal medicine with...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Parker earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2016. She manages the behavioral health unit's pharmacy and is an advanced practice pharmacist for a pulmonary step-down unit. After completing her doctorate of pharmacy degree, she joined the NMMC team as a PRN pharmacist for three years...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Rayborn earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2022. After graduation, he completed his PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at North Mississippi Medical Center in 2023. Following residency, Dr. Rayborn began working at NMMC as a PRN pharmacist until he transitioned to a central-based role in 2...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Reeves earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2014. He then went on to complete his PGY1 Pharmacy Practice residency at NMMC in 2016. Reeves is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and is an active participant in the Cardiology Section. His current interests include cardiolo...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Dr. Richardson earned her bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Mississippi. After teaching high school for a year at New Albany High School, she attended the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2011. After graduation, Richardson went on to complete a PGY1 residency at NMMC...

Advanced Practice Pharmacist, IRB Manager
Dr. Smith earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Mississippi State University, and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. He completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and a post-doctoral fellowship in...

Clinical Operations Manager, Specialty Pharmacy
Dr. Summers earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, graduating cum laude, from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and completed graduate work at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences with a 4.0 GPA. She has been named Pharmacist of the Year two times during her career by the Mississippi Society of He...

Pharmacy Services Manager
Dr. Taylor earned his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy in 1991 and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2000, both from the University of Mississippi. He began his career with NMMC after graduation in 1991. He has clinical hospital experience managing cardiology, geriatric, neonatal and nephrology patients. Since 2001 he has served as a faculty membe...