SARDIS LAKE, Miss.—When Jackson resident Josh Sharpe looked out over the water at Sardis Lake and prepared to race in the Dragonfly Triathlon, he faced a greater challenge than the other few hundred competitors.
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JACKSON, Miss.—What a difference three days can make in a young man’s life.
When 15 year-old Charlie Rogers left his Nashville home and climbed into a van bound for Jackson, Miss., he had high hopes for a new life. For ten years Charlie has made it without the use of arms or legs.
In the span of three days, that changed as Orthotic & Prosthetic technicians at Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s east campus worked around the clock to design, construct and fit artificial arms and legs for Charlie.
FLORENCE, Miss.—Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s newest employee, Sammy Safety, heads back to school Thursday, August 23, from 7 to 8 a.m. to encourage students at McLaurin Elementary School in Florence to always think first about safety.
Sammy and his Methodist Rehab co-workers will team up with the Rankin County Safe Communities, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and the Central Mississippi Trauma Region to promote the Sammy Safety Seatbelt Patrol which reminds both children and adults to wear their seatbelts at all times when in motor vehicles.
MADISON, Miss.--Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s newest employee, Sammy Safety, heads back to school Monday, August 20, from 7 to 8 a.m. to encourage students at Madison Avenue Elementary School to always think first about safety.
Sammy and his Methodist Rehab co-workers will team up with the Madison Police and Fire Departments to promote the Sammy Safety Seatbelt Patrol which reminds both children and adults to wear their seatbelts at all times when in motor vehicles.
JACKSON, Miss.—Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Dr. Terry Horn makes a final turn of his socket wrench to secure a $15,000 force-measuring platform into place. For him, the maintenance of the sensitive instruments in his laboratory is a labor of love.
Dr. Horn, the director of Methodist Rehabilitation Center’s Motion Analysis and Human Performance Laboratory, has in three years transformed the forgotten storage space on the hospital’s second floor into a state-of-the-art research lab—the only facility of its kind in Mississippi and one of only a few in the United States.
JACKSON, Miss.—Returning to classes can be an exciting, but dangerous time of year, warns a Methodist Rehabilitation Center physician.
“Children are at increased risk of vehicle-related injuries at the beginning of the school year because there are so many more children on the road each morning and afternoon and because people often change their driving patterns,” said Methodist Rehab medical director Dr. Rahul Vohra. “It’s also a time when many teenage drivers are heading to school behind the wheel for the first time.”
JACKSON, Miss.—In the midst of an ongoing nursing shortage, it’s no secret that a career in nursing is a long and hard road. Any nurse can tell you that. But what’s not so commonly known is how rewarding it can be—both emotionally and financially.
JACKSON, Miss.—Sandra Walker, director of volunteer services at Methodist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson, has been named the Mississippi representative to the board of directors of the Southeastern Directors of Volunteer Service in Hospital Organizations (SDVSHO).
SDVSHO selects one person from each southeastern state to be on its board of directors each year.
JACKSON, Miss.—Dr. Mark Sherer, a neuropsychologist and director of the neuropsychology department at Methodist Rehabilitation Center, has been named a fellow by the National Academy of Neuropsychology.
Dr. Sherer, a board-certified neuropsychologist and clinical associate professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, conducts research and assists with the development of inpatient and outpatient brain injury programs at Methodist Rehab.
JACKSON, Miss.—Brad McFadden, 23, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a diving accident in 1993, will speak to 15 fourth and fifth graders on Friday, July 20, at 10:30 a.m. at the conference center at Methodist Rehabilitation Center. McFadden, who is a quadriplegic and a University of Arizona sophomore, will talk about diving safety and the many sports, including quad rugby and tennis, he plays.