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.

Frederick B. Carlton, Jr., M.D. FACEP

Program Director

Frederick B. Carlton, Jr., M.D., FACEP Emergency Medicine Program Director

Dr. Carlton received his B.S. from the University of Mississippi and his M.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He is a Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine, as well as a past president of the School of Medicine’s Alumni Board. He was part of the founding faculty of the emergency medicine residency program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and has served as its program director. He chairs the EMS Advisory Council for Mississippi and is board certified in emergency medicine and internal medicine. He enjoys time with his family and listening to and playing music, especially roots music.

Japheth Baker, DO, FAAEM, FACEP            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 and internal medicine 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 tool cat, and spending time with his family.

Alex Hampton, MD, 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, Jackson, MS, and completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Tennessee-Nashville, Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital.

In his spare time, Alex enjoys golf, tennis, freshwater fishing, wakeboarding, and water sports, attending sporting events and fitness training.

Amy Davis, MD, 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.  She enjoys cooking, traveling, and spending time with her family.

Lisa Bundy, MD, FACEP, Core Faculty, Emergency Ultrasound Director

Dr. Bundy hails from New Orleans, La., and received her undergraduate and Master’s degrees at the University of Southern Mississippi in Journalism and Mass Communication. After working for 7 years as a news photographer and editor, she returned to school to pursue medicine. She 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.  Her interests include lung and cardiac ultrasound, the use of procedural ultrasound in the emergency department, and ultrasound education. She has been married to David, a former photojournalist from Hattiesburg, since 1996, and they have four children, whom they adopted from Ukraine in 2014.

Steven Haywood, MD, RRT, FACEP, Core Faculty, Simulation Director

Haywood, MD, RRT, FACEP, Core Faculty, Simulation Director

Please welcome Dr. Steven Haywood to our EM Core Faculty.  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.

Before coming to Magnolia, Dr. Haywood served as Assistant Program Director for Emergency Medicine at Akron City Hospital, Akron Ohio. In 2021 was the recipient of the ‘Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award’, from Northeast Ohio Medical College.

In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family.