Merit Health Central in Jackson, Miss., welcomed neurosurgeon Menarvia Nixon Gaddis, MD, the Mississippi Business Journal reports.
Here are four insights:
1. Dr. Nixon Gaddis specializes in trauma, tumors, brain and spine infections, developmental and degenerative spine diseases and nervous system disorders.
2. After earning her medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., Dr. Nixon Gaddis completed her residency at Louisiana State University's Health Science Center in Shreveport.
3. Dr. Nixon Gaddis is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Women in Neurosurgery and Association of Women Surgeons.
4. In addition, Dr. Nixon Gaddis serves as a peer educator for HIV/AIDS and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.