Chair

Scott P. Stringer, M.D., M.S.
Professor and Department Chair

 

Contact Information:
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
Office Phone (601) 984-5167
Fax (601) 815-3101
sstringer@umc.edu

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Medical School:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
MD, 1982

Residency:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
General Surgery, 1984 Otolaryngology, 1987

Graduate School:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI MS, Administrative Medicine, 1998

Clinical Interests:
Dr. Stringer is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He specializes in rhinology and head and neck oncology.

Research Interests:
The focus of Dr. Stringer's research is economic analysis of medical and surgical therapies.

Professional Activities:
Dr. Stringer is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences.  He is also the Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.  In this role he serves as the President of University of Mississippi Health Care which encompasses University Hospitals and Health System, and University Physicians, the clinical provider practice plan at UMMC. He was formerly Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He completed medical school and his otolaryngology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas. Dr. Stringer received a Master of Science in Administrative Medicine from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998. He has been selected as the departmental faculty teacher of the year ten times in his career, was a finalist for the ACGME Parker J. Palmer "Courage to Teach" Award in 2005, and was named the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Faculty Teacher of the Year for the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2006. He is a recipient of the Honor Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and is listed in The Best Doctors in America, America's Top Doctors, and America's Top Doctors for Cancer publications. His clinical interests are in the fields of health care economics and rhinology. Dr. Stringer has given over 125 presentations, and he is the author of over 165 scientific articles and book chapters and 50 published reviews. His current field of research is economic analysis of medical and surgical therapies.