Board of Directors

Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi’s Board of Directors are represented by some of the most distinguished physicians in Mississippi. They bring many years of expertise in various medical specialties throughout the state. The members of the Board understand the unique concerns of our members and strive to uphold our mission to provide sound and stable insurance products and quality related services to physicians and other healthcare providers practicing in Mississippi.

Eric A. McVey, III, MD

Chairman
Infectious Disease
Jackson

Steven L. Demetropoulos, MD

Vice Chairman
Emergency Medicine
Pascagoula

J. Clay Hays, Jr., MD

Secretary
Cardiology
Jackson

Roger L. Huey, MD

Gastroenterology
Tupelo

Bryan N. Batson, MD

IM/Pediatrics
Hattiesburg

J. Joseph Durfey, MD

Anesthesiology
Jackson

Jeff Moses, MD

Emergency Medicine
Greenwood

Lisa Gibson-McKee, MD

Ob-Gyn
Flowood

Heather R. Newlon, MD

Dermatology
McComb

Committee Members

Claims Committee

James Wright O’Mara, MD

Chairman – Jackson, MS

Thomas H. Pearson, MD

Starkville, MS

Joseph P. Phillips, MD

Hattiesburg, MS

Robert Towery McAuley, MD

Oxford, MS

James Withers, MD

Kosciusko, MS

Shay Daly, MD

Jackson, MS

Investment Committee

Michael D. Maples, MD

Chairman – Jackson, MS

John D. Adams, Jr, MD

Jackson, MS

J. Joseph Durfey, MD

Jackson, MS

R. Houston Hardin, Jr., MD

Jackson, MS

Mark Phillippi, MD

Flowood, MS

Risk Management Committee

F. Henry Flautt, Jr., MD

Chairman – Greenwood, MS

Louise Gombako Witherspoon, MD

McComb, MS

Manisha Sethi, MD

Ridgeland, MS

Joe Golden, Jr., MD

Jackson, MS

Jason Murphy, MD

Jackson, MS

Board of Directors

Eric A. McVey, III, MD

Steven L. Demetropoulos, MD

J. Clay Hays, Jr., MD

Roger L. Huey, MD

Bryan N. Batson, MD

J. Joseph Durfey, MD

Jeff Moses, MD

Lisa Gibson-McKee, MD

Heather R. Newlon, MD

Committee Members

Claims Committee

James Wright O’Mara, MD

Thomas H. Pearson, MD

Joseph P. Phillips, MD

Robert Towery McAuley, MD

James Withers, MD

Shay Daly, MD

Investment Committee

Michael D. Maples, MD

John D. Adams, Jr, MD

J. Joseph Durfey, MD

R. Houston Hardin, Jr., MD

Mark Phillippi, MD

Risk Management Committee

F. Henry Flautt, Jr., MD

Louise Gombako Witherspoon, MD

Manisha Sethi, MD

Joe Golden, Jr., MD

Jason Murphy, MD

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