About Us

Focus on the Patient – Focus on the Prevention 

Responding to patients’ needs and delivering optimal outcomes along the continuum of care demands a central focus on the patient. Patient-centered care—defined as “the experience (to the extent the informed, individual patient desires it) of transparency, individualization, recognition, respect, dignity, and choice in all matters, without exception, related to one’s person, circumstances, and relationships in health care.” Trauma care structured around the patient experience encompasses seamless care across the continuum of care, a holistic focus on patients’ needs, and proactive consideration of the needs of special populations.

MTCSF addresses significant issues in trauma mortality and morbidity and opportunities for improvement of system performance.

The traumatic injury prevention program is an outreach aims to reduce and prevent work-related injury and death, across all industries, due to acute trauma or violence. To do this, we work closely with healthcare professionals to partner with industry, labor, professional organizations, law enforcement, other government agencies and academia.

Leadership of Mississippi Trauma Care System Foundation

Officers

	Matt Edwards, Director of Trauma Systems	(601) 917-9828
	Kim Hoover, Vice President	khoover@mhanet.org (601) 368-3220
	Victoria Hickerson MSN RN CEDP, Education Coordinator	(601) 368-3201
	Richard Grimes, Treasurer	rgrimes@mhanet.org (601) 368-3204

Board of Directors

July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025

• Kim Hoover,
  • Ph.D. Interim President/CEO, Mississippi Hospital Association
• Matt Edwards
  • Director, Mississippi Trauma Care System Foundation
• Lee McCall
  • Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Mississippi Hospital Association
• Jonathan Wilson,
  • Ph.D. Level I Trauma Center, Chief Administrative Officer, University of Mississippi Medical Center
• Matthew Kutcher,
  • M.D. Director-At-Large. Associate Professor, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery University of Mississippi Medical Center
• Jon Simmons,
  • MD Chairman, Level I Out-of-State Trauma Center, Chief, Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, & Burns Trauma Medical
• Richard Williams
  • Level IV Trauma Center, Chief Executive Officer, Field Health Systems
• Chuck Carter
  • CEO of AAA Ambulance Service
• Bridget Watkins
  • Director of Clinical Services, LifeCare EMS
• Steve Jackson
  • Chairman-Elect Level II Trauma Center, Dir. OR, Forrest General Hospital
• Rob Coleman
  • Level III Trauma Center, CEO Baptist Golden Triangle
• Charles Pigott,
  • MD Licensed Physician, North MS Medical Center
• Robert Turcotte
  • Director-at-large, Winston Medical Center, Louisville, MS

Staff

Matt Edwards, MSN RN, Director, Mississippi Trauma Care System Foundation

Victoria Hickerson MSN RN CEDP, Education Coordinator

April Walker