Anderson Regional Medical Center is a hospital located in Meridian, Mississippi.

Overview

Anderson Regional Medical Center (also known as Anderson Regional Medical Center-North) functions as a short-term

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hospital with 260 beds and is the flagship hospital of Anderson Regional Health System. The hospital is fully accredited by

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. Anderson Regional operates as a Level III trauma center and Level III pediatric trauma center. The hospital maintains a health and fitness center, sleep disorders center, outpatient pharmacy and gift shop, diagnostic imaging suite, express care clinic, and pain management clinic, in addition to multiple outpatient specialty clinics. Anderson Regional has been certified as a Baby Friendly facility. The health system operates three outpatient clinics outside of Meridian: Anderson Family Medical Clinic-Airpark in

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, Anderson Family Medical Clinic-Enterprise in

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. As of 2019, the Anderson Regional Health system employed 1,343 people, making it the third-largest employer in Lauderdale County. The East Central Mississippi Health Network

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Program utilizes Anderson Regional for residency rotations.

History

In 1929, Dr. Jeff Anderson purchased the 30-bed Turner Hospital in Meridian and renamed it Anderson Infirmary. During the

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, Dr. Anderson mortgaged his private home to keep the hospital open. When the hospital expanded to 120 beds it was renamed Jeff Anderson Memorial Hospital, then renamed Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center in 1975. Anderson Regional began an affiliation with the

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in 2017. As part of the affiliation Anderson gained access to subspecialties (including pediatric subspecialties), that are not available in Meridian. In 2019, the Anderson Regional Cancer Center became the first center in the United States to treat cancer using

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treatment planning system and Accuray Incorporated's

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Anderson Regional Medical Center-South

In 2010, Anderson Regional Health System purchased Riley Memorial Hospital in Meridian and renamed the facility Anderson Regional Medical Center-South. Riley Hospital was a 140-bed facility and the acquisition allowed Anderson to expand inpatient

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and long-term acute care. Riley Hospital was founded in 1930 by Dr. Franklin Riley. Dr. Riley was a

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veteran and native of

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who completed his residency at the

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. He became Meridian's first residency-trained

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in 1922 and was one of the founding members of the

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and the

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. In 1930 Dr. Riley opened a 12-bed women's and children's hospital in Meridian, which was the first of its kind in Mississippi. The hospital continued to expand over the years and was converted to a nonprofit facility. Dr. Riley's sons, William and Richard Riley, both completed medical school at

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and returned to Meridian to work with their father. In 1998, the hospital was sold to Health Management Associates.

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Anderson Regional Medical Center
{{authority control Buildings and structures in Lauderdale County, Mississippi Hospitals in Mississippi Hospitals established in 1929 Trauma centers