Dr. Lampton Reappointed to Mississippi State Board of Health

Gov. Tate Reeves has appointed Lucius M. 'Luke' Lampton, MD, of Magnolia, to a six-year term on the Mississippi State Board of Health. He has served on the Board since 2006 and is currently its Chairman.

The fifth-generation Mississippi physician has practiced Family Medicine for over three decades in the rural community of Magnolia, where he has an extensive private practice across Pike, Lincoln, Walthall, Amite and Marion counties.

Dr. Lampton graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with Honors in History from Rhodes College in Memphis. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and is certified by the American Board of Family Practice. He has been named a Fellow by the American Academy of Family Physicians and, as medical director of Hospice Compassus of McComb, received the R. Sean Morrison, M.D. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hospice Physician Leadership.

He is a prolific writer, having published hundreds of articles and essays in the Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, where he serves as chief editor. He authored 'Images in Mississippi Medicine: A Photographic History of Medicine in Mississippi,' contributed to Conn's Current Therapy, and has had his work featured on BBC, History Channel, CSPAN, Mississippi ETV and Turner South.

Dr. Lampton is President-Elect of the Mississippi State Medical Association and past President of the Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians. He helped establish the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program and Mississippi's Office of Physician Workforce, and serves on the South Pike School Board and the Board of the Mississippi School of the Arts Foundation.

He is editor and publisher of the Magnolia Gazette and the Hinds County Gazette, two of the state's oldest weekly newspapers.