Women in Medicine

Mamie Johnston, DO, set a symbolic cornerstone for generations of women who would walk the halls of KCU to study and become physicians when she became the University's first graduate. Today, we highlight her life, achievements and enduring legacy as we celebrate women during the month of March.

The Mississippi State Medical Association announced the historic election of KCU alumna Katherine Pannel, DO, as its 158th president-elect. Dr. Pannel, a distinguished psychiatrist and medical director for Right Track Medical Group in Oxford, Mississippi, is the first Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine to hold this prestigious position in the association's history.