Lakeshia Smith
Medical Student & Advanced Learner Coordinator
About Lakeshia Smith
Lakeshia Smith is the Medical Student & Advanced Learner Coordinator for Graduate Medical Education as well as the Core Site Specialist for Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM)- South Region for Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, where she oversees and assist all Medical Students, NP’s, PA’s, external residents and CRNA rotations. With over 16 years of experience in Higher Education and 4 years of experience in undergraduate/graduate medical course work, Lakeshia has played a tremendous role at Memorial on improving the growth of our student population, medical rotations and is passionate about providing more assistance within our community of colleges, universities, medical facilities and abroad. Lakeshia holds a master’s degree, several certifications and a diploma in Medical Unit Coordinating & Health Information Technology.
Medical Student Information
Memorial Health System accepts applications for medical students to complete a variety of rotations. Interested applicants can request rotations by completing the Medical Student Rotation Request Form. Please complete this form and email it to Lakeshia Smith who is our Medial Education & Advanced Learner Coordinator and is responsible for servicing all our medical students, audition rotations, international medical graduates/observerships (IMG’s) and APP rotations. Please reach out to her with any questions or concerns you have about rotation requests. She can be reached at lasmith@mhg.com or (228) 867-5019 and would be happy to assist each of you. If your school is a participating institution and you would like to request audition rotations and electives, we can also be found on the Visiting Student Learning Opportunities Platform (VSLO) at: visitingstudents@aamc.org.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Pease Note: Student rotations are approved based on the rotation(s) requested and whether the program’s schedule can accommodate the request.
Family Medicine
gme.family.medicine@mhg.com
Internal Medicine
gme.internal.medicine@mhg.com
Family Medicine
228-867-4968
Internal Medicine
228-822-6512
4500 Thirteenth Street
PO Box 1810
Gulfport, MS 39501