JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – During its virtual quarterly meeting on Thursday, the Mississippi State Board of Health elected new leadership in the positions of chairman and vice-chairman. 

Thad Fulton Waites, MD, MACC, was elected to serve as chairman of the Board. Dr. Waites is a Hattiesburg physician who currently serves as co-director of the Cardiac Catherization Lab at Forrest General Hospital.