Joe Clark Files, MD, FACP
Dr. Joe Clark Files received his education in the public schools of Mississippi. After leaving Ackerman High School in 1965, he attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford and the Medical Center in Jackson, graduating in 1972. He completed his residency at UMC in Internal Medicine followed by a chief residency year. He then attended the University of Washington in Seattle for his Hematology fellowship where his primary focus was in the field of bone marrow transplant. He returned to join the faculty at the Medical Center in 1979.
Dr. Files is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine and has served in many roles in the department. He has been chief of the Division of Hematology since 1993 and he was the Interim Chairman of Medicine in 1996 - 1997. Since 1998 he has been the Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine. He is the University of Mississippi Cancer Institute Director since 2003, has been chief of staff on two separate occasions, chaired numerous committees, and is a member of the Guardian Society. He has been an active member in the American College of Physicians in excess of 30 years and served as the Governor of Mississippi for the College from 2001-2005. His primary focus has been patient care and resident education.
Joe is an avid fisherman (salt water, fresh water, trout, bass, bream, etc.). He lives in Ridgeland with the catch of his life, Suzanne. Together for 34 years, they have raised two sons, Clark and Matt. Clark lives in Baltimore with his wife Katherine, where he is a 1st year fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Joe is the proud grandfather of Katherine and Clark’s first son, Coleman. Matt is a 1st year resident in Pediatrics at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland where he lives with his wife Beth. Both sons attended medical school at UMC. Joe is a member of Chapel of the Cross in Madison.
Page Posted: 5/5/2009
Contact Information
Mississippi Chapter Governor: Dan M Woodliff, MD, FACP
Chapter Staff:
Nancy Youngblood
Executive Director
Telephone: 601-519-6877
Fax: 601-372-1678
E-mail : anyoungblood@bellsouth.net
