TUPELO, Mississippi--Zeenat Shameem, D.O., recently began a Clinical Academic Internal Medicine Fellowship with North Mississippi Medical Center’s Internal Medicine Residency Program.

In addition to Dr. Shameem, the Internal Medicine Residency Program recently welcomed 12 internal medicine physicians who have completed medical school and will spend three years training in internal medicine throughout NMMC.

Dr. Shameem recently completed residency training in internal medicine at Kent/Brown University Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. She earned her medical degree from Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harrogate, Tennessee.

She holds a master’s degree in biomedical sciences from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, and a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from the University of California in Los Angeles.

Dr. Shameem served as vice president of the American College of Family Medicine’s Student Association from 2015-2016 and won the TOUCH Program Gold Award and Silver Award for her community service. She is a member of the American College of Physicians.

For more information, visit www.nmhs.net/imrp or call the clinic at (662) 377-1100 or 1-800-THE DESK (1-800-843-3375.)