Teri Dyess, MD, F-ACP, FHM, serves as Chief Medical Officer for St. Dominic Health located in Jackson, MS. Dr. Dyess came to St. Dominic’s in 2013 to help establish its Hospital Medicine program. She began her practice in internal medicine in 1990 and transitioned into hospital medicine in 2002, as the field was emerging. She has over a decade’s experience with St. Dominic’s, overseeing critical areas including quality, infection control and case management. Among her many accomplishments, she expanded the St. Dominic’s hospital medicine program from two physicians to 60. In addition to her administrative duties, Dr. Dyess remains a practicing hospitalist and is an active contributor to state-level health initiatives. As a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine, she serves as a physician liaison.