Mississippi Governor/President Thad F. Waites, M.D., F.A.C.C.   Immediate Past President Michael McMullan, M.D., F.A.C.C    Thad F. Waites, M.D., F.A.C.C. Thad Waites practices clinical cardiology with emphasis on interventional cardiology. His practice is with the Hattiesburg Clinic. Dr. Waites graduated from University of Mississippi Medical School. His internship was at Emory University, Grady Hospital. Internal medical residency was completed at University of Colorado. This occurred after active duty as a flight surgeon with the US Navy Reserve. After practicing Internal Medicine for two years at Ochsner Clinic, he went to Emory University, for chief residency under Dr. J. Willis Hurst and for cardiology fellowship. He then joined the cardiology staff at Ochsner and worked there for 8 years. During that time, he was recognized as Teacher of the Year. He moved to Hattiesburg and the Hattiesburg Clinic in 1987. While in Hattiesburg, he has been President of the Medical Staff for two terms. He was President of the Mississippi Affiliate of the American Heart Association. He was President of the Southeastern Affiliate of the American Heart Association for two terms. He has been Vice President of Hattiesburg Clinic. And, he is Director of the cath lab of Forrest General Hospital. His clinical research interest is currently in the field of CT Imaging.