Jason Shives

Jason Shives is an experienced emergency physician currently working at South Mississippi Emergency Physician and Merit Health River Region Medical Center, both providing critical care in high-volume trauma centers. Jason has held significant roles, including Health Ministries Director for the Gulf States Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, where Jason promoted health initiatives across multiple states, and Medical Director for acts world relief, overseeing disaster response medical teams in Haiti and the Philippines. Jason's early career included family medicine positions and residency training at Florida Hospital, complemented by a Doctor of Medicine degree from Loma Linda University and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Southern Adventist University.