Forrest General Hospital Welcomes New Group of Residents as Five Graduate

Doctors completing the Residency program are, from left, Hannah Ramsey, DO; Katie Warren, DO; Bahaa Abdelqader, DO; Jamie Lou Rawls, MD; and Meghan Cule, MD.

New residents in the Family Medicine Residency program include, front row from left, Aman Amanuddin, DO; Amira Basyouny, MD; Taylor Evans, DO; Makenna Moore, MD; back row, Torrye Evans, MD; William Windham, MD; Stephen Stuart, MD; and Conner Estess, MD. 

Hattiesburg, Miss. — (June 27, 2025) Forrest General Hospital’s ninth group of resident physicians completed their three-year residency with Forrest General Hospital’s Family Medicine Residency and have accepted full-time medical positions. As these graduates completed their studies, the healthcare system also welcomes its 11th class of residents. The new class of eight residents began their residency on July 1 and will graduate in June 2028.

This is the second year the incoming class has been made up of eight residents. Thanks to national legislation, there has been an opportunity to apply for growth in residency programs.

This new class of doctors will practice at the Forrest General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Clinic, located on the first floor of Hattiesburg Clinic, and will rotate through many clinical departments throughout the three-year program. The Residency Clinic oversees employee health for FGH. These physicians also play an integral role in the Edwards Street Fellowship Health Clinic, where the residents are the primary workforce for this medically underserved community. Additionally, the residents have an inpatient service allowing them to admit patients into the hospital as necessary and continue to provide them care.

New Residents include:

• Aman Amanuddin, DO – William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Hattiesburg, MS
• Amira Basyouny, MD – Cairo University Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
• Conner Estess, MD – Ross University School of Medicine, Barbados
• Taylor Evans, DO – Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Louisiana Campus, Monroe, LA
• Torrye Evans, MD – University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS
• Makenna Moore, MD – University of Queensland School of Medicine, Australia
• Stephen Stuart, MD – University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS
• William Windham, MD – University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS

Forrest General Hospital created this residency program in response to the growing number of retiring primary care physicians in the Pine Belt area.

This year’s class of FMR graduates includes:

• Bahaa Abdelqader, DO, will be joining Mobile Infirmary, Mobile, AL
• Meghan Cule, MD, will be joining USCF Fresno Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship, Fresno, CA
• Jamie Lou Rawls, MD, will be joining Hattiesburg Clinic Sumrall Medical Center, Sumrall, MS
• Hannah Ramsey, DO, will be joining Ellisville Family Medical Clinic, Ellisville, MS
• Katie Warren, DO, will be joining Hattiesburg Clinic Purvis Family Practice Clinic, Purvis, MS

FMR Program Director, Dr. Rambod Rouhbakhsh spoke to the five members of the graduating class, providing words of wisdom and asking some thought-provoking questions.

“The graduating class of 2025 has reached a remarkable achievement,” he said. “They have excelled academically, personally, clinically. They showed up day after day to very challenging workplace environments, by design. They had overnight shifts, family meetings, board exams, and through it all they have comported themselves with grace and compassion. As difficult as this path has been, it’s also been exceptionally clear cut – from ACTs to MCATs to Match Day to first night on call to your final summative evaluations. Your success has been in executing a very well-laid plan, most of which was laid down for you. You guys followed the syllabus, you hit your milestones, you passed your test.

“The system dating back to the ancient physicians from Hippocrates to Osler to the patriarch of our program, Dr. Eric Hale, to your current faculty today, that system gave you a ladder and now you have climbed to the very top of that ladder. So, you are at a point in your life where nobody is going to give you another syllabus, nobody is going to define success for you anymore. There will no more rubrics, instead there will tradeoffs, there will be priorities, there will be your values. You have proven you can execute better than anyone. Now your life is going to demand you come up with your own plan. In effect, you are going to have to move to formulate your own strategy. This will require a pause, not to do or execute, but to ask yourself the big questions, ‘What type of doctor you want to be, how you define a meaningful life in medicine, what does success look like for you …not for your family, not for your bosses.’ This requires a shift from the execution state of mind to the strategy state of mind. This is not common, not evolutionary.

“I want to offer you two gentle challenges: At the end of every week, take some quiet time, pause, reflect on the week that was, and ask yourself, does my time align with my values? At the end of every month, take that time and space, look at your long-term goals and ask yourself, ‘Am I choosing or am I drifting?’

“You are no longer medical trainees. You are now architects of your career. You will be de facto leaders in your community, you will be mentors to those who come behind. Strategy in no longer optional. It can, however, be your brand new superpower. Go forward, not just as heroes, but as thinkers, and remember that in medicine and life, you don’t get better outcomes by doing more, you get better outcomes by thinking better. Congratulations. Go forward and build something beautiful.”

During a special event on June 26 at Dogwood Venue, resident physicians were recognized with awards. Those include:

• Administrative Chief Resident – Meghan Cule, MD
• Academic Chief Resident – Jamie Lou Rawls, M.
• Pediatric Care Resident of the Year – Kaitlyn Warren, DO
• Emergency Care Resident of the Year – Hannah Ramsey, DO
• Leadership in Medicine – Meghan Cule, MD
• Resident of the Year – Jamie Lou Rawls, MD
• FMRC Resident of the Year – Kaitlyn Warren, DO
• Procedural Resident of the Year – Hannah Ramsey, DO
• Patient Advocate of the Year – Bahaa Abdelqader, MD

Residents voted as a group on two Preceptors of the Year. This year’s winners were:

• Family Medicine Residency Program Preceptor of the Year – Marla Chapman, MD (Pediatrics)
• Family Medicine Residency Program Preceptor of the Year – Daniel Krebs, MD (Emergency Medicine)

The Forrest General Hospital Family Medicine Residency is a community-based program where residents gain direct guidance and shoulder-to-shoulder experience with a seasoned team of physicians and staff. The clinic is built on a reputation of extraordinary care for all your needs – from family medicine to more serious conditions and treatments in an environment that is both nurturing and challenging.

The program’s faculty and staff hope at least 50 percent of each group of residents will choose to stay in the Pine Belt area preventing a future shortage of primary care providers. At that rate, the program will help supply the community with 30 primary care physicians every 10 years.