Alumnus Spotlight
Chief Medical Operating Officer
Dr. Sumner Abraham is the Chief Medical Operating Officer at Relias Healthcare, a core faculty member for Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi Internal Medicine Residency, medical director for Arden Hospice in Oxford and Tupelo, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Sumner completed undergraduate at Ole Miss in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College with a degree in Sociology. Abraham completed medical school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia. While at UVA, he was awarded a Mullholland Society Teaching Award and the Anne L. Brodie Resident Clinician Award. Dr. Abraham was selected to serve as Chief Resident for the Department of Medicine at UVA at the completion of his residency training.
Sumner and his wife Sarah are all thrilled to call Oxford home and are founding partners of Circle & Square Brewing Company in Oxford. Dr. Abraham holds an Adjunct Instructional Assistant Professor position with the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College where he teaches bioethics and healthcare finance. He is also adjunct clinical faculty with William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Baptist Health Sciences University.