Merit Health Wesley Welcomes Two Physicians
10/23/2019
Hattiesburg - Merit Health Wesley welcomes Deepu Thoppil, M.D., to our new Internal Medicine Clinic and Sam Dabit, D.O., to the hospitalist team.
We are proud to welcome Deepu Thoppil, M.D., to our new Internal Medicine Clinic. Dr. Thoppil will be joining the clinic location of Drs. Fletcher and Hyer on campus at 200 West Hospital Drive.
“Dr. Thoppil joined Merit Health Wesley in 2016 and has proven to be both a skilled and compassionate physician and has been applauded by his patients time and time again,” says Matthew Banks, Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to joining our hospitalist team, he served as a hospitalist at West Jefferson Medical Hospital in Marrero, LA. A New Orleans native, he attended the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, LA. He attended medical school at the Medical University of Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland and the Medical University of Lublin in Lublin, Poland. He was an internal medicine resident at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA, where he received the distinction of Resident of the Year for LSU Health Systems.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Thoppil, call 601-296-3000 or visit www.MyMeritDoctor.com.
Having recently graduated from our Graduate Medical Education program, we look forward to having Dr. Sam Dabit continue his career with us.
“Since joining us as a resident in 2016, we have enjoyed getting to know Dr. Dabit and his patients have consistently complimented him on the care he provides,” says Mathew Banks, Chief Executive Officer. “We are excited for his transition from the Internal Medicine Residency Program to the hospitalist team at Merit Health Wesley.”
During his residency, Dr. Dabit was awarded Intern of the Year Award, Chief in Rising Award, The Kurt Bruckmeier Award for Outstanding Achievement, Resident of the Year and Internal Medicine Residency Chief. Dr. Dabit graduated from William Carey College of Osteopathic Medicine with a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) in 2016, and is a member of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American College of Osteopathic Association (AOA).
Back