North Mississippi Medical Center opens South Oxford clinic for local families
Two physicians, one South Lamar address: South Oxford Medical Clinic opened with weekday primary care for Oxford families close to home.
North Mississippi Health Services opened South Oxford Medical Clinic at 2888 S. Lamar Blvd. in Oxford, putting two primary care physicians in one of the city’s fastest-growing corridors. The clinic opened in March after a March 22 announcement, and it is set up to give Lafayette County families a weekday place for care close to home, open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The clinic’s focus is comprehensive primary care built around long-term health and lasting provider-patient relationships. Patients can make appointments by calling (662) 371-0801. For Oxford residents who have had to drive farther for routine visits, the new location adds another local option for ongoing care in a part of town that has seen steady growth.
South Oxford Medical Clinic is staffed by Dr. Shaun Helmhout and Dr. Samuel Holdiness. Helmhout brings more than two decades of family medicine experience, along with training at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center and St. Francis Family Medicine Residency in Memphis. Holdiness, a native of Kosciusko, graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2006, earned his medical degree at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and completed residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Greenville Health System in Greenville, South Carolina.
The opening comes as Oxford continues to add people and pressure on local services. The city had 25,416 residents in the 2020 Census and an estimated 26,801 in 2024, while Lafayette County counted 55,813 residents in 2020. A clinic on South Lamar gives families in that growing area another place to go before routine care turns into a longer drive or a longer wait elsewhere.
It also fits into a broader North Mississippi Health Services network that now includes more than 70 primary care clinics and over 60 specialty services across 26 counties. For Oxford patients, the practical change is simple: one more nearby clinic, two seasoned doctors and more weekday appointment capacity in a part of town where demand has been rising.
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