About Us

I was born in Memphis, Tennessee on April 25, 1960. My wife’s name is Wendy. Wendy and I had our first child on March 21 of 2008. His name is Will. Wendy has a PhD in Nutrition and prior to our getting married, was a professor at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

After 10 years of private practice as an employee within a large group, I decided it was time to develop my own practice with people whose philosophy of care was similar to my own. It has been over 10 years now since going out on my own. I am happy to be working with people who truly care about their job and the patients who come to our clinic.

I have delivered over 4000 children and I have extensive training in both low and high-risk obstetrics, with a Cesarean section rate lower than the national average, thanks to a rigorous training at Charity Hospital, in New Orleans. I also perform surgery for uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, endometriosis and pelvic pain, and infertility. I offer tubal obstruction procedures for women who have completed their families. I also offer endometrial ablation for women with heavy bleeding.

Although I love the general practice of Ob/Gyn, I also spend a lot of my practice helping women with PCOS or polycystic ovary syndrome. PCOS is not a disease but rather a condition of a constellation of problems, including weight gain, excess hair growth, insulin resistance or early diabetes, elevated triglycerides and cholesterol, as well as menstrual irregularities and infertility.

I have been board certified since 2000 and I am a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. I am on the active staff of Baptist Women’s, Methodist Germantown and St. Francis Bartlett hospitals.

Education:

• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, B.S. Cum Laude, Honors in Psychology 1982• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, B.S. Cum Laude, Honors in Psychology 1982•
• University of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee, M.S. Computer Science 1988 – Stanford University Palo Alto, California, Intern
• University of Tennessee Medical School, Memphis, Tennessee, M.D.  1994
• Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, Internship 1995
• Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Residency, 1998
• Board Certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, since 2000
• Fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, since 2000

Sam Jones (Jay) Cox, III, M.D. was reared in Charleston, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, a small farming town in the Mississippi Delta. He graduated from Mississippi State University with a double major in chemistry and biology and, then, graduated from The University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He completed a rotating internship at Baptist Memorial Hospital and a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. After completing his residency, he joined Mid-South OB-GYN, started by Dr. William P. Maury, Jr. and was a partner in practice for 40 years. In 2018, he joined William David Stinson, III, M.D. Dr. Cox has been president of The Memphis and Shelby County OB-GYN Society, and chairman of The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baptist Memorial Hospital. He is currently on the clinical faculty at The University of Tennessee OB-GYN Department. He is a member of The Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, The Tennessee State Medical Society, and The Tennessee State OB-GYN Society. He is the father of three children, two daughters and a son. He, also, has two grandchildren. When not in the office, he enjoys hiking, rock climbing, swimming and bicycling. He is a pianist and organist and, currently, is a substitue organist at The Orpheum Theater.