Shuntaye D. Batson, MD
Specialties: General Surgery, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Gender: Female
Practice Locations
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UMMC Colony Park South
326 Commerce Center Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157 View Location |
Accepted Insurance Plans
The University of Mississippi Medical Center accepts all plans, but may not be an in-network provider with your plan. We encourage you to contact your insurer and ask if the plan is in network with UMMC. Always contact your insurance carrier for specific coverage information.
*Note: Grenada and Holmes County locations have different payor contracts. Oral Surgeons are considered in-network to the medical health plans listed below NOT dental.
Jackson and Madison
Medicare health insurance plans
- Devoted Health
- Humana Medicare Advantage
- Medicare - Fee for Service
- Railroad Medicare - Fee for Service
- Shared Health Mississippi
- United Healthcare (except HMO)
- Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
- Wellcare - Medicare Advantage
Medicaid health plans
- Mississippi Medicaid Fee for Service
- MS CAN Plans: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare
- MS CHIP: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare
Dental plans
- Always Care
- Avesis
- Medicaid Fee for Service
- MS CAN: Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, TrueCare
- Ambetter
- Unum
Vision plans
- EyeMed
- First Look
- March Vision
Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans
- Aetna Health Management (excludes UMMC Madison)
- Ambetter
- American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
- BCBS Federal
- Celtic (Transplants)
- Cigna PPO (excludes transplants; excludes UMMC Madison)
- Corvel Healthcare Corp (Workers Comp.)
- First Choice Health Plan - includes Humana PPO Commercial, but not Humana Medicare Advantage
- First Health Network/Coventry - Aetna
- Government Employees Health Insurance Association (GEHA) - United Healthcare
- Interlink Health Services (Transplant)
- LifeTrac (Transplant)
- Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
- Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
- Mississippi State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan (AHS Network administered by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi)
- Multiplan - PHCS/American Life Care
- North Mississippi Health Link
- OptumHealth Care Solutions, Inc. (Transplant)
- OptumHealth VA CCN
- PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Tricare
- United Healthcare: PPO Commercial (excludes HMO)
- Vantage Health Plan: Commercial, PPACA Plan
- Veterans Administration
Behavioral health plans
- United Behavioral Health
- Cigna Behavioral Health
Education
| Board Certification: | Surgery, Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Surgery, Trauma Surgery |
| Fellowship: | Medical College of Georgia |
| Internship: | Howard University Hospital |
| Medical Education: | Howard University College Of Medicine |
| Residency: | Howard University Hospital |
Experience
Current Positions
| Associate PI Director, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 03/2024 - Present |
| Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 07/2023 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Advanced Trauma Life Support - Instructor | |
| Certification, General Surgery, American Board of Surgery | 11/2013 - Present |
| Certification, Surgical Critical Care, American Board of Surgery | 09/2015 - 12/2026 |
| Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) | |
| Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) | |
| Basic Life Support (BLS) |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Scholarship - AAMC Minority Faculty Career Development, UMMC Office of Faculty Affairs | 2016 |
| American Medical Association Foundation Scholarship, American Medical Association | |
| Howard University MD Scholarship, Howard University | |
| Med Stars Leader | |
| Secretary for Class of 2007, Howard University |