Davis, Dereck B., M.D.
Specialties: Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's Hematology/Oncology
Gender: Male
Practice Locations
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Children's of Mississippi Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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Children’s of Mississippi - Gulf Coast Specialty Clinic
1721 Medical Park Drive, Biloxi, MS 39532 View Location |
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Children’s of Mississippi - Hattiesburg
2109 Hardy St., Hattiesburg, MS 39402 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.
Medicare health insurance plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage
- Medicare - Fee For Service
- Railroad Medicare - Fee for Service
- Shared Health Mississippi
- United Healthcare (except DSNP)
- Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
- Wellcare - Medicare Advantage
Medicaid health plans
- Mississippi Medicaid
- MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
- Medicaid MS CHIP - Molina MS CHIP and United Healthcare
Dental plans
- Always Care
- Medicaid
- MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
- Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan
Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans
- Always Care - Dental & Vision
- Avesis (Molina)
- Aetna Health Management
- Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan
- American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
- Cenpatico - Behavioral Health
- Cigna PPO and Behavioral Health (excludes transplants)
- Corvel Healthcare Corp
- 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
- Hattiesburg Clinic Professional Association - MPCN
- Interlink Health Services - Transplant Services
- LifeTrac - Transplant Services
- Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
- Mississippi Health Partners (MHP) - Family Medicine Only
- Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
- Mississippi State Hospital
- 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 Services
- OptumHealth VA CCN
- PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Tricare
- United Healthcare - PPO Commercial, CHIP, MSCAN, Behavioral Health
- Vantage Health Plan - Commercial, PPACA Plan and Medicare Advantage Plan
- Veterans Administration
Education
| Board Certification: | Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology |
| Fellowship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Fellowship: | Emory University School of Medicine |
| Internship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | University of South Alabama College of Medicine |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of MS Medical Center | 07/2018 - Present |
| Director, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2018 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Licensure, MS State Board of Medical Licensure | 07/2004 - 06/2024 |
| Certification, Drug Enforcement Agency (current), Drug Enforement | |
| Certification, American Board of Pediatrics General Pediatrics Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics (current) | 10/2011 - Present |
| Licensure, Georgia Medical Board | 04/2017 - 03/2019 |
| Licensure, North Carolina Medical Board, North Carolina Medical Board | 04/2007 - 03/2014 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Best New Faculty, UMMC Dept of Pediatrics | 2019 |