Mauricio J. De Castro, MD

Mauricio J. De Castro, MD

Specialties: Children's Genetics

Gender: Male

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: Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics (M.D.), Medical Genetics, Clinical Molecular Genetics
Medical Education:Universidad Del Norte
Residency:Keesler Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Division Chief, School of Medicine, UMMC08/2022 - Present
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC, Children's Gulf Coast, MS07/2018 - Present
Director, Air Force Medical Genetics Center, Keesler AFB, MS07/2018 - Present
Genetics Chief Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General, School of Medicine, Office of the Surgeon General of the Air Force, US Air Force07/2018 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Internal Medicine Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine06/2012 - Present
Certification, Clinical Molecular Genetics Board Certification, American Board of Genetics & Genomics09/2015 - 12/2025
Certification, Clinical Genetics Board Certification, American Board of Genetics & Genomics09/2015 - 12/2025
Licensure, MS Medical License, State of MS05/2021 - 06/2022

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, United States Air Force2017