Mauricio J. De Castro, MD
Specialties: Children's Genetics
Gender: Male
Practice Locations
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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 Hospital - Blair E. Batson Tower
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 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: | 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, UMMC | 08/2022 - Present |
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC, Children's Gulf Coast, MS | 07/2018 - Present |
| Director, Air Force Medical Genetics Center, Keesler AFB, MS | 07/2018 - Present |
| Genetics Chief Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General, School of Medicine, Office of the Surgeon General of the Air Force, US Air Force | 07/2018 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Internal Medicine Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine | 06/2012 - Present |
| Certification, Clinical Molecular Genetics Board Certification, American Board of Genetics & Genomics | 09/2015 - 12/2025 |
| Certification, Clinical Genetics Board Certification, American Board of Genetics & Genomics | 09/2015 - 12/2025 |
| Licensure, MS Medical License, State of MS | 05/2021 - 06/2022 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, United States Air Force | 2017 |