De Castro, Mauricio J., M.D.

De Castro, Mauricio J., M.D.

Specialties: Children's Genetics

Gender: Male

Practice Locations

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: 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