Ero, Ameze J., M.D.

Ero, Ameze J., M.D.

Specialties: Children's Neurology

Gender: Female

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: Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
Fellowship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Medical Education:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency:University of Mississippi Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2017 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

NPI
Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
DEA, Controlled Substance Registration Certificate
Certification, Headache Medicine, United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties10/2022 - Present
Certification, The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology09/2017 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Diversity and Inclusion Champion Certificate Program, UMMC Office of Diversity and Inclusion2024
Pediatric Epilepsy Program Travel Grant, Penry Foundation2017
Responsible Conducts of Research, Office of Postdoctoral Studies2016
Pellock Resident Scholar, Child Neurology Society2016
S.T.A.R Award, Conference Attendance, Department of Pediatrics2014
First Place Award Health Sciences Division, Mississippi Academy of Sciences2006