Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, MD
Specialties: Infectious Diseases
Gender: Female
Practice Locations
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Pavilion - UMMC
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: | Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease |
| Fellowship: | Mayo Medical School |
| Internship: | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University |
| Medical Education: | Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi |
| Residency: | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University |
Experience
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association | 2013 - 2016 |
| Certification, Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow: Bronze Level Certification, Mayo Clinic Quality Academy | 2016 - Present |
| Certification, ECFMG, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates | 04/2013 - Present |
| NPI, National Provider Identification, CMS | 06/2013 - Present |
| Certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Infernal Medicine | 10/2016 - Present |
| Certification, Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine | 12/2020 - Present |
| DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration | 05/2022 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure | 04/2020 - Present |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2021 |
| Outstanding Infectious DIseases Research Award, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education | 2020 |
| IDWeek 2019 Trainee Travel Grant, Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2019 |
| American Society of Transplantation Travel Grant, American Society of Transplantation | 2019 |
| Karis Award, Mayo Clinic Values Council | 2019 |
| Patient Safety Award, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education | 2019 |
| IDWeek 2018 Trainee Travel Grant, Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2018 |
| IDWeek 2018 Mentorship Program, Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2018 |
| American Society of Microbiology Infectious Diseases Fellows Award, American Society of Microbiology | 2018 |
| IDSA Medical Scholars Program, Co-mentor, IDSA | 2018 |
| Best Oral Presentation 15th Annual Infectious Diseases Fellows Forum, Department of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic | 2018 |
| IDWeek 2017 Mentorship Program, Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2017 |
| IDWeek 2017 Trainee Travel Grant, Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2017 |
| Best Oral Presentation Resident/Fellow Original Research, American College of Physician's, New York Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting | 2015 |
| Humanism in Medicine Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center | 2015 |
| Outstanding Academic Achievement, National General Medicine Graduate Examination | 2010 |
| Medical Research Program National Scholarship, CONACYT | 2010 |
| Scholarship for Academic Excellence, San Luis Potosi Medical School | 2010 |
| Outstanding Academic Achievement, San Luis Potosi Medical School | 2004 |