Gunturu, Manasa, M.D.
Specialties: Neuro-Ophthalmology
Gender: Female
Biography: Dr. Manasa Gunturu MD is a Fellowship-trained Neuro-ophthalmologist and ABPN board-certified Neurologist. Dr. Gunturu is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She also serves as the Director for the Adult Neurology Residency Program.
Dr. Gunturu received her medical degree from Andhra Medical College in India. She completed her residency in Neurology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and a Neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami.
Dr. Gunturu's clinical practice includes the entire scope of visual disorders resulting from neurological diseases. She treats patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri), optic neuritis, non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, giant cell arteritis, and diplopia, including ocular myasthenia gravis, and visual problems resulting from strokes and brain tumors. She works closely with colleagues within the Department of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Neurosurgery and is also a member of the multidisciplinary team for the management of pituitary tumors at the University of Mississippi.
Dr. Gunturu teaches medical students and residents in both ophthalmology and neurology. She has also initiated the monthly Neuro-ophthalmology lecture series for the education of residents. She is actively involved in several educational committees at University of Mississippi. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society.
Practice Locations
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Lakeland Medical - UMMC
764 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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Grants Ferry - UMMC
1010 Lakeland Place, Flowood, MS 39232 View Location |
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Riverchase - UMMC
2550 Flowood Drive, Flowood, MS 39232 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.
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 |
| Fellowship: | University of Miami Hospital and Clinics |
| Internship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | Maharajah's Institute of Medical Sciences |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Director, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 11/2021 - Present |
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2019 - Present |
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2019 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology | 09/2018 - Present |
| Certification, BLS | |
| Certification, ACLS | |
| Certification, CITI training | |
| NPI, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 06/2014 - Present |
| DEA | 07/2019 - Present |
| Certification, Neuro-ophthalmology Fellowship, University of Miami - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute | |
| Certification, mRS | |
| Certification, NIHSS | |
| Licensure, Mississippi Medical License, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2019 - Present |
| Licensure, Florida Medical License, University of Miami | 06/2019 |
| Licensure, Mississippi Medical License, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 06/2018 |