Kirmse, Brian M., M.D.
Specialties: Children's Genetics
Gender: Male
Biography: Born in Miami, FL. Attended University of Miami as undergraduate (Biology/Chemistry) and University of Miami School of Medicine for Medical School. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center for Pediatrics Internship; Pediatrics Residency at University of Florida/Shands Hospital. Clinical Genetics and Clinical Biochemical Genetics Fellowships at Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
Joined University of Mississippi Medical Center first as Telehealth Provider in 2014 based at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC and then moved to Jackson in 2015 to direct the Program for Inherited Disorders of Metabolism. Appointed Division Chief of Pediatric Medical Genetics in 2017.
Practice Locations
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Children’s of Mississippi - Hattiesburg
2109 Hardy St., Hattiesburg, MS 39402 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.
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 Biochemical Genetics, Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics (M.D.) |
| Fellowship: | Mount Sinai School Of Medicine |
| Fellowship: | Mount Sinai School Of Medicine |
| Internship: | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans |
| Medical Education: | University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine |
| Residency: | University of Florida, Shands Children's Hospital |
Experience
Current Positions
| Fellowship Director, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 11/2018 - Present |
| Division Chief, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 12/2017 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 08/2015 - Present |
| Director, School of Medicine, The University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 08/2015 - Present |
| Director for Inherited Disorders of Energy Metabolism Program, School of Medicine, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 07/2017 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Clinical Biochemical Genetics, American Board of Medical Genetics | 01/2011 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Medical Genetics | 09/2009 - 12/2019 |
| Re-certification, Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics | 07/2015 - Present |
| Licensure, Ms. State Medical | 06/2020 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Innovation Award, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC | 2018 |
| Resident as Teacher Award, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Florida | 2004 |
| Excellence in Teaching Award, Aesculaptian Society, LSU School of Medicine | 2002 |
| Henry Stanford Scholarship, University of Miami, College of Arts & Sciences | 1993 |