Lee, Marcus W., M.D.

Lee, Marcus W., M.D.

Specialties: Children's Neurology, Epilepsy

Gender: Male

Biography: Marcus Lee, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, is board certified in child neurology and epilepsy. He is a native of El Paso, Texas and received his bachelors degree from Millsaps College. Marcus received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He completed the pediatric internship and pediatric neurology residency at the same institution. Dr. Lee now practices clinical pediatric neurology with special interest and expertise in epilepsy and genetic disorders at the Children's of Mississippi Gulf Coast Specialty Clinic in Biloxi, MS. He also sees patients in Hattiesburg, MS. Outside of the hospital, Marcus enjoys baseball, reading, and cycling.

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

Experience

Current Positions

Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL08/2015 - Present
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2010 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Epilepsy, ABPN10/2016 - Present
Certification, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, ABPN09/2010 - 12/2020
DEA, Controlled Substance Registration Certificate04/2010 - 03/2013
Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure06/2010 - 06/2011

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Outstanding Clinical Faculty, UMMC Pediatric Department2020
All Star Faculty - Outstanding Patient Satisfaction, UMMC Department of Pediatrics2019
Heroes Among Us Award, Mississippi Epilepsy Foundation2019
Margie Bulboff Award and Scholarship2002
National Merit Scholarship1985