Obi, Yoshitsugu, M.D.
Specialties: Nephrology
Gender: Male
Biography: Dr. Obi joined UMMC in 2021 as an Assistant Professor for Nephrology. He obtained his medical degree from Yamanashi Medical University in 2004. He then pursued his post-graduate training at Rinku General Medical Center in 2007. He completed his Ph.D. at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine in 2013. He completed his Nephrology Fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2021.
My Approach to Healthcare
At UMMC, patient care is my foremost priority. I consistently emphasize tailored treatments, ensuring each patient receives the care they deserve. Beyond being a physician-scientist, I am a fervent advocate for health and well-being, unwavering in my dedication to those I have the honor to serve.
Practice Locations
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Jackson Medical Mall - UMMC Clinics
350 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39213 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: | Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nephrology |
| Fellowship: | Rinku General Medical Center |
| Fellowship: | University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine |
| Fellowship: | University of California (Irvine) Medical Center |
| Internship: | Osaka General Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | Osaka University |
| Medical Education: | Yamanashi Medical University |
| Residency: | Osaka General Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4500 | 09/2021 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, ECFMG Certification, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates | 03/2019 - Present |
| DEA | |
| Licensure, MD Limited Institutional license in the state of Mississippi, MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE | 04/2012 - Present |
| NPI |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Young Faculty Research Award, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation | 2025 |
| Physician’s Recognition Award with Commendation, American Medical Association | 2024 |
| Fellow, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation | 2024 |
| Young Faculty Research Award, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation | 2024 |
| Best Clinical Research Poster, University of Mississippi Medical Center Annual Department of Medicine | 2023 |
| Clinical and Translational Research Scholar, The Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research | 2021 |
| Fellow, American College of Physician | 2020 |
| Fellow, Japanese Society of Nephrology | 2019 |
| Fellow, American Society of Nephrology | 2017 |
| Research Fellow, The Uehara Memorial Foundation | 2017 |
| Best Abstract Award, The 18th International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease | 2016 |
| Fellow, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine | 2015 |
| Best Abstract by a Young Author Award, The 50th ERA-EDTA Congress | 2013 |
| Best Abstract (Gold Award), The 12th Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation | 2011 |
| Fellow, Japanese Society of Dialysis Therapy | 2008 |