Osakwe, Onyekachukwu, M.D.
Specialties: Children's Cardiology
Gender: Male
Practice Locations
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Children's of Mississippi - Meridian Specialty Clinic
1516 23rd Ave., Meridian, MS 39301 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: | Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology |
| Fellowship: | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| Internship: | University of Florida, Shands Children's Hospital |
| Medical Education: | University of Florida |
| Medical Education: | University of Benin Medical School |
| Residency: | University of Florida |
Experience
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC, Jackson, MS 39216 | 07/2023 - Present |
| Medical Director, Children's Hospital Cardiac Stepdown Unit, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 04/2021 - Present |
| Chair, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, School of Medicine | 07/2020 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Re-certification, General pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics | |
| Certification, Pediatric Cardiology, American Board of Pediatrics | |
| Certification, Certified in Public Health | 02/2011 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 07/2018 - Present |
| Licensure, Ohio State Medical Board | 06/2015 - Present |
| Licensure, Florida State Medical Board | 06/2012 - Present |
| Certification, General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| The Arnold P. Gold Foundation of Humanism in Medicine 2015, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation | 2015 |
| Customer Service is Key Award 2013, Shands Hospital, Gainesville | 2013 |
| Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society of Collegiate Schools of Business 2012, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society - University of Florida Chapter | 2012 |
| Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, University of Florida International Student Center | 2012 |
| Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society 2011, Delta Omega Honor Society - University of Florida Chapter | 2011 |
| Exemplary Student Award 2011, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions | 2011 |
| Alec Courtelis Outstanding Achievement Student Award nominee 2010, University of Florida | 2010 |
| You Make the Difference Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, University of Florida International Student Center | 2010 |
| Certificate of Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions | 2010 |
| Community Service Award 2008, Nigerian National Youth Service Corps, Deba Zone | 2008 |
| Community Health Outstanding Student Project Award 2005, University of Benin | 2005 |
| Medical School Honors, 6-year Exxon-Mobil Nigeria Medical Student Academic Excellence Scholarship Award 2000, University of Benin | 2000 |