Osei, Frank A., M.D.
Specialties: Children's Cardiology
Gender: Male
Biography: Dr. Frank Abrokwah Osei, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, joined the medical staff of the Children’s of Mississippi Clinic in Tupelo in 2015.
After receiving his medical degree at the School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, Dr. Osei interned in the Departments of Child Health and Surgery at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. Afterwards, with his interest in pediatrics, Dr. Osei continued to take care of children and was a medical officer in the Department of Child Health at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. He was also involved in clinical research.
Dr. Osei completed his pediatric residency at the Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. He completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in Bronx, New York and a fellowship in advanced pediatric non-invasive cardiac imaging at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Osei is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric cardiology. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Pediatricians. He is also a member of the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography and the Fetal Heart Society.
My Approach to Healthcare
My ultimate goal is to provide the best care available. Whenever I meet with my patients, I see it as an opportunity to connect with them and to ease some of the fears. We are expected love our neighbors as ourselves and we do to others whatever we would like others to do to us. Therefore, just as I want the best for my family, I also strive to do the same for my patients with a compassionate and holistic approach. It is always a joy to be able to make a positive impact on the lives of my patients.
Practice Locations
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Children’s of Mississippi - Tupelo Specialty Clinic
1150 S. Green St., Tupelo, MS 38804 View Location |
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Children's of Mississippi - North Mississippi Medical Center
1777 Curtis Dr., Iuka, MS 38852 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: | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| Fellowship: | Albert Einstein Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | K. N. University of Science & Tech |
| Residency: | Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine |
Experience
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 09/2015 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| NPI | |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Medical License | 07/2015 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Pediatrics | 10/2013 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Pediatrics Subboard of Pediatric Cardiology | 11/2014 - Present |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Outstanding Faculty in Outreach Setting, UMMC (Department of Pediatrics) | 2019 |