David E. Sawaya Jr., MD
Specialties: Children's General Surgery
Gender: Male
Practice Locations
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Eli Manning Children’s Clinics - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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Children’s of Mississippi - Hattiesburg
2109 Hardy St., Hattiesburg, MS 39401 View Location |
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UMMC Madison Medical Clinics
163 River Oaks Drive, Canton, MS 39046 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.
Jackson and Madison
Medicare health insurance plans
- Devoted Health
- Humana Medicare Advantage
- Medicare - Fee For Service
- Railroad Medicare - Fee for Service
- Shared Health Mississippi
- United Healthcare
- Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
- Wellcare - Medicare Advantage
Medicaid health plans
- Mississippi Medicaid
- MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, MS TrueCare
- Medicaid MS CHIP - Molina MS CHIP and Magnolia Health Plan
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 (excludes UMMC Madison)
- 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: | Surgery, Pediatric Surgery |
| Fellowship: | Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| Internship: | Louisiana State University Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport |
| Residency: | Louisiana State University Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Vice Chair, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson , MS | 07/2020 - Present |
| Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505 | 07/2015 - Present |
| Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2017 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, General Surgery Certification, American Board of Surgery | 02/2001 - 07/2021 |
| Certification, Pediatric Surgery Certification, American Board of Surgery | 03/2008 - 07/2018 |
| Licensure, Louisiana State Medical License | 07/1994 - 12/2009 |
| Licensure, Maryland State Medical Licensure | 07/2005 - 09/2009 |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Medical License | 08/2008 - 06/2009 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Chief Administrative Surgical resident, LSUHSC Department of Surgery | 1999 |