Seawright, Ashley H., D.N.P., ACNP
Specialties: Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Gender: Female
Biography: Ashley Seawright completed her BSN at Baylor University in 1997. After which time she worked as an ICU nurse until 2007, when she graduated from the University of Mississippi Medical Center with an MSN and became board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. She was then hired as an instructor in the department of surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center where she serves as a nurse practitioner/hospitalists for the abdominal transplant, hepatobiliary and surgical oncology division managing patients in both an inpatient and outpatient clinical setting. In 2010, Dr. Seawright completed the Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree at Johns Hopkins followed by the Business Advantage Program at Millsaps College.
In January of 2018, she was named the Advanced Transplant Provider of the year by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. In 2017, Mississippi Nurses’ Association & Mississippi Nurses’ Foundation awarded Dr. Seawright the Advanced Practice Nurse of 2017.
Her professional and research interest include: kidney, liver, and pancreas transplantation, living donation in minority groups, health disparities and access to care, quality improvement initiatives for the transplant population, as well as early recovery after surgery initiatives.
Currently Dr. Seawright serves as the Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs). She is clinical director of transplant and surgical oncology. In addition, she serves on the council of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons as Associate Member at large.
Practice Locations
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UMMC Grenada Hospital
960 JK Avent Drive, Grenada, MS 38901 View Location |
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Pavilion - UMMC
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: | Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care |
| Graduate School: | Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing |
| Medical Education: | Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing |
| Medical Education: | University of Mississippi School of Nursing |
Experience
Current Positions
| Director, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 07/2016 - Present |
| Surgical Chief of Advanced Practice, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 03/2016 - Present |
| Lead Nurse Practitioner, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 04/2014 - Present |
| Transplant Nurse Practitioner, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 09/2007 - Present |
| Instructor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 09/2007 - Present |
| Executive Director of Advanced Practice Providers, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2018 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, ProCPR, ProCPR | |
| Licensure, State of Mississippi | |
| Certification, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, American Nurse Credentialing Center |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Sherilyn Gordon Memorial Travel Award, American Society of Transplant Surgeons | 2019 |
| Advanced Transplant Provider of the Year, American Society of Transplant Surgeons | 2018 |
| Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year, Mississippi Nursing Association | 2017 |
| Healthcare Heroes of Mississippi Nominee, Mississippi Business Journal | 2016 |
| Mississippi DNP Wall of Fame, Mississippi Educational Consortium for the Doctorate of Nursing Practice | 2012 |
| Travel Grant, ASTS Fellows Symposium of Transplantation Medicine | 2008 |
| Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Beta Chapter, UMMC |