Tang, Shou Jiang, M.D.
Specialties: Gastroenterology
Gender: Male
Biography: Shou-jiang Tang, MD, graduated from the West China University of Medical Sciences in 1992. After finishing his post-graduate medical training at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (medical residency), UCLA (gastroenterology fellowship), and University of Toronto (advanced endoscopy fellowship), Dr. Tang joined the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 2004 as an assistant professor. His research interests include endoscopic research and innovations. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed clinical journals and book chapters, with more than 220 co-authored publications listed in the Research Gate database. Dr. Tang holds five U.S. patents in endoscopic devices. He is currently the associate editor of VideoGIE, an official publication of ASGE, and has also served on several American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Committees (ASGE) committees. He was a recipient of the ASGE Don Wilson Award and served as an ASGE Ambassador to Taiwan in 2012. Dr. Tang was awarded the visiting professorship title by the Xian Medical University in China and traveled to international endoscopy courses for talks and live endoscopy demonstrations.
Practice Locations
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Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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UMMC Colony Park South
326 Commerce Center Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157 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, Gastroenterology |
| Fellowship: | University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine |
| Fellowship: | The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto |
| Fellowship: | St Michaels Hospital |
| Internship: | Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| Medical Education: | West China University of Medical Sciences |
| Residency: | Peking Union Medical College Hospital |
| Residency: | Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
Experience
Current Positions
| Associate Editor, VideoGIE, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy | 05/2016 - Present |
| Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2015 - Present |
| GI Fellowship Director, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2012 - Present |
| Director of Advanced Endoscopy and Endoscopic Research, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 08/2010 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Licensure, Mississippi Medical License | 10/2010 - Present |
| NPI, NPI | 10/2010 - Present |
| Licensure, Texas Medical License | 10/2004 - Present |
| DEA, DEA | 08/2004 - Present |
| Certification, USMLE - Step 3 | 05/1996 - Present |
| Certification, ECFMG Certificate | 11/1995 - Present |
| Certification, USMLE - Step 2 | 08/1995 - Present |
| Certification, USMLE - Step 1 | 06/1995 - Present |
| Licensure, Medicine In-service Board Examinations | 11/2003 - 12/2013 |
| Licensure, Medicine In-service Board Examinations: 98% and 97%, American Board of Internal Medicine | 10/2000 - 12/2010 |
| Licensure, California Medical License | 10/2000 - 03/2004 |
| Licensure, Ohio Medical License | 02/1999 - 10/2001 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Visiting Professorship, Hepatobiliary hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China | 2016 |
| Outstanding Reviewer Award, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Journal, ASGE | 2016 |
| Consultant of the Year, Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Services, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2015 |
| ASGE Audio-visual Award, ASGE | 2015 |
| Teaching Award, Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2014 |
| ASGE Audio-visual Award, ASGE | 2014 |
| ASGE Audio-visual Award, ASGE | 2013 |
| Contribution to the ASGE GESAP VII, Gold-Level Award, Association TRENDS' 2012 All-Media Contest, USA | 2012 |
| Recipient of the 2011 Marcom Award-Gold Level, by the Assoc. of Marketing and Communications Professionals (ASGE), ASGE's Online Learning Center | 2012 |
| ASGE Ambassador of Taiwan | 2012 |
| Faculty Scholarship Exchange Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2011 |
| Distinguished Student Worker, West China University of Medical Sciences | 1989 |
| Honor Student, West China University of Medical Sciences | 1987 |
| Dean's List, West China University of Medical Sciences | 1986 |
| Lyman Bilhartz Memorial Teaching Award, UT Southwestern Medical Center | |
| ASGE Don Wilson’s Award, ASGE | |
| Nineteenth ACG North American Gastroenterology Fellow’s Conference, ACG North American Gastroenterology Fellow’s Conference | |
| 2002 Seventh Annual ASGE Young Investigators’ Conference, ASGE Young Investigators’ Conference in Digestive Diseases | |
| 2000 First Prize, the Fourth Annual Medicine Research Day, Cleveland Clinic Foundation |