Lyssa T. Weatherly, MD
Specialties: Geriatrics
Gender: Female
Biography: Lyssa was born and raised in Mississippi. She obtained her undergraduate degree in chemistry and biology at Mississippi College. She went on to attend medical school at UMMC, where she also completed her residency, chief residency, and geriatrics fellowship. She has a particular interest in medical student and resident education and mentorship. She joined the Internal Medicine residency program as an Associate Program Director in 2017, and she has also serves as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs in the School of Medicine since 2019. She is active in undergraduate medical education where she serves as co-course director for the "M3 Transition to the Clinical Learning Environment" course. At the graduate medical education level, she is co-director of the clinician educator track within the Internal Medicine residency program. Her most important job and greatest gift in life is being a wife and mother. She lives at home in Madison with her husband, Brandon, and her two daughters, Olivia and Maren.
Practice Locations
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Grants Ferry - UMMC
1010 Lakeland Place, Flowood, MS 39232 View Location |
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2
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.
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 (except HMO)
- Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
- Wellcare - Medicare Advantage
Medicaid health plans
- Mississippi Medicaid Fee for Service
- MS CAN Plans: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare
- MS CHIP: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare
Dental plans
- Always Care
- Avesis
- Medicaid Fee for Service
- MS CAN: Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, TrueCare
- Ambetter
- Unum
Vision plans
- EyeMed
- First Look
- March Vision
Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans
- Aetna Health Management (excludes UMMC Madison)
- Ambetter
- American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
- BCBS Federal
- Celtic (Transplants)
- Cigna PPO (excludes transplants; excludes UMMC Madison)
- Corvel Healthcare Corp (Workers Comp.)
- 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
- Interlink Health Services (Transplant)
- LifeTrac (Transplant)
- Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
- Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
- 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)
- OptumHealth VA CCN
- PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Tricare
- United Healthcare: PPO Commercial (excludes HMO)
- Vantage Health Plan: Commercial, PPACA Plan
- Veterans Administration
Behavioral health plans
- United Behavioral Health
- Cigna Behavioral Health
Education
| Board Certification: | Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine |
| Fellowship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Internship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2017 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Geriatrics | 12/2017 - Present |
| Certification, Americal Board of Internal Medicine | 08/2015 - 08/2015 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Faculty Focus Leadership Development Program, UMMC | 2024 |
| M4 All-Star Attending, Evers Society | 2024 |
| Award of Excellence for Programmatic Innovation Poster, Association for Program Directors in Internal Medicine National Meeting | 2023 |
| Academy for Excellence in Education, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2022 |
| Trailblazer Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine | 2022 |
| Norman C. Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence, University of Mississippi School of Medicine | 2021 |
| Region's TEACH Prize Finalist, UMMC | 2021 |
| Fellowship in the American College of Physicians, American College of Physicians | 2020 |
| Norman C. Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence, UMMC School of Medicine | 2020 |
| Department of Medicine Teacher of the Year, Internal Medicine Residency Program | 2019 |
| Clinical Professor of the Year, School of Medicine | 2019 |
| Norman C. Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence, UMMC School of Medicine | 2019 |
| Evers Society Hall of Fame, Evers Society | 2017 |
| Fellow of the Year, GV Sonny Montgomery Veteran's Affairs Hospital | 2017 |
| Chief Resident, UMMC Department of Medicine | 2015 |
| Resident of the Year, UMMC Department of Medicine | 2015 |
| M4 Resident of the Year, Evers Society | 2015 |
| M4 Resident of the Year, Evers Society | 2014 |
| Resident of the Year, Alpha Omega Alpha | 2014 |
| Gold Humanism Excellence in Teaching Recipient, Gold Humanism Honor Society | 2014 |
| Intern of the Year, UMMC Department of Medicine | 2013 |
| M4 All Star Resident, Evers Society | 2013 |
| M3 All Star Resident, Evers Society | 2013 |
| Medical Student of the Year, UMMC School of Medicine | 2012 |
| Helen Turner Academic Medicine Award, UMMC School of Medicine | 2012 |
| Internal Medicine Student of the Year, UMMC Department of Medicine | 2012 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha, AOA | 2011 |
| Associated Student Body President, UMMC | 2011 |
| Community Service Award, UMMC School of Medicine | 2011 |
| Gold Humanism Honor Society, GHHS | 2011 |
| Daryl Douglas Memorial Award, UMMC School of Medicine | 2010 |
| William Forrest Hutchinson Award, UMMC School of Medicine | 2010 |
| Margie Bulboff Award, UMMC School of Medicine | 2010 |