James W. Sturdivant  Jr., MD

James W. Sturdivant Jr., MD

Specialties: Chronic Pain Management

Gender: Male

Practice Locations

1 UMMC Grenada Hospital
960 JK Avent Drive, Grenada, MS 38901
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2 Jackson Medical Mall - UMMC Clinics
350 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39213
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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: Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Medical Education:Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency:University of Mississippi Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS07/2022 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, PALS, American Heart Association04/2021 - Present
Certification, Diplomate in Pain Management, American Board of Anesthesiology09/2022 - Present
Certification, Diplomate in Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology03/2022 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi State Medical Licensure Board05/2021 - Present
Certification, ACLS, American Heart Association06/2020 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Faculty Honor Roll, University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology2024
Faculty Professionalism Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology2024
Pain Fellowship Teacher of the Year, University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology2023