Rola Abi Saleh, MD

Rola Abi Saleh, MD

Specialties: Geriatrics

Gender: Female

Biography: Dr. Karam is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. As a geriatrician, she devotes her clinical time to serving the needs of older adults with multimorbidity, frailty, and cognitive impairment, with the goal of improving the health and quality of life of older adults using a shared decision-making model of patient-centered care. Her clinical responsibilities are mainly in the Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center clinic, where she evaluates and treat patients with cognitive complaints and dementia, and as a teaching attending on the Geriatric Medicine inpatient service. Her patient-centered research focuses on improving our understanding of risk factors for cognitive impairment and the clinical utility of imaging modalities to diagnose and treat patients with cognitive problems. She is currently a co-investigator and a cognitive status adjudicator in the PREVENTABLE study and a co-investigator in the New IDEAS study, and she uses her expertise to adjudicate cognitive status in two large cohorts, the MarkVCID Consortium and the privately funded UMMC MIND Center – Mayo Clinic Study of Aging.

Practice Locations

1 UMMC Colony Park South
326 Commerce Center Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157
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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: Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Fellowship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fellowship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Internship:Hotel Dieu De France Hospital
Medical Education:St. Joseph University
Residency:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency:Hotel Dieu De France Hospital

Experience

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N State Street, MS 392162020 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Board Certification, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine11/2022 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure07/2020 - Present
Certification, Geriatrics Board Certification, American Geriatrics Society10/2020 - Present
Certification, Internal Medicine Board Certification, American College of Physicians/ Internal Medicine08/2019 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Spirit of the Program Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center2018
Best resident of the month, University of Mississippi Medical Center2017
Highest score in the final exam of Internal Medicine Residency, Hotel Dieu De France2011