Svenja Albrecht, MD

Svenja Albrecht, MD

Specialties: Infectious Diseases

Gender: Female

Practice Locations

1 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: Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Fellowship:Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Internship:Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Education:Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency:Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Experience

Current Positions

Director, School of Medicine, Course Director M1 Tropical Medicine Elective07/2023 - Present
Medical Director, Outpatient Antimicrobial Service, School of Medicine, University of MS Medical Center07/2021 - Present
Medical Director and Faculty Expert, TeleECHO, Centro San Vicente and UMMC04/2019 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of MS Medical Center07/2017 - Present
Director, School of Medicine, Course Director M3 Infectious Diseases (MED 636)03/2017 - Present
Faculty, Mississippi AIDS Education Training Center2016 - Present
Director, School of Medicine, Course Director M4 Tropical Medicine (MED 663)01/2008 - Present
Director, UMMC Infectious Disease Viral Hepatitis Program07/2007 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Fibroscan, Echosens08/2016 - Present
Re-certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine10/2015 - Present
Re-certification, Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine10/2014 - Present
Certification, Public Health, National Board of Public Health Examiners08/2010 - Present
Certification, CTropMed, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene12/2010 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi Medical Licensure, Mississippi06/2007 - Present
Certification, Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine10/2005 - 12/2015
Certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine10/2003 - 12/2013

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

2018 Doctor's Day Certificate of Appreciation Recipient, UMMC’s Office of Development2018
Delta Omega Alpha Public Health Honor Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health2010
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School2000