Duckworth, Savannah, M.D.
Specialties: Internal Medicine
Gender: Female
Practice Locations
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UMMC LB Building
878 Lakeland Drive, LB Building, 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 |
| Internship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | University of Mississippi School of Medicine |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Course Director for the Introduction to the Medical Profession-1 course, School of Medicine, UMMC | 07/2020 - Present |
| Medical Director for the School of Medicine Judith Gore Gearhart Clinical Skills Center, School of Medicine, UMMC | 07/2020 - Present |
| Program Organizer, Internal Medicine Scholars Observership, School of Medicine, UMMC | 05/2019 - Present |
| Course Director for the Ambulatory Internal Medicine Rotation for third year medical students, School of Medicine, UMMC | 07/2018 - Present |
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Jackson, MS 39211 | 07/2017 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Teaching Educators Across the Continuum of Healthcare (TEACH) Program, Society of General Internal Medicine | 07/2020 - Present |
| DEA, Controlled Substance Registration Certificate, Drug Enforcement Administration | 06/2019 - 06/2022 |
| NPI, National Provider Identifier, National Provider Identifier | 07/2014 - Present |
| Licensure, Medical Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 07/2017 - 06/2022 |
| Certification, HIV Medicine Training Track, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases | 07/2016 - 06/2017 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Promotion to Associate Professor, UMMC | 2022 |
| Academy for Excellence in Education - select faculty to create innovative programs to enhance teaching across our institution, UMMC | 2022 |
| Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence 2020-2021. Established in 2004 to recognize faculty who have provided the finest attention to student education on this campus., UMMC School of Medicine | 2021 |
| First recipient of the Trailblazer of the Year Award - the only school honor for which a faculty member is recognized for outstanding performance by their peers, UMMC School of Medicine | 2021 |
| Teaching Educators Across the Continuum of Healthcare (TEACH) Program - selected as one of 23 participants for this year-long national program developed for junior clinician educators to advance teaching skills. Directed by nationally recognized group of faculty., Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) | 2021 |
| Clinical Professor of the Year Award - only recipient of this award selected by the senior class to the clinical professor who fosters learning, exhibits exceptional teaching, and inspires the class to strive for excellence in and out of the classroom., UMMC SOM, Class of 2020 | 2020 |
| Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence 2019-2020. Established in 2004 to recognize faculty who have provided the finest attention to student education on this campus., UMMC School of Medicine | 2020 |
| Leonard Tow Award - Faculty recipient of this campus-wide honor for excellence as a compassionate clinician, UMMC Gold Humanism Society | 2019 |
| Chosen to have award named in my honor; awarded to one student annually who demonstrates exemplary education skills at the JFC: "The Savannah Duckworth Student Educator Award", Jackson Free Clinic (JFC) | 2019 |
| Chosen to have award named in my honor; awarded to one resident annually who demonstrates exemplary education skills at the JFC: "The Savannah Duckworth Resident Excellence in Education Award", Jackson Free Clinic (JFC) | 2019 |
| Trailblazer Teaching Award - recognizes outstanding faculty for demonstrating excellence in medical student education; for engaging, inspiring, and mentoring learners; for modeling educational leadership; and for serving as a catalyst for the enhancement of teaching and learning., UMMC School of Medicine Office of Medical Education | 2019 |
| Evers Society Hall of Fame - Hall of Fame members are those who has previously won three or more Evers Society awards, UMMC Evers Society - student-led honorary and service organization to improve medical education through course and educator evaluation. | 2018 |
| Received this student-selected campus-wide award, given to only six residents, as a third year IM resident. Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, Gold Humanism Honor Society | 2017 |
| Resident Teacher of the Year - selected by the student members of the UMMC AOA Chapter, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) | 2017 |
| Regional winner of the Resident Clinical Vignette Poster Competition, Mississippi/Alabama Chapters, Regional Meeting American College of Physicians | 2016 |
| Received this student-selected campus-wide award, given to only six residents, as a second year IM resident. Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, Gold Humanism Honor Society | 2016 |
| Evers Society M4 Resident of the Year - only recipient of this campus-wide award selected by the fourth year medical student class, UMMC Evers Society - student-led honorary and service organization to improve medical education through course and educator evaluation. | 2016 |
| Evers Society M3 Resident of the Year - only recipient of this campus-wide award selected by the third year medical student class, UMMC Evers Society - student-led honorary and service organization to improve medical education through course and educator evaluation. | 2016 |
| Medicine Resident of the Year - only recipient of this award selected by VA Internal Medicine faculty, G.V. Sonny Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center | 2016 |
| Received this student-selected campus-wide award, given to only six residents, as an IM intern. Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, Gold Humanism Honor Society | 2015 |
| Evers Society M3 Resident of the Year - only recipient of this campus-wide award selected by the third year medical student class. Received this award as an IM intern., UMMC Evers Society - student-led honorary and service organization to improve medical education through course and educator evaluation. | 2015 |
| 2014 Medical Student of the Year - only recipient of this award given by the SOM Student Affairs Deans, UMMC Student Affairs | 2014 |
| Gold Humanism Honor Society - student inductee selected by UMMC School of Medicine faculty and leadership, Gold Humanism Honor Society | 2013 |