Fryoux, Elizabeth Ames M., M.D.
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Adult Medical Weight Management
Gender: Female
Biography: Dr. Elizabeth Fryoux was born in Monroe, Louisiana and is a graduate of Millsaps College. She obtained her medical degree at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. She completed her internship at Tulane University and then internal medicine residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Following a chief resident year, she joined on as faculty in the General Internal Medicine division at UMMC. She is board certified in internal medicine and obesity medicine and serves as the lead physician for the cardiometabolic clinic and the Obesity Medical Director at UMMC.
My Approach to Healthcare
Practice Locations
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Riverchase - UMMC
2550 Flowood Drive, Flowood, MS 39232 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: | Tulane University School of Medicine |
| Medical Education: | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi School of Medicine |
Experience
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, UMMC | 07/2020 - Present |
| Director, School of Medicine, UMMC | 07/2020 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Board Certification | |
| Certification, Board Certification | |
| Certification, Board Certification | |
| Certification, Board Certification | |
| DEA, DEA | 08/2021 - 09/2024 |
| NPI, NPI | |
| Licensure, MS Medical License | |
| Certification, Board Certification |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Drs. Alice and Joe Holoubek LSU Medical School Founders Award- For excellent diagnostic skills in primary care and the practice of ethical and spiritual care of patients., LSUHSC Shreveport | 2016 |
| Ike Muslow, M.D. Visionary Award- For superior diagnostic skills, exemplary bedside manner and excellence in the area of doctor-patient relationships., LSUHSC Shreveport | 2016 |
| LSU Shreveport Internal Medicine Senior Award- For outstanding performance in Internal Medicine., LSUHSC Shreveport Internal Medicine Department | 2016 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society - Elected as a junior medical student based on academic performance, leadership, community, and volunteer service., AOA | 2014 |
| LSU Honor Scholarship - Awarded to top 25% of medical school class, awarded as sophomore and renewed Junior & Senor year. Was awarded this all throughout medical school., LSUHSC Shreveport | 2014 |
| School of Medicine Institutional Scholarship- Tuition and fees awarded to top quintile of medical school class. Was awarded this on my last two years of medical school., LSUHSC Shreveport | 2014 |
| Nathan Bernstein Scholarship for Academic Excellence - Awarded to high performing medical school with financial need. Was awarded this all throughout medical school., LSUHSC Shreveport | 2013 |
| Ronald B. George Internal Medicine Scholar - Awarded to ten medical students after their first year of medical school based on academics and interest in internal medicine., LSUHSC Shreveport | 2013 |