Joaquin Hidalgo, MD
Specialties: Children's Neurosurgery, Adult Cranial Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Spinal Neurosurgery
Gender: Male
Biography: Native of Venezuela South America, graduated from medical school summa-cum laude then moved to the USA for formal neurosurgical training at the University of Mississippi and subsequently fellowship training at Johns Hopkins. Years of experience in cranial and spinal neurosurgery for patients of adult and pediatric age.
My Approach to Healthcare
I am interested in treating debilitating adult and pediatric surgical neurological conditions with state-of-the-art techniques and conservative alternatives when possible.
Practice Locations
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Children's of Mississippi Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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University Hospital - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 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.
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: | Neurological Surgery |
| Medical Education: | Universidad del Zulia |
Experience
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, University o Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2023 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 06/2019 - Present |
| Certification, ECFMG | 03/2012 - Present |
| Certification, Neurological Surgeon, American Board of Neurological Surgeons | 05/2022 - Present |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Outstanding International Fellow Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | 2019 |
| Summa-Cum-Laude, La Universidad del Zulia | 2010 |
| Valedictorian. School of Medicine, class of 2003, La Universidad del Zulia | 2010 |
| Valedictorian. Bachelor's in science High School, Class of 2003, Unidad Educativa Colegio San Vicente de Paul | 2003 |