Musunkumuki Kadochi, MD
Specialties: Children's Cardiology
Gender: Female
Biography: Dr. Muki Kadochi is a Pediatric Cardiologist and an Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics-Cardiology in the School of Medicine at The University of Mississippi Medical Center under the Children’s of Mississippi Hospital.
She completed medical school at the University of Zambia in Lusaka Zambia (2008). She completed her Residency training in Pediatrics at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo Michigan, after which she did her Pediatric Cardiology fellowship training at Louisiana State University in New Orleans Louisiana.
Dr. Kadochi worked as a General Practitioner in Zambia, in Pediatrics, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Internal Medicine, before transitioning to the US, giving her a wholistic and broad approach to patient care. She currently enjoys providing her expertise in the treatment of heart problems in children, adolescents and young adults in the under-served areas of Mississippi. Dr Kadochi is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (Section of Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery), Zambia Medical Association and Zambia Pediatric Association. In her free time, Dr. Kadochi enjoys church evangelistic activities, live music and ballroom and salsa dancing, cooking and spending time with family and friends. Dr Kadochi also participates in various community volunteer activities. She is passionate about educating the next generation of healthcare providers, though lectures and mentorship programs.
My Approach to Healthcare
Practice Locations
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Children’s of Mississippi - Gulf Coast Specialty Clinic
1721 Medical Park Drive, Biloxi, MS 39532 View Location |
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Children’s of Mississippi - Hattiesburg
2109 Hardy St., Hattiesburg, MS 39401 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: | Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology |
| Fellowship: | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans |
| Internship: | Western Michigan University |
| Medical Education: | University of Zambia |
| Medical Education: | University of Zambia |
| Residency: | Western Michigan University |