Praise Matemavi, DO
Specialties: Transplant Surgery, Dialysis Access Surgery
Gender: Female
Biography: Dr. Praise Matemavi received her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2010 and then went on to complete an osteopathic surgical internship at Sinai Hospital -Detroit Medical Center in 2011. She then went to New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital - Weill Cornell were she completed her general surgery training in 2017. In 2019 she completed an abdominal transplant and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
My Approach to Healthcare
I am passionate about individualized patient care. I strive to treat each patient with compassion, respect and dignity, meeting them where they are and working together as a team to achieve the best outcomes. I partner with other healthcare providers to provide the best care of our patients.
Practice Locations
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Eli Manning Children’s Clinics - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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UMMC Grenada Hospital
960 JK Avent Drive, Grenada, MS 38901 View Location |
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Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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UMMC Madison Medical Clinics
163 River Oaks Drive, Canton, MS 39046 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: | Transplant Surgery |
| Fellowship: | University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine |
| Internship: | Detroit Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | Michigan St Univ College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| Residency: | New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens |
Experience
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Advanced Trauma Life Support, American College of Surgeons | 01/2016 - Present |
| Licensure, Nebraska Medical License, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services | 07/2019 - 06/2019 |
| Certification, Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (SAGES/ACS), Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons | 04/2017 - Present |
| Certification, Abdominal transplant surgery and hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, American Society of Transplant Surgeons | 07/2019 - Present |
| Certification, Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College of Surgeons | 10/2022 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi medical licence | 07/2021 - 06/2023 |
| Certification, The American Board of Surgery |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Young Alumni Award, Michigan State University | 2021 |
| Moonbeam Children's Book Award in Multicultural Non-Fiction, Moonbeam Children's Books | 2020 |
| Alumni Achievement Award, Lake Michigan College | 2020 |
| Provider of the Quarter- Solid Organ Transplant Unit, University of Nebraska Medical Center | 2019 |
| Green Cape Award, Live on Nebraska | 2019 |
| Surgical resident of the Year, New York Presbyterian Queens- Weill Cornell Medicine | 2017 |
| Intern of the Year, New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine | 2011 |
| Walter C. Mill, DO, FACOS, Award of Excellence in Surgery, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine | 2010 |