Praise Matemavi, DO

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

1 Eli Manning Children’s Clinics - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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2 UMMC Grenada Hospital
960 JK Avent Drive, Grenada, MS 38901
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3 Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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4 UMMC Madison Medical Clinics
163 River Oaks Drive, Canton, MS 39046
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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: 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 Surgeons01/2016 - Present
Licensure, Nebraska Medical License, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services07/2019 - 06/2019
Certification, Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (SAGES/ACS), Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons04/2017 - Present
Certification, Abdominal transplant surgery and hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, American Society of Transplant Surgeons07/2019 - Present
Certification, Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College of Surgeons10/2022 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi medical licence07/2021 - 06/2023
Certification, The American Board of Surgery

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Young Alumni Award, Michigan State University2021
Moonbeam Children's Book Award in Multicultural Non-Fiction, Moonbeam Children's Books2020
Alumni Achievement Award, Lake Michigan College2020
Provider of the Quarter- Solid Organ Transplant Unit, University of Nebraska Medical Center2019
Green Cape Award, Live on Nebraska2019
Surgical resident of the Year, New York Presbyterian Queens- Weill Cornell Medicine2017
Intern of the Year, New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine2011
Walter C. Mill, DO, FACOS, Award of Excellence in Surgery, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine2010