Kimberly Paduda, MD
Specialties: Children's Hospital Medicine
Gender: Female
Biography: Dr. Kim Paduda is a native of the Mississippi Gulf Coast but has called the Jackson area home since beginning her undergraduate education at Millsaps College. She attended medical school and completed her pediatric residency at UMMC, where she found her passion in caring for Mississippi’s hospitalized children. She joined the UMMC faculty in 2007 as a pediatric hospitalist and became clerkship director the following year. She is involved in student education in many ways and considers it an honor to help train future physicians. Dr. Paduda lives in Madison with her husband, Mickey, and their three children. When not at the hospital, she can usually be found in the stands at various youth sporting events or on the lake with her family.
Practice Locations
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Eli Manning Children’s Clinics - 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: | Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Univeristy of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2013 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Board Certification | 10/2007 - Present |
| Licensure, Medical License | 06/2007 - 07/2014 |
| DEA, DEA Certificate | 02/2010 - 03/2016 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| The Sorey Award, Department of Pediatricas | 2024 |
| Trailblazer Award for Excellence in Medical Education, UMMC | 2017 |
| Faculty of the Year, Alpha Omega Alpha | 2014 |
| Most Influential in Choosing Pediatrics as a Career, Department of Pediatrids | 2014 |
| Most Influential in Choosing Pediatrics as a Career, Department of Pediatrics | 2013 |
| Hall of Fame, Carl G. Evers Society | 2013 |
| Most Influential in Choosing Pediatrics as a Career, Department of Pediatrics | 2012 |
| M3 Professor of the Year, Carl G. Evers Society | 2011 |
| Faculty of the Year, Alpha Omega Alpha; University of MS Medical Center | 2011 |
| Best Doctors, Best Doctors, Inc. | 2011 |
| M3 Professor of the Year, Carl G. Evers Society | 2010 |
| Holliman Award, Pediatric Residents; University of MS Medical Center | 2010 |
| M4 Professor of the Year, Carl G. Evers Society | 2010 |
| Holliman Award, Pediatric Residents; University of MS Medical Center | 2009 |
| M3 All Star Professor, Carl G. Evers Society, University of MS Medical Center | 2008 |
| Teaching Faculty of the Year, Department of Pediatrics; University of MS Medical Center | 2008 |
| Faculty of the Year, Alpha Omega Alpha; University of MS Medical Center | 2008 |
| Rookie of the Year Award, Department of Pediatrics; University of MS Medical Center | 2007 |