Elizabeth R. Paine, MD

Elizabeth R. Paine, MD

Specialties: Gastroenterology

Gender: Female

Biography: Dr. Paine is a native of Jackson, Mississippi, and graduated from the University of the South with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Political Science. She then completed medical school, Internal Medicine Residency, and Digestive Disease Fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center with her clinical work as a gastroenterologist at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center. At the VA, she served as GI Section Chief prior to being selected as Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Specialty Care and currently as Associate Chief of Staff for Specialty Care.

Practice Locations

1 Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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2 UMMC Colony Park South
326 Commerce Center Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157
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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

Behavioral health plans

  • United Behavioral Health
  • Cigna Behavioral Health

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

Education

Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Medical Education:University of Mississippi School of Medicine [M.D.]

Experience

Current Positions

Department Chair, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS 3921603/2024 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS07/2019 - Present
Head of Clinical Gastroenterology Services, School of Medicine, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, 1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Dr. (111), MS 3921607/2013 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Fellowship, American Gastroenterological Association02/2021 - Present
Re-certification, ACLS certification, American Heart Association01/2016 - 01/2018
Certification, Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology05/2017 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi Medical License, MSBML07/2007 - Present
Certification, Internal Medicine, ABIM08/2010 - Present
Certification, Gastroenterology, ABIM11/2013 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Service Award, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center2023
Internal Medicine Residency Quality Improvement Project of the Year, Internal Medicine Residency Program2023
Alumni Keynote Address - UMMC Match Day, School of Medicine2023
Winner, Mississippi American College of Physicians Chapter Annual Abstract Day Competition2022
President of the School of Medicine Alumni Board, University of Mississippi School of Medicine - Office of Alumni Affairs2022
Eagle Award Recipient, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center2022
Diversity and Inclusion Master, University of Mississippi Medical Center2021
Selected Participant, School of Medicine Education Grant Academy2021
Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association2021
Teacher of the Year Award, Digestive Diseases Division2020
ICARE Award, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center2019
Teacher of the Year Award, UMMC Digestive Diseases Division2019
President, Mississippi Gastroenterology Society2019
Selected Member of the 2018 American College of Gastroenterology Young Physicians Leadership Program, American College of Gastroenterology2018
Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology2017
Secretary-Treasurer, Mississippi Gastroenterology Society2017
ICARE Excellent Patient Service Award, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center2016
Staff Physician of the Year, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center2016
ICARE Excellent Patient Service Award, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center2014
Travel Grant Recipient: Fellowship2Leadership, Salix Fellows' Program2013
Invited GI Fellow, Curatio IBD Program, Arizona2012
Chief Fellow, Gastroenterology Fellowship, UMMC Division of Digestive Diseases2012
Gastroenterology Representative to Fellows Council, American College of Physicians2012
Resident of the Month, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center2009
Resident of the Month, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center2009
Proctor and Gamble Scholar in Gastroenterology, Southern Section of the American Federation for Medical Research2008
Omicron Delta Kappa, University of the South, Sewanee, TN2003
Phi Beta Kappa, University of the South, Sewanee, TN2003
Wilkins Scholar, Society of Scholars (1999-2003), University of the South, Sewanee, TN2003