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
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Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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UMMC Colony Park South
326 Commerce Center Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157 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
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
| Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 07/2025 - Present |
| Head of Clinical Gastroenterology Services, School of Medicine, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, 1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Dr. (111), MS 39216 | 07/2013 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Fellowship, American Gastroenterological Association | 02/2021 - Present |
| Re-certification, ACLS certification, American Heart Association | 01/2016 - 01/2018 |
| Certification, Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology | 05/2017 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi Medical License, MSBML | 07/2007 - Present |
| Certification, Internal Medicine, ABIM | 08/2010 - Present |
| Certification, Gastroenterology, ABIM | 11/2013 - Present |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Service Award, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center | 2023 |
| Internal Medicine Residency Quality Improvement Project of the Year, Internal Medicine Residency Program | 2023 |
| Alumni Keynote Address - UMMC Match Day, School of Medicine | 2023 |
| Winner, Mississippi American College of Physicians Chapter Annual Abstract Day Competition | 2022 |
| President of the School of Medicine Alumni Board, University of Mississippi School of Medicine - Office of Alumni Affairs | 2022 |
| Eagle Award Recipient, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center | 2022 |
| Diversity and Inclusion Master, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2021 |
| Selected Participant, School of Medicine Education Grant Academy | 2021 |
| Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association | 2021 |
| Teacher of the Year Award, Digestive Diseases Division | 2020 |
| ICARE Award, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center | 2019 |
| Teacher of the Year Award, UMMC Digestive Diseases Division | 2019 |
| President, Mississippi Gastroenterology Society | 2019 |
| Selected Member of the 2018 American College of Gastroenterology Young Physicians Leadership Program, American College of Gastroenterology | 2018 |
| Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology | 2017 |
| Secretary-Treasurer, Mississippi Gastroenterology Society | 2017 |
| ICARE Excellent Patient Service Award, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center | 2016 |
| Staff Physician of the Year, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center | 2016 |
| ICARE Excellent Patient Service Award, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center | 2014 |
| Travel Grant Recipient: Fellowship2Leadership, Salix Fellows' Program | 2013 |
| Invited GI Fellow, Curatio IBD Program, Arizona | 2012 |
| Chief Fellow, Gastroenterology Fellowship, UMMC Division of Digestive Diseases | 2012 |
| Gastroenterology Representative to Fellows Council, American College of Physicians | 2012 |
| Resident of the Month, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center | 2009 |
| Resident of the Month, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center | 2009 |
| Proctor and Gamble Scholar in Gastroenterology, Southern Section of the American Federation for Medical Research | 2008 |
| Omicron Delta Kappa, University of the South, Sewanee, TN | 2003 |
| Phi Beta Kappa, University of the South, Sewanee, TN | 2003 |
| Wilkins Scholar, Society of Scholars (1999-2003), University of the South, Sewanee, TN | 2003 |