Protos, Adam, M.D.

Protos, Adam, M.D.

Gender: Male

Biography: Growing up in Atlanta, I had the opportunity

Practice Locations

1 Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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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.

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: Surgery, Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Fellowship:University Of Louisville School Of Medicine
Internship:Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners
Medical Education:Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Residency:Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners

Experience

Current Positions

Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 3921607/2024 - Present
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 3921612/2019 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Diplomate, American Board of Thoracic Surgery06/2018 - 12/2028
Certification, Diplomate, American Board of Surgery10/2015 - 12/2026

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Inaugural Denton Cooley Scholarship Winner, American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)2018
Cox Fellowship Winner, American Association for Thoracic Surgery2017
Participation in the Leadership Summit, American College of Surgeons2016
Leadership Scholarship Winner, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Delegate to Leadership Committee for Kentucky, American College of Surgeons
Member of the Admissions Committee, Chicago Medical School