Pradeep Kumar Vaitla, MD

Pradeep Kumar Vaitla, MD

Specialties: Nephrology, Nephrology and Kidney Transplant

Gender: Male

Biography: Dr. Vaitla graduated from medical school in India before relocating to the USA to pursue specialization. He completed an internal medicine residency at Texas Tech University, followed by a nephrology fellowship at Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. Dr. Vaitla further advanced his training with a transplant nephrology fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta.

In 2016, he began his career as a transplant nephrologist at UMMC and later assumed the role of Medical Director of Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation. Additionally, Dr. Vaitla serves as the Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship.

Dr. Vaitla serves as the site Principal Investigator (PI) for multiple research studies and grants. He is a prolific author with over 35 peer-reviewed publications

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.

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: Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowship:Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship:Ochsner Foundation Hospital
Internship:Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Permian Basin)
Medical Education:Osmania Medical College
Residency:Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Permian Basin)

Experience

Current Positions

Program Director, Nephrology fellowship, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine07/2024 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UMMC07/2021 - Present
Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation, University of Mississippi Medical Center05/2017 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, ASTS Leadership Development Program- 2018, The American Society of Transplant Surgeons09/2018 - Present
Licensure, Physician license, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensing06/2016 - Present
Certification, Board Certification in Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine11/2016 - 11/2026
Licensure, Physician License, Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners06/2013 - 06/2015
Licensure, Physician License, Georgia Medical Board06/2015 - 12/2016
Certification, ECFMG, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certification08/2009 - Present
Certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine08/2013 - 08/2023

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Fellow of American College of Physicians (FACP), American College of Physicians2021
Hearin scholarship for Millsaps College Business Advantage Program, Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation2021
Region 3 (MS,AL,GA,FL,LA,PR) Representative- Pancreas Transplant Committee, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)2020
Accepted for MCCTR-Research Summer Institute- 2020, Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research2020
Fellow of American Society of Nephrology (FASN), American Society of Nephrology2020
Director - Mississippi Transplant Symposium 2019, Mississippi Transplant Symposium2019
Nominated, Outstanding service faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, UMMC2019
Nominated, Outstanding service faculty & Master clinician, Department of Internal Medicine, UMMC2018
Mississippi-Clinical Vignette-Poster Finalist, American College of Physicians2017