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
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Pavilion - 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.
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: | 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 Medicine | 07/2024 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UMMC | 07/2021 - Present |
| Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 05/2017 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, ASTS Leadership Development Program- 2018, The American Society of Transplant Surgeons | 09/2018 - Present |
| Licensure, Physician license, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensing | 06/2016 - Present |
| Certification, Board Certification in Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine | 11/2016 - 11/2026 |
| Licensure, Physician License, Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners | 06/2013 - 06/2015 |
| Licensure, Physician License, Georgia Medical Board | 06/2015 - 12/2016 |
| Certification, ECFMG, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certification | 08/2009 - Present |
| Certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine | 08/2013 - 08/2023 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Fellow of American College of Physicians (FACP), American College of Physicians | 2021 |
| Hearin scholarship for Millsaps College Business Advantage Program, Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation | 2021 |
| 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 Research | 2020 |
| Fellow of American Society of Nephrology (FASN), American Society of Nephrology | 2020 |
| Director - Mississippi Transplant Symposium 2019, Mississippi Transplant Symposium | 2019 |
| Nominated, Outstanding service faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, UMMC | 2019 |
| Nominated, Outstanding service faculty & Master clinician, Department of Internal Medicine, UMMC | 2018 |
| Mississippi-Clinical Vignette-Poster Finalist, American College of Physicians | 2017 |