Ameze J. Ero, MD

Ameze J. Ero, MD

Specialties: Children's Neurology

Gender: Female

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: Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
Fellowship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Medical Education:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency:University of Mississippi Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2017 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

NPI
Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
DEA, Controlled Substance Registration Certificate
Certification, Headache Medicine, United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties10/2022 - Present
Certification, The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology09/2017 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Diversity and Inclusion Champion Certificate Program, UMMC Office of Diversity and Inclusion2024
Pediatric Epilepsy Program Travel Grant, Penry Foundation2017
Responsible Conducts of Research, Office of Postdoctoral Studies2016
Pellock Resident Scholar, Child Neurology Society2016
S.T.A.R Award, Conference Attendance, Department of Pediatrics2014
First Place Award Health Sciences Division, Mississippi Academy of Sciences2006