Mississippi
Endometriosis care in Mississippi
PelviQuest does not yet have a bookable specialist in Mississippi. Jackson is the single academic center; Memphis, New Orleans and Birmingham are the nearest alternatives.
Mississippi has about 3.0 million residents, including about 677,000 women aged 15 to 49 (Census ACS); at the WHO prevalence of about 10% that is roughly 68,000 living with endometriosis, most of them undiagnosed.
Order-of-magnitude estimate: Census ACS women aged 15 to 49, WHO prevalence about 10%.
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Endometriosis care in Mississippi: the facts that matter
The largest metro areas in Mississippi are Memphis, Jackson and Gulfport. Mississippi has not expanded Medicaid under the ACA, so adult eligibility is narrower (KFF). State programs and clinics: Mississippi health department, women's health (opens in new tab). Jackson is about 200 air miles from Memphis and about 210 from Birmingham, the distances behind the usual out-of-state referrals.
Facts checked 2026-10-13. Sources: data.census.gov, api.census.gov, en.wikipedia.org, msdh.ms.gov, kff.org, kff.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.
Specialist endometriosis care in Mississippi
The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson describes itself as the state's only academic health science center. Its obstetrics and gynecology residency trains at Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants in Jackson and at affiliated hospitals in Tupelo (North Mississippi Medical Center, described as a 640-bed regional referral center) and Hattiesburg (Forrest General Hospital, a 545-bed Level II trauma center), so those are the hospitals where the state's own residents learn gynecologic surgery. The department lists separate contact lines for women's health, urogynecology, maternal-fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology and gynecologic oncology. No Mississippi hospital appears on the AAGL's list of fellowship sites in complex benign gynecology.
The Gulf Coast looks in two directions. Gulfport is about 150 air miles from Jackson but only about 70 from New Orleans, so for the coast the nearer academic hospitals are in Louisiana. Hattiesburg is about 85 air miles from Jackson.
Mississippi has not adopted the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, according to KFF. The Mississippi State Department of Health publishes maternal health resources through its Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies program.
Checked 2026-10-13. Sources: umc.edu, umc.edu, aagl.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, kff.org, kff.org, msdh.ms.gov.
Where specialist gynecology is concentrated in Mississippi
Most excision surgeons train and practice at or near academic centers. In Mississippi:
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson)
Across the state line: Ochsner Health (New Orleans) in Louisiana, UAMS Health (Little Rock) in Arkansas, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville) in Tennessee and UAB Medicine (Birmingham) in Alabama.
Named for where gynecologic surgery is concentrated, not as programs we have assessed.
Travelling for care from Mississippi
Mississippi borders Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama, and a specialist across the state line is often closer than one across the state.
Questions from Mississippi
- Does PelviQuest have an endometriosis specialist in Mississippi?
- Not yet. Physicians join state by state; when one joins in Mississippi, this page and the app will show it.
- Can I use PelviQuest in Mississippi?
- Yes. The questionnaire, trackers, insights and report work in every state; bring the report to any gynecologist.
- Where do most Mississippi patients end up for endometriosis surgery?
- Usually at or near University of Mississippi Medical Center, or with a private excision surgeon trained there. Physicians who treat endometriosis in Mississippi can join the network.
Six things to check before choosing a surgeon in Mississippi
excision experience, clinical diagnosis, not surgery first, pelvic nerve and pelvic floor care, imaging read by experienced hands, a team around the surgeon, time and follow-up. The questions behind each point are on the specialist directory page.
Neighboring states
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