Carron, Jeffrey D., M.D.

Carron, Jeffrey D., M.D.

Specialties: Children's Ear, Nose and Throat

Gender: Male

Biography: Dr. Carron is recognized as one of the leading pediatric ENTs in the state and has been with UMMC since 2002. Dr. Carron is committed to providing an excellent patient experience as evidenced by his high patient satisfaction scores and positive patient comments. When he is not at the hospital, where he began UMMC's first cochlear implant program, he enjoys fishing and watching his sons play baseball.

Practice Locations

1 Lakeland Medical - UMMC
764 Lakeland Drive, 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: Otolaryngology
Fellowship:University of Washington/Children's Hospital
Internship:Eastern Virginia Medical School
Medical Education:Tulane University School Of Medicine
Residency:Eastern Virginia Medical School

Experience

Current Positions

Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Mississippi Health Care07/2012 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, American Board of Otolaryngology2002 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi2002 - Present
Licensure, Missouri2005 - 2006
Licensure, Washington2001 - 2002
Licensure, Virginia1998 - 2002

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Faculty Teacher of the Year, UMMC Otolaryngology Residency2019
Merck Senior Award (Outstanding Achievement), Tulane University School of Medicine1995
Alpha Omega Alpha Society, Tulane University1994
History of Medicine Society Book Award, Tulane Medicine History of Medicine Society1992
Student Class President (3rd year)
Student Class Vice-President (1st and 2nd years)