Earl, Truman M., M.D.
Specialties: Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant, Pancreas, Liver and Bile Duct Cancers, Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Gender: Male
Biography: Dr. Earl is board certified in general surgery and fellowship trained in both hepatobiliary, pancreas and abdominal organ transplantation (ASTS and AHPBA certification). His clinical expertise includes all aspects of liver and pancreas surgery as well as transplantation and live donor surgery. He has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and his current research focuses on ischemia-reperfusion injury of the transplanted liver. He has presented his work at national and international meetings, is an invited reviewer for the American Journal of Transplantation, and has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters focusing on hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation. Before coming to Mississippi Dr. Earl was on faculty at Oregon Health and Science University as a transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon. He completed his fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and residency at Vanderbilt University. He is a graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio and Washington and Lee University.
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: | Surgery |
| Fellowship: | Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium |
| Fellowship: | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Internship: | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio |
| Medical Education: | Vanderbilt University |
| Residency: | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Residency: | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Division Chief, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216 | 07/2019 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 07/2016 - Present |
| Director, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Program, Jackson, MS | 11/2015 - Present |
| Director, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 10/2013 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Robotic Surgery, Intuitive Surgical Inc. | 02/2017 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure | 08/2012 - Present |
| Certification, Abdominal Organ Transplant Surgery (ASTS), American Society of Transplant Surgeons | 07/2011 - Present |
| Certification, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery (AHPBA), The Fellowship Council | 07/2011 - Present |
| Licensure, Oregon Board of Medical Licensure | 2011 - Present |
| Certification, Diplomat, American Board of Surgery, American Board of Surgery | 10/2009 - Present |
| Certification, Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (SAGES/ACS), Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons | 2008 - Present |
| Certification, Advanced Trauma Life Support -- Instructor, American College of Surgeons | 06/2002 - 06/2009 |
| Licensure, Missouri Board of Medical Licensure | 2009 - 2012 |
| Licensure, Tennessee Board of Medical Licensure | 2005 - 2011 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Normal C. Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence, University of Mississippi College of Medicine | 2019 |
| Performed Mississippi's First Pancreas Transplant, Featured on WJTV, Clarion Ledger, and AP news. | 2015 |
| Surgeons as Educators Course, American College of Surgeons | 2015 |
| Robert E. Schmieg, Jr. MD Resident Advocacy Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Surgery | 2015 |
| Fellow, American College of Surgeons | 2013 |
| Fred W. Rushton, MD Faculty Teaching Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2013 |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, NIH | 2005 |
| Award for Excellence in Surgery, J. Bradley Aust Society | 2002 |
| Award for Outstanding Performance in the Medicine Clerkship, Department of Medicine, University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio | 2002 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha, University Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio | 2001 |
| Scholarship, Evan Swann Memorial Trust | 2000 |
| Award for Academic Excellent and Achievement, American Society of Clinical Pathologists | 2000 |
| Robert E. Lee Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Washington and Lee University | 1997 |
| Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-medical honor society, Washington and Lee University | 1996 |
| Robert E. Lee Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Washington and Lee University | 1996 |
| Award for Excellence in Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society | 1996 |
| M4 Evers All Star Attending, UMMC |