Geissler, William B., M.D.
Specialties: Orthopaedic, Orthopaedic Joint Replacement, Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity, Arthroscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Gender: Male
Biography: Dr. William B. Geissler is the Alan E. Freeland Chair of Orthopaedic Hand Surgery and is the professor and chief of the Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery and chief of the Section of Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He joined the UMMC Department of Orthopedics in 1992, specializing in shoulder and elbow surgery, hand surgery and advanced arthroscopic surgery. Geissler received his M.D. from Tulane University Medical School in 1985. He completed his internship and residency in Orthopaedic surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and then completed an AO Orthopaedic trauma fellowship in Aarau, Switzerland. Geissler then completed a one-year fellowship in advanced arthroscopy in sports medicine in Richmond, Virginia. Geissler returned to UMMC and completed a second fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery. Geissler particularly concentrates on upper extremity joint replacement, from the shoulder to the fingers, upper extremity trauma reconstruction, and arthroscopic surgery. He serves as a physician to numerous community high schools and the Mississippi Braves, and serves as a consultant for the Ole Miss Athletic Program.
Practice Locations
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Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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UMMC Colony Park South
326 Commerce Center Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157 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: | Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery |
| Fellowship: | Tukahoe Orthopedic Associates |
| Fellowship: | Kantonsspital Hospital |
| Internship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | Tulane University School Of Medicine |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2001 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery | 08/1995 - 12/2014 |
| Certification, Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery | 07/1994 - 12/2014 |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 08/1986 - 06/2009 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Best Doctors in America in Hand Surgery | 2004 |
| Best Doctors in America in Orthopaedic Surgery | 1997 |
| AOA Zimmer Annual Travel Awards Competition for Sports Medicine Fellow, "Intra-articular Pathology in Isolated Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries", AOA | 1992 |