Kelsey E. Koch, MD
Specialties: Thoracic Surgery
Gender: Female
Biography: Originally from the upper Midwest, Dr. Koch earned her medical degree at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. She completed her residency in General Surgery at the University of Iowa and spent 2 years of dedicated research time focusing on oncology research. During this time, she also completed the Association for Surgical Education’s Surgical Education Research Fellowship.
After her General Surgery training, Dr. Koch attended Yale and completed her fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery in New Haven, CT, with a clinical focus in the Thoracic Oncology.
Dr. Koch sees patients with primary lung cancer, cancers metastatic to the lung, mediastinal masses, tracheal abnormalities, esophageal cancer, thoracic outlet syndrome, and chest wall deformities.
Practice Locations
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UMMC Medical Pavilion
2500 North State Street, 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.
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
Behavioral health plans
- United Behavioral Health
- Cigna Behavioral Health
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
Education
| Board Certification: | General Surgery |
| Fellowship: | Yale University School of Medicine |
| Medical Education: | University Of South Dakota School Of Medicine |
Experience
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 09/2025 - Present |
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, St. Dominic Hospital, 969 Lakeland Dr | 09/2025 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship, American Association of Thoracic Surgery | |
| Certification, Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Certification | |
| Licensure, Medical License, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 06/2025 - 06/2026 |
| Certification, General Surgery Board Certification, American Board of Surgery | 03/2024 - 01/2027 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Clinical Excellence Award, Yale Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery | 2025 |
| Surgical Education Leadership Fellowship, Association of Surgical Education | 2023 |
| Surgical Education Research Fellow, Association of Surgical Education | 2022 |
| Medical Student Surgery Clerkship Teaching Award, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine | 2022 |
| Clinical Teaching Award Nominee, University of Iowa, Graduate Medical Education | 2022 |
| Resident Educator of the Year Nominee, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine | 2021 |
| First Place, Regional Trauma Resident Paper Competition, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma | 2020 |
| T32 Surgical Oncology Research Fellow, University of Iowa, Department of Surgical Oncology | 2020 |
| Quality Leadership Academy, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | 2020 |
| Make a Difference Award, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | 2018 |
| Resident Educator of the Year Nominee, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine | 2018 |
| Dorothy Shaw Leadership Award, Alpha Delta Pi Foundation | 2016 |
| Karl Wegner Highest Honors Pathology Award, University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine | 2015 |
| Clinical Research Assistant, Sanford Health, Department of Pediatric Surgery | 2013 |
| Leadership Hall of Fame Inductee, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 2012 |