Kong, Keonho, M.D.
Specialties: Rhinology, Head and Neck Cancers, General ENT and Nasal Allergies
Gender: Male
Biography: Dr. Keonho ‘Albert’ Kong is the only fellowship-trained Rhinologist and Skull Base Surgeon in Mississippi. He completed his fellowship training in Neurorhinology-Anterior skull base surgery at the University of North Carolina where he received mentorship and training from world-renowned leaders in the field. He has the most advanced training in both endoscopic and open approaches to the skull base to address complex sinus disease and tumors, including malignancy of the sinonasal tract and skull base.
When he’s not in clinic or at the hospital, Dr. Kong enjoys staying active through working out, biking, playing tennis and basketball, traveling, and trying new restaurants.
Practice Locations
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Lakeland Medical - UMMC
764 Lakeland Drive, 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: | Otolaryngology |
| Fellowship: | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill |
| Internship: | University of Colorado Health Sciences Center |
| Medical Education: | Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University |
| Residency: | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans |
Experience
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, State of North Carolina | 07/2022 - 06/2022 |
| Licensure, State of Louisiana | 07/2016 - 06/2021 |
| Licensure, State of Colorado | 07/2015 - 06/2016 |