Perumal, Gopinath, M.D.
Specialties: Children's Congenital Heart Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Gender: Male
Biography: Gopinath Perumal MBBS, MS, Mch, FRCS Cth is from coimbatore,Tamil Nadu,India. He received his medical degree from MGR medical university and then went on to complete general surgery residency at Calicut Medical college, Kerala, India. He completed cardiothoracic residency from SCTIMST, trivandrum an institute of national importance. He further honed his skils in congenital heart surgery in Westmead children's Sydney, Queensland children's Brisbane, Benoiff children's, UCSF San Francisco and Texas children's, the nation's number one heart center. He has worked as surgeon and faculty in India, Australia and USA and has published peer reviewed articles. In his freetime he enjoys hiking and spending time with his daughter and family.
My Approach to Healthcare
As a congenital heart surgeon specializing in patients with congenital heart defects from newborn to adulthood, my practice demands perfect unison of head, heart and hands for optimal outcomes. My training and work experience form three different continents puts me in perfect shape to deliver the most appropriate care to this subset of patients which includes VAD implantation and heart transplantation. My approach is to deliver tailored care with a sharp scientific mind, in an empathetic and compassionate manner keeping the patient's medical and social needs at the forefront of all decision making during their hospital stay.
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: | Thoracic Surgery |
| Fellowship: | UCSF Benoiffs Children's Hospital |
| Fellowship: | Texas Children's Hospital |
| Fellowship: | Queensland Children's Hospital |
| Fellowship: | The Prince Charles Hospital |
| Fellowship: | Westmead Childrens Hospital |
| Internship: | Coimbatore medical College Hospital |
| Medical Education: | Coimbatore Medical College |
| Residency: | Medical College, Calicut University |
| Residency: | SCTIMST |
Experience
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, UMMC | 05/2023 - Present |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Young innovator award, Paediatric Cardiac Society of India | 2012 |
| Best Poster, Chitrolsav, SCTIMST | 2011 |
| • First prize in General surgery national quiz -, KASICON | 2009 |
| Best short paper of the year, Calicut surgical club | 2008 |
| First prize in state and national general surgery quiz competition, ASICON | 2008 |
| Gold medal, Tamil Nadu ENT association | 2002 |