Charles R. Pound, MD
Specialties: Urology Surgery, Genitourinary Cancers
Gender: Male
Biography: Dr. Pound received a BS in Biology from the University of Mississippi in 1989, completed medical school and residency @ Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD and a fellowship in urologic oncology under Dr. Patrick Walsh. His clinical interests are in areas of urologic malignancy, primarily prostate, bladder, and renal cancers. His clinical research is in the areas of prostate cancer and minimally invasive therapy for renal cell carcinoma.
Practice Locations
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UMMC Madison Medical Clinics
163 River Oaks Drive, Canton, MS 39046 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.
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
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
Behavioral health plans
- United Behavioral Health
- Cigna Behavioral Health
Education
| Board Certification: | Urology |
| Internship: | The Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| Medical Education: | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Residency: | The Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| Residency: | The Johns Hopkins Hospital |
Experience
Current Positions
| Merit Health Madison, Canton, MS 39046 | 01/2021 - Present |
| Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216 | 07/2012 - Present |
| Division Chief, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS, Jackson 39216-4500 | 07/2004 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Basic Life Support, American Heart Association | 04/2019 - 04/2021 |
| NPI | |
| DEA | 04/2021 - 03/2024 |
| Licensure, State Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, State Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 2001 - Present |
| Licensure, Division of Health Related Boards, Tennessee Health Related Boards | 2000 - Present |
| Licensure, Board of Physician Quality Assurance, Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance | 1999 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Urology | 02/1997 - 02/2032 |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure, Mississippi State Medical Association | 07/2004 - 06/2022 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Southeastern Section of the American Urologic Association Distinguished Member Award, Southeastern Section of the American Urologic Association | 2023 |
| Clinical Membership, The CCRI Scientiric Leadership Council | 2020 |
| SES Visting Professor, Georgia Urologic Association | 2015 |
| W. Lamar Weems Professor of Urology, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2014 |
| Top Doctors in America, U.S. News Top Doctors In America,Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. | 2011 |
| Omicron Delta Kappa, The University of Mississippi | 1988 |
| Third Place, AUA Circon-ACMI Resident Essay Contest, Circon-ACMI | |
| First Place, AUA Circon-ACMI Essay Resident Contest, Circon-ACMI | |
| Honorable Mention, Externally Refereed Development Publication, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | |
| Yamanouchi Award, Best Abstract on Prostate Center 1998 AUA Annual Meeting, American Urologic Association | |
| Alpha Omega Alpha, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | |
| Phi Beta Kappa, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | |
| Taylor Award for Academic Excellence, Liberal Arts, The University of Mississippi | |
| Balfour Award Winner, Tupelo High School |