Prem, Anand M., M.D.
Specialties: Chronic Pain Management
Gender: Male
Biography: After initial training in some of the most prestigious institutions in India, I came to the United States in 1996. I graduated from the Anesthesiology residency program at the University of Michigan and an Interventional Pain Management fellowship at Henry Ford hospital in Michigan. Over the past 23 years, I have expanded my expertise in pain management by keeping abreast of the latest developments in the field, incorporating the most advanced techniques in interventional pain management. I have been solely responsible for the introduction of at least ten new techniques to our pain practice here at the University of MS, allowing our patients to have access to cutting edge interventional procedures they would otherwise have not had access to, keeping us competitive in the local market despite obvious disadvantages in terms of payor mix. As Pain Center Medical Director, I have overseen the continued growth of our clinic practice with sustained annual increase in the number of patients, helping us grow our pain fellowship from the 1 candidate yearly in 2008 to 5 fellows currently. I have had the busiest clinical practice among the 5 providers in our clinic over the past decade. In addition to my clinical expertise, I have taken on lead roles in departmental administration when I was appointed Interim Chair of the department during a period of uncertainty and restored stability while continuing to move the department forward. I have been a champion for the trainees in my role as Associate program Director of the Residency program. My educational contributions have been recognized with numerous (seven) "Teacher of the Year" awards from the residents and fellows.
My Approach to Healthcare
"Provide the best care in the most humane way possible" and "service with a smile" sum up my philosophy to patient care.
As a Pain Management Specialist, with Pain having no objective measurement tool, it is my duty to believe every patient when they come into the clinic. Too often these patients are stigmatized as "whiny" or "drug seekers". I consider it my duty to first listen to the patient, validate their complaints and then objectively evaluate potential causes and formulate an effective treatment plan. The patient must "buy in" for any treatment plan to be effective and that starts with building a good rapport. I am committed to continually acquiring new skills to keep pace with the rapid advances in Interventional Pain and offer these options to patients who have limited access to "state of the art" Pain Management. Training the next generation of Anesthesiologists and Pain practitioners to be the best Pain physicians they can be is a responsibility I do not take lightly and being an effective role model is something I strive for daily.
Practice Locations
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Jackson Medical Mall - UMMC Clinics
350 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39213 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: | Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine |
| Fellowship: | Henry Ford Hospital |
| Fellowship: | Henry Ford Hospital |
| Internship: | Wayne State University School Of Medicine |
| Medical Education: | St. John's Medical College |
| Residency: | Wayne State University School of Medicine |
| Residency: | University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers |
Experience
Current Positions
| Vice Chair, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216 | 03/2023 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 07/2019 - Present |
| Director, School of Medicine, UNIVERSITY OF MS MEDCIAL CENTER, 2500 N STATE ST, JACKSON, MS 39216 | 12/2008 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, "Iovera" Cryoablation, Pacira Biosciences, Inc | 08/2023 - Present |
| Certification, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation., Pacific Spine and Pain Society | 09/2021 - Present |
| Certification, ASRA Practice Management Portfolio, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management. | 05/2021 - Present |
| Certification, MSMA Leadership Academy 2023, Mississippi State Medical Association | 06/2023 - Present |
| Certification, Percutaneous SI joint Fusion, PainTeQ | 10/2020 - Present |
| Certification, The Verteflex Procedure Physician Education Course, Boston Scientific | 08/2022 - Present |
| Certification, Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression ( MILD), PSPS: Pacific Pain and Spine Society | 09/2021 - Present |
| Certification, Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation, PSPS: Pacific Pain and Spine Society | 09/2021 - Present |
| Certification, ABA Board Certification in Anesthesiology, AMERICAN BOARD OF ANESTHESIOLOGY | 10/2001 - 12/2021 |
| Certification, ABA Board Subspecialty Certification in Pain Management, American Board of Anesthesiology | 09/2001 - 12/2021 |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Medical Licensure, Mississippi State Medical Board | 11/2008 - 06/2018 |
| Licensure, STATE OF TEXAS MEDICAL LICENSURE, TEXAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD | 04/2009 - 02/2019 |
| Licensure, Michigan State Medical Licensure, Michigan Board of Medicine | 05/1999 - 01/2019 |
| DEA, REGISTRATION, USDOJ - DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION | 03/2021 |
| NPI, NATIONAL PROVIDER IDENTIFIER | |
| Certification, ECFMG, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates | 09/1993 - Present |
| Certification, HF10 THERAPY COURSE, NEVRO CORP | 08/2018 - Present |
| Certification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), ACLS | 2001 |
| Certification, CERTIFICATION IN "COOLIEF" RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT OF HIP AND KNEE PAIN, HALYARD | |
| Certification, CERTIFICATION IN VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PROCEDURES, KYPHON | |
| Certification, CERTIFIED IN NUCLEOPLASTY, ARTHROCARE SPINE | 03/2001 - Present |
| Certification, USE OF BOTOX FOR CHRONIC MIGRAINES, ALLERGAN | 11/2017 - Present |
| Certification, Technique of Percutaneous Electrothermal Treatment of Discogenic Pain (IDET), ORATEC | 2001 |
| Licensure, Arkansas State Medical Licensure, Arkansas State Medical Board | 10/2005 - 10/2016 |
| Certification, Primary Certificate: Diplomate, National Boards (DNBE), India | 1991 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Doctor of Distinction, Mississippi State Medical Association ( MSMA) | 2023 |
| MSMA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, MISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 2023 |
| TEACHER OF THE YEAR, PAIN MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology | 2023 |
| Elected Delegate to the ASA House of Delegates., Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists (MSA) | 2023 |
| TEACHER OF THE YEAR, PAIN MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology | 2022 |
| 1st Place: Annual Brunson Teaching Day Presentations. “Stellate Ganglion Block for Cerebral Vasospasm” Resident: Robert Onion, M.D. Faculty Mentor: Anand Prem, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology. University of Mississippi Medical Center. | 2022 |
| President's Choice Abstract Award. "Making a Case for Use of Stellate Ganglion Blocks in the treatment of refractory Cerebral Vasospasm" Anand Prem M.D., Arvind Ganeshram., Suwarna Anand, M.D., Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), San Francisco. 47th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine | 2022 |
| FASA: FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, ASA: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS | 2022 |
| INTERIM CHAIR, Department of Anesthesiology, UMMC Vice Chancellor's Office | 2022 |
| 2021 TRAILBLAZER TEACHING AWARD, University of Mississippi School of Medicine | 2021 |
| ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO THE ASA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS | 2020 |
| TEACHER OF THE YEAR, PAIN MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP, DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | 2020 |
| ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO THE ASA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS | 2019 |
| TEACHER OF THE YEAR: PAIN MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2019 |
| Executive Committee Member, Central MS representative, MSA (Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists) | 2019 |
| BUSINESS ADVANTAGE PROGRAM CERTIFICATE, ELSE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, MILLSAPS COLLEGE | 2018 |
| TEACHER OF THE YEAR, PAIN MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP, DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER | 2018 |
| TEACHER OF THE YEAR - PAIN MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP, UNIVERSITY OF MS MEDICAL CENTER, ANESTHESIOLOGY | 2015 |
| TEACHER OF THE YEAR - ANESTHESIOLOGY RESIDENCY, Dept of Anesthesiology, University of MS Medical Center | 2011 |
| NOMINATED FACULTY OF THE YEAR - ANESTHESIOLOGY RESIDENCY, HENRY FORD HOSPITAL, DEPT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY | 2003 |
| Co-Chair, Henry Ford Hospital, Transfusion Medicine Advisory Panel, HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM | 2002 |
| Certificate of Merit in Physiology and Pediatrics, ST. JOHN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE, BANGALORE, INDIA | 1988 |
| Chosen delegate candidate of the People to People Ambassador Program to visit China by the Center for Pain Management, West Virginia University | |
| Certificate of Academic Excellence in Undergraduate Education | |
| Listed in the Directory of the American Board of Medical Specialities | |
| Certificate of Accomplishment for "Radiation Safety in Fluoroscopy" |