Vick, Kenneth D., M.D.
Specialties: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery
Gender: Male
Practice Locations
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Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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Riverchase - UMMC
2550 Flowood Drive, Flowood, MS 39232 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.
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: | Surgery - General |
| Internship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 06/2015 - Present |
| Faculty Senate, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Health Care | 2010 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, GV Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center | 07/2005 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification | |
| Certification, American Board of Surgery | 03/2006 - 03/2016 |
| Licensure, MS State Board of Medical Licensure | 07/2010 - 06/2014 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Best Faculty, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2011 |
| Adminstrative Chief Resident, UMMC | 2004 |
| Resident All Star Award, Carl G. Evers Society | 2002 |
| Resident of the Year, V.A. Medical Center | 2002 |
| James Powe Award Winner for Laparoscopic Excellence, UMMC | |
| SLS :Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Surgeon Award." | |
| Top Gun Laparoscopic Skills Competition - 2nd Place Overall SAGES Spring Meeting | |
| James D. Hardy Surgical Research Forum Winner, Best Resident Research Paper, “Gene Profile Analysis in Trauma Patients at Risk of Sepsis.”, UMMC | |
| Best Resident in Laparoscopy PGY2 - PGY4, UMMC |