Vick, Kenneth D., M.D.

Vick, Kenneth D., M.D.

Specialties: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery

Gender: Male

Practice Locations

1 Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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2 Riverchase - UMMC
2550 Flowood Drive, Flowood, MS 39232
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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, MS06/2015 - Present
Faculty Senate, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Health Care2010 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, GV Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center07/2005 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification
Certification, American Board of Surgery03/2006 - 03/2016
Licensure, MS State Board of Medical Licensure07/2010 - 06/2014

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Best Faculty, University of Mississippi Medical Center2011
Adminstrative Chief Resident, UMMC2004
Resident All Star Award, Carl G. Evers Society2002
Resident of the Year, V.A. Medical Center2002
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