Charles E. Bishop, AuD, PhD

Charles E. Bishop, AuD, PhD

Specialties: Audiology

Gender: Male

Biography: Dr. Bishop joined UMMC Ear, Nose and Throat in 2004 after practicing audiology in Ireland. He is particularly interested in hearing loss in musicians and Auditory Processing Disorder of children and adults. When he isn’t seeing patients, Dr. Bishop enjoys musical performances, visual art and backpacking.

Practice Locations

1 Lakeland Medical - UMMC
764 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, MS 39216
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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.

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: Audiologist
Graduate School:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Graduate School:Salus University
Undergraduate:University of North Texas

Experience

Current Positions

Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology And Communicative Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 3921607/2019 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Licensure, Mississippi State License to Practice Audiology, Mississippi State Board of Health02/2005 - Present
Certification, Certificate of Clinical Competence, Audiology, American Speech Language Hearing Association08/2002 - Present
Certification, Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist, National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences05/2004 - 12/2005
Licensure, Tennessee State License to Practice Audiology, Tennessee State Board of Health03/2004 - 05/2005
Licensure, Texas State License to Dispense Hearing Aids, Texas State Department of Health12/2001 - 12/2002
Licensure, Texas State License to Practice Audiology, Texas State Department of Health12/2001 - 12/2002

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Elected: Chair, Audiology Advisory Council and Member, Board of Directors, ASHA2017
Audiologist of the Year, Division of Audiology, UMMC2017
Elected: MS representative for Audiology Advisory Council, ASHA2016
Appointed as Honorary Adjunct Professor, Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas (appointed by Carol Cokely, Au.D.)2013
Competitive NIH Student Loan Repayment Program, National Institutes of Health2009