Burch, Phillip T., M.D.

Burch, Phillip T., M.D.

Specialties: Children's Cardiac Surgery, Children's Congenital Heart Surgery

Gender: Male

Practice Locations

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, Pediatric Surgery, Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Fellowship:University of Florida College of Medicine
Internship:University Of Louisville School Of Medicine
Medical Education:University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Residency:University Of Louisville School Of Medicine

Experience

Current Positions

Division Chief, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS10/2021 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Hugh C. Williams Travel Scholarship, University of Louisville Department of Surgery2002
Tuition Scholarship, University of South Alabama School of Medicine1998
Outstanding Student in Anatomical Sciences, University of South Alabama School of Medicine1998
Charles W. Urschel Award in Physiology, University of South Alabama School of Medicine1998
Tuition Scholarship, University of South Alabama School of Medicine1997
National Pathology Honor Society1997
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Alabama Beta Chapter1997
Tuition Scholarship, University of South Alabama School of Medicine1996
Lange Medical Publications Student Award, University of South Alabama School of Medicine1996
Mark K. McDonald Memorial Scholarship, University of South Alabama School of Medicine1995
Tuition Scholarship, University of South Alabama School of Medicine1995
Fonde Award for Excellence in Histology, University of South Alabama School of Medicine1994