Jeffrey D. Carron, MD

Jeffrey D. Carron, MD

Specialties: Children's Ear, Nose and Throat

Gender: Male

Biography: Dr. Carron is recognized as one of the leading pediatric ENTs in the state and has been with UMMC since 2002. Dr. Carron is committed to providing an excellent patient experience as evidenced by his high patient satisfaction scores and positive patient comments. When he is not at the hospital, where he began UMMC's first cochlear implant program, he enjoys fishing and watching his sons play baseball.

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: Otolaryngology
Fellowship:University of Washington/Children's Hospital
Internship:Eastern Virginia Medical School
Medical Education:Tulane University School Of Medicine
Residency:Eastern Virginia Medical School

Experience

Current Positions

Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Mississippi Health Care07/2012 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, American Board of Otolaryngology2002 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi2002 - Present
Licensure, Missouri2005 - 2006
Licensure, Washington2001 - 2002
Licensure, Virginia1998 - 2002

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Faculty Teacher of the Year, UMMC Otolaryngology Residency2019
Merck Senior Award (Outstanding Achievement), Tulane University School of Medicine1995
Alpha Omega Alpha Society, Tulane University1994
History of Medicine Society Book Award, Tulane Medicine History of Medicine Society1992
Student Class President (3rd year)
Student Class Vice-President (1st and 2nd years)