Victoria B. Gonzalez, AuD, PhD, CCC-A

Victoria B. Gonzalez, AuD, PhD, CCC-A

Specialties: Audiology

Gender: Female

Biography: Dr. Gonzalez joined UMMC Ear, Nose and Throat in 2013 where she serves as head of the Division of Audiology. She has a passion for cochlear implantation and finds limitless reward in being able to improve her patients’ quality of life. When Dr. Gonzalez isn’t seeing patients, she enjoys traveling and spending time with family.

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 South Florida

Experience

Current Positions

Chief, Division of Audiology, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology And Communicative Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 3921607/2015 - Present
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology And Communicative Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center01/2013 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Certificate of Clinical Competency in Audiology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Licensure, Florida Audiology License, Florida Department of Health07/2009 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi Audiology License, Mississippi State Board of Health09/2012 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Mentored Doctoral Student Award, 13th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children
College of Behavioral and Community Sciences’ Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida
Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida
The Exta Mile Award for Outstanding Care, Department of Otolaryngology & Communicative Sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical Center