Anesh P. Rugnath, MD
Specialties: General Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain Management
Gender: Male
Biography: Dr. Anesh Rugnath, is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at UMMC and is currently the Associate Program Director of Pain Medicine Fellowship since 2013 and a member of the Graduate Medical Education committee and also a member of the UMMC Faculty Senate.. I joined UMMC in 2006 as a psychiatry intern for about a year and then completed an Anesthesiology residency and Pain fellowship here.
Dr. Rugnath is currently an active administrator, educator, and clinician. Not only is he involved in the Pain Medicine Fellowship program, he also serves as Chair of the Program Evaluation Committee (PEC) and Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) for the pain medicine program and a member of these committees for the core Anesthesiology program. He was selected by Pain Medicine fellows as the Teacher of the Year in 2014, 2018 and 2020.
Dr. Rugnath is an Associate Vice Chair in the department of Anesthesiology in charge of clinical scheduling. Innovations in pain treatments is his interest and is responsible for setting up the first outpatient Ketamine infusion clinic here at UMMC for pain management. He is currently a coinvestigator on an NIH sponsored grant on long term opioid use in the elderly population.
Practice Locations
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Jackson Medical Mall - UMMC Clinics
350 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39213 View Location |
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: | Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine |
| Fellowship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Internship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Internship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Internship: | King Edward VIII Hospital |
| Internship: | Kasturba Medical College |
| Medical Education: | Kasturba Medical College |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Experience
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi | 07/2021 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Pain Medicine | 05/2014 - 05/2024 |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board of medical licensure | 07/2012 - 06/2023 |
| Certification, ACLS, American Heart Association | 2010 - Present |
| Licensure, Institutional License | 2007 - Present |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Teacher of the Year, Anesthesiology ,Pain Medicine | 2024 |
| Teacher of the year, Dept of Anesthesiology,Residency Program | 2022 |
| Teacher of the year, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | 2020 |
| Teacher of the year, Anesthesiology Pain Medicine | 2018 |
| Teacher of the Year, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine | 2014 |