Nichols, Todd A., M.D.

Primary Practice Location:
University Hospital
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: General Diagnostic Radiology, Head and Neck Cancers, Brain and Central Nervous System Cancers, Neuroradiology

Education

Board Certification:	Radiology, Neuroradiology
Medical Education:	University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Internship Program:	Baptist Medical Center Princeton
Residency Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fellowship Program:	Emory University School of Medicine

Current Positions

Division Chief , Department of Radiology	2018 - Present
Associate Professor , School of Medicine	07/2017 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

Emory University Medical Center - Fellowship, CAQ, Neuroradiology	2010
University of MS Medical Center -Residency, Diagnostic Radiology	2009
Baptist Health System Birmingham, MD, Internship	2005
University of MS School of Medicine, MD, Medical School	2004
Millsaps College, BS, Chemistry	2000

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Neuroradiology American Board of Radiology Certificate of Additional Qualification	11/2011 - 11/2021
Certification, American Board of Radiology	06/2009 - 12/2019
Licensure, MS State Board of Medical Licensure	07/2010 - 06/2019

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Assistant Professor, UMMC, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology

07/2010 - 06/2017

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

ENT Consultant of the Year, UMMC Otolaryngology	2020
ENT Consultant of the Year, UMMC Otolaryngology Dept.	2013
ENT Consultant of the Year, Otolaryngology Department UMC	2012
Resident Body CT Award, University of MS School of Medicine	2008
Radiology Sloan Award, University of MS School of Medicine	2004
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS	2000
Valedictorian, McComb High School, McComb	1996

Professional Membership and Service

Mississippi Radiological Society Chapter of the American College of Radiology, Officer-President	2019 - 2020
Mississippi Radiological Society Chapter of the American College of Radiology, Officer, Vice President	2018 - 2019
Mississippi Radiological Society Chapter of the American College of Radiology, Officer, Treasurer, Treasurer	2017 - 2018
Mississippi Radiological Society Chapter of the American College of Radiology, Officer, Secretary, Secretary	2016 - 2017
Association of University Radiologist, Member	2015 - Present
American Society of Neuroradiology, Member, ASNR 51st Annual Meeting and The Foundation of the ASNR Symposium 2013	2013 - Present
American College of Radiology, Member	2011 - Present
Radiological Society of North America, Member	2010 - Present
American Society of Neuroradiology, Member	2010 - Present
American Board of Radiology, Member	2007 - Present

Committee Service

RFP Radiology PACS Planning Committee, Member	2020 - Present
Interventional Radiology Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Member	2020 - Present
MRI Safety Committee, Member	2019 - Present
Comprehensive Stroke Planning Committee, Member	2019 - Present
Radiology Residency Program Evaluation Committee, Member	2018 - Present
Neuroradiology Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Chair	2017 - Present
Neuroradiology Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, Chair	2017 - Present
Interview Radiology Resident Candidates	2016 - Present
Radiology Executive Committee, Member	2015 - Present

Other Service

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Tumor Board, Tumor board meets every other week. Present relevant imaging to prepare for gamma knife treatment	04/2021 - Present
Strategic Planning Next Level Leader Meeting, Attended UMMC Strategic Planning Meeting	12/2018 - 12/2018
CT Head Pediatric VP shunt Protocol, Implemented new VP shunt protocol to decrease radiation over 50% in pediatric patients. Developed and instituted CT pediatric VP shunt protocol. Children with ventricular shunts often have multiple CT head exams to evaluated for recurrent hydrocephalus. This protocol reduces radiation dose greater than 50% resulting in drastic reduction in cumulative radiation dose over the lifetime of the patient.	2013 - Present
CT Neuroradiology Protocol Director, As the neuroradiology CT protocol director, I work closely with our radiologist and technologist to make sure we maintain high quality CT examinations by optimizing our techniques and providing new scan protocols when necessary. Our goal is to provide the highest quality CT possible with the lowest possible radiation exposure.	2012 - 12/2015
Neuro MRI Protocol Director, Develop and Standardize Neuro MRI Protocols. I worked closely with the radiologists, technologists, and physicist to enhance the image quality and to troubleshoot problems encountered on our MRI scans.	2011 - 07/2014
Weekly Pediatric Neuro-oncology Tumor Board, Present relevant imaging	07/2010 - 06/2022
Adult weekly Brain Tumor Board, Prepare and present relevant imaging	07/2010 - 06/2022
Head and Neck weekly Tumor Board, Prepared and presented relevant imaging. I have attended this meeting extensively for the past five years.	07/2010 - 06/2022

Publications

Journal Article
Corresponding Author: Dmitriy Kazimirko Co-Authors: Dr, Ellen Parker, Dr, David Joyner, Dr, Teddi Berry, Dr, Charlotte Taylor, Dr, Todd Nichols, Dr, Majid Khan Unusual Cause of Acute Headache: Spontaneous Bronchopleurodurosubarachnoid Fistula from a Pancoast Tumor Radiology Case Reports	2016
Megan R. Lyle, DO Jaydevsinh N. Dolia, MD Jonathan Fratkin, MD Todd A. Nichols, MD Betty L. Herrington, MD Newly Identified Characteristics and Suggestions for Diagnosis and Treatment of Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal/Neuroepithelial Tumors A Case Report and Review of the Literature Child Neurology Open January - March 2015: 1-7	2015
Varney E, Abou Elkassem A, Khan M, Parker E, Nichols T, Joyner D, Lirette ST, Howard-Claudio C, Smith AD, Prospective validation of a rapid CT-based bone mineral density screening method using colored spinal images. Abdominal radiology (New York), 2021 Apr;46(4):1752-1760	2021
Taylor, C.S.; Nichols, T.A.; Joyner, D.A. Party Lines and Other Mucosal Crimes: Nasal Septal Perforation: A Review of Common and Uncommon Causes Neurographics. August 2020; Volume 10, Number 4 pp. 182-195(14)	2020
Taylor CS, Kelly BM, Nichols TA Fear the reaper: reversible cerebrovascular vasoconstriction syndrome after hot pepper ingestion Radiology Case Reports Volume 15, Issue 6, June 2020, Pages 641-643	2020
Abuzar A Asif , Tathagat Narula , David B Erasmus , Francisco Alvarez , Todd Nichols , Samuel Jacob , Si M Pham , Cherise Cortese , Ian A Makey Successful lung transplantation from a donor with lung and ovarian masses J Surg Case Rep. 2019 Nov 5;2019(11):rjz307. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz307. eCollection 2019 Nov.	2019
Edward Florez, Todd A Nichols, Seth T Lirette, Candace M Howard and Ali Fatemi Developing a Texture Analysis Technique using Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) to Differentiate Tumor from Edema for Contouring Primary Intracranial Tumors SM Journal of Clinical and Medical Imaging. 2018; 4(2): 1023	2018
Florez E, Nichols T, E Parker E, T Lirette S, Howard CM, Fatemi A, Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Assessment of Primary Brain Tumors Through Radiomic Features: A Metric for Guided Radiation Treatment Planning. Cureus, 2018 Oct 8;10(10):e3426	2018
Lyle MR, Dolia JN, Fratkin J, Nichols TA, Herrington BL, Newly Identified Characteristics and Suggestions for Diagnosis and Treatment of Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal/Neuroepithelial Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Child neurology open, 2015 Jan-Mar;2(1):2329048X14567531
Book Chapter
Jana, T, Nichols, T, Pittman, K Encyclopedia of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Chapter: Medullary Thyroid Cancer Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013	2013
Khan, M, Nichols, T Encyclopedia of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Chapter: Imaging Cystic Neck Masses Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013	2013
Electronic Publications
Edward Florez, Todd Nichols, Ellen E Parker, Seth T. Lirette, Candace M. Howard, Ali Fatemi Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Assessment of Primary Brain Tumors Through Radiomic Features: A Metric for Guided Radiation Treatment Planning Cureus 10(10): e3426. doi:10.7759/cureus.3426 (October 08, 2018	2018
Ashley Albert,1 Robert Allbright,1 Todd Nichols,2 Edward Farley,2 and Srinivasan Vijayakumar1 Pneumocephalus after the Treatment of an Inoperable Superior Sulcus Tumor with Chemoradiation Case Reports in Oncological Medicine Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 3016517, 4 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3016517 Received 7 August 2017; Accepted 7 November 2017; Published 26 November 2017	2017
Ashley Albert,1 Robert Allbright,1 Todd Nichols,2 Edward Farley,2 and Srinivasan Vijayakumar1 Pneumocephalus after the Treatment of an Inoperable Superior Sulcus Tumor with Chemoradiation “Pneumocephalus after the Treatment of an Inoperable Superior Sulcus Tumor with Chemoradiation,” Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, vol. 2017, Article ID 3016517, 4 pages, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3016517	2017

Presentations

Poster Presentation, Diffusion Weighted Imaging: Going Beyond Stroke, Villarinho, L; Santos, CT; Saripalli, S; Nichols, T, American Roetgen Ray Society Annual Meeting, Chicago	05/2020
Poster Presentation, Prospective Validation of Colored Non-Enhanced Head CT Images for Detecting Acute Stroke in the Setting of a Code Gray, American Medical Association Expo Research Symposium, San Diego, CA	11/2019
Poster Presentation, Prospective Validation of Color Non-Enhanced Head CT Images for Detecting Acute Stroke in the Setting of Code Grey., The Delta Clinical and Translational Science Health Disparities Conference., UMMC Jackson, MS	08/2019
Poster Presentation, Prospective Validation of Color Non-Enhanced Head CT Images for Detecting Acute Stroke in the Setting of Code Grey., Mississippi Academy of Science Summer Symposium, Starkville , MS	07/2019
Poster Presentation, Prospective validation of a rapid bone density screening method that is applicable to routine abdominal CT images, American Roentgen Ray Society, Honolulu, HI	05/2019
Poster Presentation, Prospective Validation of Colored Non-Enhance Head CT Images for Detecting Acute Storke in the Setting of a Code Gray, Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Hattiesburg, MS	02/2019
Poster Presentation, Unknown Case of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis presenting in a child as an orbital mass., Southern Radiology Annual Conference, Point Clear Alabama	01/2019
Invited Symposia, Stoke Imaging Update, Where we were, Where we are, and Where we are going., 2017 Stroke Symposium, UMMC Conference Center at Jackson Medical Mall	11/2017
Poster Presentation, Kazimirko D, Berry T, Nichols TA, and Parker EE. Bronchopleurodurosubarachnoid Fistula from Pancoast Tumor., American Society of Head and Neck Radiology, Naples, Florida	09/2015
Poster Presentation, Cerebellar Brain Abscess as a Complication of Mastoiditis, The Southern Medical Assoc Centennial Scientific Assembly, Nashville, TN	08/2008
Poster Presentation, Characteristics of an Intracranial Epidermoid, The Southern Medical Assoc Centennial Scientific Assembly, Nashville, TN	08/2008
Poster Presentation, Imaging of Sinonasal Masses, The Southern Medical Assoc Centennial Scientific Assembly, Nashville, TN	08/2008
Poster Presentation, More than a Pain in the Neck: Differential Diagnosis of Clival Masses, The Southern Medical Assoc Centennial Scientific Assembly, Nashville, TN	08/2008
Poster Presentation, Ameloblastoma, The Southern Medical Assoc Centennial Scientific Assembly, Nashville, TN	07/2008

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neurobiology	Spring 2021 - 2021
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Spring 2021 - 2021
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Spring 2021 - 2021
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Spring 2021 - 2021
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Summer 2021 - 2021
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Summer 2021 - 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neurobiology	Spring 2020 - 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neurobiology	Fall 2020 - 2020
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Otolaryngology Residency	Summer 2020 - 2020
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Spring 2020 - 2020
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Summer 2020 - 2020
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Summer 2020 - 2020
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Summer 2020 - 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neurobiology	Spring 2019 - 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Gross Anatomy	Fall 2019 - 2019
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Spring 2019 - 2019
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Spring 2019 - 2019
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Summer 2019 - 2019
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Spring 2019 - 2019
Graduate, Lecture, see description, Neuroradiology Fellowship Journal Club	Fall 2019 - 2019
Graduate, Course, Facilitator, Radiology Residency Morbidity and Mortality Conferecne	Spring 2019 - 2019
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiation Oncology	Winter 2018 - 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neurobiology	Spring 2018 - 2018
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Coference	Fall 2018 - 2018
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Spring 2018 - 2018
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Endocrinology	Fall 2017 - 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Gross Anatomy	Winter 2017 - 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Otolaryngology	Fall 2017 - 2017
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Coference	Fall 2017 - 2017
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Fall 2017 - 2017
UMMC Stroke Symposium, Lecture, Lecturer, UMMC Stroke Symposium	Winter 2017 - 2017
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Summer 2017 - 2017
Graduate, Facilitator, Radiology M&M	Winter 2017 - 2017
Graduate, Course, Facilitator, Radiology Residency M&M	Spring 2017 - 2017
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Resident Noon Conference	Spring 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neuroanatomy M1 class	Spring 2016 - 2016
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Resident Noon Conference	Spring 2016 - 2016
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Summer 2016 - 2016
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Resident Noon Conference	Fall 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Gross Anatomy	Fall 2016 - 2016
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residency Noon Conference	Fall 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Attending, Med School Radiology Rotation	Fall 2016 - 2016
Graduate, Course, Facilitator, Radiology M@M	Spring 2016 - 2016
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Conference	Fall 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neuroanatomy	Spring 2015 - 2015
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Noon Conference	Spring 2015 - 2015
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Coference	Summer 2015 - 2015
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, ER Radiology 7 AM Coference	Summer 2015 - 2015
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, ER Radiology 7AM Lecture	Summer 2015 - 2015
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology 7AM Lecture	Summer 2015 - 2015
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Fall 2015 - 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M1 Gross Anatomy	Fall 2015 - 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neuroanatomy M1	Spring 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Gross Anatomy	Fall 2014 - 2014
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Winter 2014 - 2014
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Fall 2014 - 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Gross Anatomy Head and Neck	Fall 2013 - 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neuroanatomy	Spring 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Noon Conference	Spring 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Spring 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Noon Conference	Spring 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Spring 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Spring 2013 - 2015
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Otolaryngology Resident 7AM Conference	Spring 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Spring 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Fall 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Small Group, Lecturer, Oral Board Review	Fall 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Small Group, Lecturer, Oral Board Review	Fall 2013 - 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M1 Gross Anatomy	Fall 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Fall 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Summer 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Spring 2013 - 2013
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Spring 2013 - 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Gross Anatomy	Fall 2012 - 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Neuroanatomy Medical School Class	Spring 2012 - 2012
Medicine, Lab, Guest Presenter, Gross Anatomy Lab	Fall 2012
Graduate, Small Group, Lecturer, Oral Board Review	Spring 2012 - 2012
Graduate, Small Group, Lecturer, Oral Board Review	Spring 2012 - 2012
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Fall 2012 - 2012
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Fall 2012 - 2012
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Fall 2012 - 2012
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Spring 2012 - 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M1 Medical Class Lecture	Fall 2012 - 2012
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Spring 2012 - 2012
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Summer 2012 - 2012
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Fall 2012 - 2012
Graduate, Small Group, Lecturer, Oral Board Review	Spring 2011
Graduate, Small Group, Lecturer, Oral Board Review	Spring 2011
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Spring 2011 - 2011
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Spring 2011 - 2011
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Spring 2011 - 2011
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Resident Noon Conference	Spring 2011 - 2011
Graduate, Small Group, Lecturer, Oral Board Review	Spring 2010
Graduate, Small Group, Lecturer, Oral Board Review	Spring 2010
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Fall 2010 - 2010
Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology Residen Noon Conference	Fall 2010 - 2010

Directed Student Learning

High School Student Shadowed, Advised: Tommy Boone

2012 - 2012

Residency Training

Radiology Residency UMMC, Preceptor	2016 - 06/2017
Radiology Residency UMMC, Preceptor	2015 - 06/2016
Radiology Resident UMMC, Preceptor	2014 - 12/2015
Radiology Residency UMMC, Preceptor	2010 - 06/2011
Radiology Residency UMMC, Attending Physician	2010 - 07/2017

Fellows supervised

Neuroradiology Fellowship, Fellowship Director, 1 fellows supervised, Neuroradiology	07/2019 - 06/2020
Neuroradiology Fellowship, Fellowship Director, 1 fellows supervised	07/2017 - 06/2018

Extramural, Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) Comparison of hearing intervention and successful aging intervention on cognitive assessments, social and physical functioning, and quality of life, Johns Hopkins Bloomber School of Public Health	01/2018 - 10/2022
Intramural, Real-time Stroke Color Enhancement of Code Gray Head CT Images.Goal: To develop and validate a fully automated software algorithm that can receive Code Gray head CT images directly from a CT scanner, color the images using Stroke CED™ technology, and export the images to radiology PACS for viewing in real time., UMMC Intramural Research Support Program	11/2015 - 10/2016
Extramural, Rapid bone density screening of CT images using color enhanced detection.To validate color enhanced detection methods as a rapid, accurate, and reproducible method to diagnose osteoporosis and low bone density from routine CT images., AOA (Alpha Omega Alpha) Medical Student Research Fellowship	07/2015 - 06/2016
Extramural, Aric-PET Amyloid Study. Repeat brain MRI and florbetapir PET in ARIC study participants to evaluate differences in amyloid deposition in a community-base cohort without dementia, NHLBI NIH	09/2011 - 04/2021
Extramural, ARIC Neurocognitive Study (ARIC/NCS) The Role of Intracranial Atherosclerosis in the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease (ARIC-ICAD) To determine whether intracranial atherosclerosis measures together with vascular risk factors are associated with cognitive outcomes, NIH/NHLBI	07/2010 - 08/2023

Nichols, Todd A., M.D.

Education

Current Positions

Education

Specialty Certification Licensure

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Professional Membership and Service

Committee Service

Other Service

Sponsored Program Funding

Publications

Journal Article

Book Chapter

Electronic Publications

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Directed Student Learning

Residency Training

Fellows supervised

Biography

Services & Procedures