Thaggard, Anson L., M.D.

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

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: General Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Radiology/PET/CT

Education

Board Certification:	Diagnostic Radiology
Medical Education:	University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Internship Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fellowship Program:	The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellowship Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center

Current Positions

Associate Professor , School of Medicine, Department of Radiology	07/2014 - Present
Assistant Professor , School of School of Health Related Professions, Department of Nuclear Medicine Technology	2011 - Present
Clinical Affiliate (non-salaried) , School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine Resrch & Tching Center	07/1995 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

University of Alabama at Birmingham, MD, Nuclear Medicine Fellowship	2008
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Diagnostic Radiology Residency	2007
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Obstetrics Fellowship	1995
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Family Medicine Residency	1994
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, MD, Medicine	1991
Mississippi College, BS, Chemistry, Pre-medical	1987

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Nuclear Radiology Subspecialty Certification, The American Board of Radiology	11/2008 - 11/2018
Certification, Diagnostic Radiology Board Certification, The American Board of Radiology	06/2007 - 06/2017
Licensure, Alabama Medical License, Alabama Medical Licensure Commission	2008 - 12/2014
Licensure, Mississippi Medical License, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure	07/1992 - 06/2015
Certification, Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice, The American Board of Family Practice	1994 - 2007

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology

07/2008 - 06/2014

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Teacher of the Year 2011, Radiology Students, Radiology Department, M3 and M4 students on rotation
Teacher of the Year 2014, Radiology Students, Radiology Department, M3 and M4 students on rotation

Professional Membership and Service

American Roentgen Ray Society, Attendee, Meeting, ARRS Annual Meeting 2014	2014
Alabama Society of Nuclear Medicine, Invited Lecture, 41st Annual Meeting of the Alabama Society of Nuclear Medicine, INVITED SPEAKER and CME.	2014
Association of University Radiologists, Attendee, Meeting, AUR Annual Meeting 2014	2014
Association of Program Directors in Radiology, Attendee, Meeting, APDR Annual Meeting 2014	2014
Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Attendee, Meeting, 37th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, INVITED SPEAKER and CME.	2014
Southern Radiological Society, Attendee, Meeting, 57th Annual Meeting of the Southern Radiological Conference, INVITED SPEAKER and CME.	2014
Mississippi Radiological Society, Attendee, Meeting, Spring Meeting, Jackson, MS. Discussed policy issues related to radiology with other members and voiced opinions to our representatives.	2013
American Roentgen Ray Society, Attendee, Meeting, ARRS Annual Meeting 2013. CME	2013
OBESITY ILLUSTRATED: An Educational Art Exhibit, Collaborator, I am working with Dr. Rick DeShazo, et al developing a traveling art exhibit as a novel means of communicating medical consequences of obesity. We are using high quality adaptations of radiologic images colorized using tissue segmentation to capture the interest of a non-medical audience. Descriptive information will be provided to assure that viewers understand the implications of each piece without overwhelming them with medical data. Art work is complete. As of August 2014, we are awaiting an opening date for the exhibit.	2013 - 2014
Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Meeting Organizer, 36th Annual Nuclear Medicine Update, Flowood, MS. CME	2013
Southern Radiological Society, Attendee and AV assistant, Annual Meeting in Point Clear, AL. CME	2013
Faculty Senate, Member	2012 - Present
American Roentgen Ray Society, Attendee, Meeting, ARRS Annual Meeting 2012. CME	2012
Southern Radiological Conference, Attendee, Meeting, Annual Meeting in Point Clear, AL. INVITED SPEAKER and CME	2012
Americian Roentgen Ray Society, Member	2012 - Present
Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Officer, President/Elect/Past, 2011-12: President-elect. 2012-13: President. Responsible for organizing the annual meeting and Nuclear Medicine Update. Reviewed prior conferences and feedback as part of a needs assessment. Coordinated with UMMC Continuing Health Education Department to qualify for CME and VOICE credits for technologists. Selected and scheduled speakers and sponsors. Moderated the meeting. 2013-14: Past president. Assisting new president with the meeting.	2011 - 2014
Elsevier, Reviewer, Journal Article, I serve as an ad hoc peer reviewer for Clinical Imaging (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505753/description#description)	2011 - Present
ACR RadPeer, Manager, RADPEER is the ACR peer review system. I am the ADMINISTRATOR for the Nuclear Medicine section of RADPEER at UMMC. I review any discrepancies and address them with members of the group. I collect and report performance data as needed.	2010 - Present
Association of Program Directors in Radiology, Attendee, Meeting, Annual Meeting. CME	2010
Association of University Radiologists, Attendee, Meeting, AUR 58th Annual Meeting. CME	2010
AAMC MedEdPortal, Reviewer, Journal Article, I serve as an ad hoc peer reviewer for MedEdPortal (www.aamc.org/mededportal).	2010 - Present
Southern Radiological Conference, Attendee, Meeting, Annual Meeting. INVITED SPEAKER and CME	2009
Association of University Radiologists, Member	2008 - Present
Association of Program Directors in Radiology, Member	2008 - Present
Southern Radiological Conference, Attendee, Meeting, Annual meeting. INVITED SPEAKER and CME	2007
Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics, Course Director and Faculty, Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO)is a course owned by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Its purpose is to train obstetric care providers with skills to address emergency conditions in obstetrics. After personal certification, I became APPROVED FACULTY and later ADVISORY FACULTY. I coordinated and taught the course annually over ten years for the UMMC Family Medicine residents.	1995 - 2005
Mississippi State Medical Association, Member

Committee Service

Radiology Clinical Competence Committee, Member	2013 - Present
Member of File Review Subcommittee tasked with reviewing and scoring applications for the medical school	2013 - 2018
UM - FACULTY SENATE, Member	2012 - Present
Radiology Executive Faculty, Member	2012 - Present
School of Medicine, GME ad hoc appeal committee, Member, responsible for writing recommendation to Vice Chancellor	2012 - Present
Medical Center - Radiation/Laser Safety Committee, Proxy for Nuclear Radiology representatives	2011 - Present
School Of Medicine - Graduate Medical Education, Member	2008 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member	2008 - 2014
Radiology Education Committee/Program Evaluation Committee, Chair	2008 - Present

Community Service

Mission to Yakama Indian Reservation; White Swan, WA, Team Member	07/2017 - 07/2017
Mission to Costa Rica; La Montana, Costa Rica, Team Member	07/2014 - 07/2014
Mission to Yakama Indian Reservation; White Swan, WA, Team Member	05/2014 - 06/2014
Center for Pregnancy Choices, Jackson, MS, Volunteer	03/2014 - Present
Mission to Warm Springs Indian Reservation; Warm Springs, Oregon, Team Member	07/2011 - 07/2011

Other Service

Epilepsy Conference, Nuclear Radiology Presenter	2014 - Present
ENT Tumor Board, Ad hoc radiology presenter for body imaging	2011 - Present
Lung Tumor Board, Primary radiology presenter	09/2009 - Present
Adult Tumor Board, Ad hoc radiology presenter	2009 - Present
GI Tumor Board, Primary radiology presenter	2009 - 2010

Publications

Journal Article
Tang SJ, Srinivasan I, Williams, JH, Thaggard, AL Endoscopic Removal of an Impacted Needle with Syringe from the Esophagus Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy	2014
Abstracts
Cui D, Chen J, Marchant TC, Mccarty JT, Thaggard AL, Smith AD Building 3D models of common anatomic variants and pathologic conditions of the head and neck for teaching clinical anatomy Annals of Anatomy-Anatomischer Anzeiger. 2014;196 Suppl:1-286	2014
Weiss, ED, Thaggard, AL, Vijayakumar V EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT: Radionuclide Mandibular Bone Graft Viability Assessment – An Additional Valuable New Indication to the Most Commonly Used Old Study RSNA Abstracts. 2013	2013
Thaggard AL, Vijayakumar V EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT: All Is Not Gold That Glitters: Nonmalignant Findings in Oncologic FDG PET RSNA Abstracts. 2012	2012

Presentations

State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, To Err Is Human: A Radiologist's Perspective, 41st Annual Meeting of the Alabama Society of Nuclear Medicine, Birmingham, AL	04/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, To Err Is Human: A Radiologist's Perspective, 37th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Flowood, MS	02/2014
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, PET-CT in the Abdomen and Pelvis: NCCN from A to Z, 57th Annual Meeting of the Southern Radiological Society, Point Clear, AL	01/2014
Electronic Educational Exhibit, Radionuclide Mandibular Bone Graft Viability Assessment: An Additional Valuable New Indication to the Most Commonly Used Old Study., Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL	12/2013
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Imaging: What to order and when., Advance Practice Providers Conference, Jackson, MS	03/2013
Electronic Educational Exhibit, All Is Not Gold That Glitters: Non-malignant Findings in Oncologic FDG PET, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL	11/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Scintigraphy of Osteomyelitis: The roles of bone scan, WBC scan, and other imaging (gallium scan, FDG PET, MRI, CT)., Orthopedic Surgery, UMMC	11/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Grand Rounds: Dilemmas in Medical Imaging, UMMC Department of Medicine, Jackson, MS	07/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, All is not gold that glitters: Non-malignant findings in cancer imaging., Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Jackson, MS	02/2012
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, All is not gold that glitters: Non-malignant findings in cancer imaging., Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, AL	01/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Clinical Pathologic Conference: Daptomycin Related Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia, UMMC Department of Medicine, Jackson, MS	07/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Grand Rounds: Radiology for Internists, UMMC Department of Medicine, Jackson, MS	07/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Annual Nuclear Medicine Update: Scintigraphy of Osteomyelitis, Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Jackson, MS	02/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Annual Nuclear Medicine Update: Parathyroid Scintigraphy, Mississippi Nuclear Medicine Society, Jackson, MS	02/2010
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Annual Nuclear Medicine Update: Critical CT Anatomy and Pathology in PET/CT, Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Jackson, MS	2010
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Parathyroid Scintigraphy, Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, AL	2010
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Critical CT Anatomy and Pathology in PET/CT, Southeastern Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Birmingham, AL	10/2009
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Annual Nuclear Medicine Update: Tumor Imaging with MIBG and Pentetreotide, Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Jackson, MS	02/2009
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Tumor Imaging with MIBG and Pentetreotide, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, AL	01/2009
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Core Curriculum, Radiology Topics, University of MS - Dept of Family Medicine, MS	2007
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Adverse Contrast Reactions, Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, Alabama	2007

Teaching Experience

651, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pathology	Spring 2014 - 2014
651, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology	Spring 2013 - 2014
651, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pathology	Spring 2012 - 2014
651, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology	Spring 2010 - 2014
651, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology	Spring 2010 - 2013
651, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Radiology	Spring 2010 - 2011

Directed Student Learning

Advisor	2008 - Present
Mentor, Advised: Rob Cochran	2008 - 2013

Residency Training

Radiology, Research Advisor	2014 - Present
Radiology, Attending Physician	2008 - Present
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Program Director	2008 - Present

Fellows supervised

Body Imaging: Radiology, Attending Physician, 1 fellows supervised, PET/CT and Body CT

07/2010 - 06/2011

Thaggard, Anson L., 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

Community Service

Other Service

Publications

Journal Article

Abstracts

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Directed Student Learning

Residency Training

Fellows supervised

Biography

Services & Procedures