Anson L. Thaggard, MD
Associate Professor
Department:
SOM-Radiology
Email:
athaggard@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-2475
Biography
Dr. Thaggard is a first generation Mississippi physician who graduated from UMMC and from the Family Medicine residency. He practiced for eight years before returning to UMMC for a Radiology residency. After a Nuclear Medicine fellowship, he returned to UMMC where he enjoys clinical radiology practice mixed with education opportunities.
Education
| University of Alabama at Birmingham, MD, Nuclear Medicine | 2008 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, MD, Diagnostic Radiology | 2007 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, MD, Obstetrics | 1995 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, MD, Family Medicine | 1994 |
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine, MD, Medicine | 1991 |
| Mississippi College, BS, Chemistry/Premedical | 1987 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Nuclear Radiology Subspecialty Certification, The American Board of Radiology | 11/2008 - Present |
| Certification, Diagnostic Radiology Board Certification, The American Board of Radiology | 06/2007 - Present |
| Licensure, Alabama Medical License, Alabama Medical Licensure Commission | 2008 - 12/2024 |
| Licensure, Mississippi Medical License, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 07/1992 - 06/2024 |
| Certification, Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice, The American Board of Family Practice | 1994 - 2007 |
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology | 07/2014 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Health Related Professions, Department of Nuclear Medicine Technology | 2011 - 06/2020 |
| Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology | 07/2008 - 06/2014 |
Publications
Electronic Educational Exhibit | |
| 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 |
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 |
| Pahlevan N, Shenoy T, Stacks A, Thaggard A, Taylor C Let This Sink in: Enophthalmos as a Rare Presentation of Lobular Breast Carcinoma Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 2024; 65(5/6) | 2024 |
| Farkas AB, Green ED, Thaggard AL, Vijayakumar V, Henegan JC, Lirette ST, Nittala MR, Vijayakumar S Initial Institutional Experience with 18F-Fluciclovine PET-CT in Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer South Med J. 2021; 114(11):703-707 | 2021 |
Abstracts | |
| Goldooz M, Thaggard A, Berlin WP, Vijayakumar V Pitfalls in Post COVID-19 vaccination PET/CT findings- Beware of different patterns of uptake during interpretation and patient’s immune status American College of Radiology 2022 Annual Meeting. Gold Merit Award in the Training and Education Category. | 2022 |
| Swaminathan N, Thaggard A FDG PET-CT and MRI brain fusion imaging for preoperative evaluation of refractory epilepsy Presented at the annual UMMC Radiology Research Day | 2014 |
| 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 |
| Jeter JB, Speights JR, Hankins D, Khan MA, Thaggard AL, Yousuf T Cryptoccocus neoformans as a Cause of Multiple Embolic Strokes in an HIV-negative Patient with Cirrhosis | 2013 |
Electronic Publications | |
| Varney ET, Thaggard A, Vijayakumar V Improving diagnostic accuracy in molecular imaging of patients treated with immuno-oncologic therapy Electronic Poster presented at the ACR Annual Meeting, April 24-26, 2022, Washington, DC | 2022 |
| Farkas A, Jordan M, Thaggard A 37-year-old man with fatigue, night sweats Case presentation of Castleman Disease AuntMinnie.com case library | 2018 |
| Swaminathan N, Rizvi T, Thaggard A, Khan M, Vijayakumar V Brain Death: Criteria, Signs and Tests Electronic Exhibit, Radiological Society of North America. RSNA Abstracts 2017 | 2017 |
| Clemmons M, Hooker J, Thaggard A Lane Hamilton Syndrome ACR Case in Point | 2017 |
| Bisges JD, Dahse MC, Thaggard AL, Green ED Case in Point: Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma ACR Case in Point | 2016 |
| Swaminathan N, Thaggard A, Vijayakumar V FDG PET & MRI Brain Fusion in Pre operative Evaluation of Refractory Epilepsy Southeastern Chapter Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL | 2014 |
Presentations
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecular Imaging of Dementia, Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, AL | 01/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Experience with new PET tracers: pearls, pitfalls, and lessons learned., Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Flowood, MS | 02/2023 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Experience with new PET tracers: pearls, pitfalls, and lessons learned., Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, AL | 01/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Something Doesn't Look Quite Right! Unusual or Unexpected Findings on PET/CT, Nuclear Medicine Update 2022; Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Virtual | 02/2022 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fluoroscopy of the Postoperative Upper GI Tract, Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, AL | 01/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Local Experience with Peptide Receptor Imaging, Nuclear Medicine Update 2021, Virtual | 02/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Troubleshooting Nuclear Medicine Cases, Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Flowood, MS | 02/2020 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Troubleshooting Nuclear Medicine Cases, Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, AL | 01/2020 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Moderator, Brogdon Film Panel, Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, AL | 01/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, FDG PET Imaging: Dementia, Georgia Radiological Society Annual Meeting, St. Simons Island, GA | 06/2019 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Beyond FDG: A look at some other PET tracers, Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, AL | 01/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Imaging for Epilepsy Refresher Course ID: RC411B PET/CT and SPECT/CT in Movement Disorders, Epilepsy, and Dementia Tuesday 4:30-6:00 PM | RC411 | Room: S504CD Hide sub-events RC411A Dopamine Transporter Scans and Movement Disorders Vani Vijayakumar, MD RC411B Imaging for Epilepsy Anson L. Thaggard, MD RC411C PET Imaging for Dementia Phillip Kuo, MD,PhD https://rsna2018.rsna.org/program/index.cfm, RSNA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL | 11/2018 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Imaging for Epilepsy Refresher Course ID: RC111B PET/CT and SPECT/CT in Movement Disorders, Epilepsy, and Dementia Sunday 2:00-3:30 PM | RC111 | Room: S505AB Hide sub-events RC111A Dopamine Transporter Scans and Movement Disorders Vani Vijayakumar, MD RC111B Imaging for Epilepsy Anson L. Thaggard, MD RC111C PET Imaging for Dementia Terence Z. Wong, MD, PhD http://rsna2017.rsna.org/program/, RSNA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL | 11/2017 |
| Platform Presentations, Swaminathan, N, Khan, M, Dahse, M, Farley, P, Storrs, J, Joyner, D, Sugg, R, Souza, F, Araujo, C, Thaggard, A, Roda. M, Halley, L, Berry, T, Buice, A, Zhang, H, Williams, H, McCarty, J, Bryan, J, Vasanji, A, Lirette, S, Griswold, M, Smith, A. 1. Diagnostic accuracy of colored nonenhanced head CT images for detecting acute stroke: A multireader study in the setting of code gray. ARRS Conference, New Orleans, LA ( 2017). Presented at 2017 ARRS Annual meeting; New Orleans, LA. 05/01/2017., American Roentgen Ray Society, New Orleans, LA | 05/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nuclear Medicine Update 2017 Quiz Bowl, Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting, Flowood, MS | 02/2017 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Imaging for Epilepsy Refresher Course ID: RC611B PET/CT and SPECT/CT in Movement Disorders and Epilepsy Thursday 8:30-10:00 AM | RC611 | Room: S505AB Hide sub-events RC611A DAT Scans and Movement Disorders Vani Vijayakumar, MD RC611B Imaging for Epilepsy Anson L. Thaggard, MD RC611C Neurologist's Perspective on Functional Imaging for Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Juebin Huang, MD https://rsna2016.rsna.org/program/index.cfm?PAGE=2, RSNA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL | 12/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Workshops: Introduction to X-ray Interpretation and Introduction to CT/MR interpretation., UMMC Advanced Practice Provider Annual Conference, Pearl, MS | 09/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Image registration and integration of PET-CT and SPECT functional imaging with anatomic MRI fusion as an alternative to hybrid imaging in localizing epileptogenic cortex, tumors, and radiation therapy planning, World Molecular Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI | 09/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Imaging Pitfalls: What to order and when, UMMC Grenada, Grenada, MS | 11/2014 |
| Platform Presentations, FDG PET & MRI Brain Fusion in Pre operative Evaluation of Refractory Epilepsy, Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Lake Buena Vista, FL | 10/2014 |
| Platform Presentations, FDG-PET and MRI brain fusion for preoperative evaluation of refractory epilepsy, UMMC Radiology Research Day, Jackson, MS | 06/2014 |
| 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. CL-NME4129 Erik D Weiss MD | Anson L Thaggard MD | Vani Vijayakumar MD, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL | 12/2013 |
| Art exhibit created, OBESITY ILLUSTRATED: An Educational Art Exhibit. I worked with Dr. Rick DeShazo, et al developing a traveling art exhibit as a novel means of communicating medical consequences of obesity. We used high quality adaptations of radiologic images colorized using tissue segmentation to capture the interest of a non-medical audience. Descriptive information was provided to assure that viewers understood the implications of each piece without overwhelming them with medical data. Art work is complete. | 04/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Workshop Imaging: What to order and when, UMMC Advanced Practice Providers Conference, Jackson, MS | 03/2013 |
| Electronic Educational Exhibit, All Is Not Gold That Glitters: Non-malignant Findings in Oncologic FDG PET Thaggard A, Vijayakumar V, 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, Radiology for Primary Care, Simpson General Hospital Medical Staff Meeting, Mendenhall, MS | 05/2011 |
| 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 | 02/2010 |
| 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 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Adverse Contrast Reactions, Southern Radiological Conference, Point Clear, Alabama | 01/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Core Curriculum, Radiology Topics, University of MS - Dept of Family Medicine, Jackson, MS | 2007 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Teacher of the Year 2014, Radiology Students, Radiology Department, M3 and M4 students on rotation | 2014 |
| Teacher of the Year 2011, Radiology Students, Radiology Department, M3 and M4 students on rotation | 2011 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Officer-President | 2024 - Present |
| American Board of Radiology, Member, Angoff Scoring Committee: Exam Standard Setting for the ABR Certifying Exam, Core Exam, Nuclear Medicine Subspecialty Exam, and Radioisotope Safety Exam (RISE). As a committee member I have participated in scoring or General Radiology, Nuclear Radiology, Ultrasound, and Non-interpretive Skills beginning in February of 2020. | 2020 - Present |
| American Board of Radiology, Item writer for the Online Longitudinal Assessment (maintenance of certification examination) for the ABR Nuclear Radiology Committee | 2017 - 2020 |
| Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Meeting Organizer, 36th Annual Nuclear Medicine Update, Flowood, MS. CME | 2013 |
| Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Officer-President | 2012 - 2013 |
| Americian Roentgen Ray Society, Member | 2012 - Present |
| 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 - 2015 |
| AAMC MedEdPortal, Reviewer, Journal Article, I serve as an ad hoc peer reviewer for MedEdPortal (www.aamc.org/mededportal). | 2010 - Present |
| Southern Radiological Conference, Member | 2009 - Present |
| Association of University Radiologists, Member | 2008 - 2015 |
| Association of Program Directors in Radiology, Member | 2008 - 2015 |
| Mississippi Society of Nuclear Medicine, Member | 2008 - Present |
| 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 |
Committee Service
| MEDICAL CENTER-RADIATION/LASER SAFETY, Member | 2024 - Present |
| Research Review Subcommittee, Chair | 2022 - Present |
| Radiology Clinical Competence Committee, Member | 2013 - 2020 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS FILE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member | 2013 - 2018 |
| UM - FACULTY SENATE, Member | 2012 - 2018 |
| Radiology Executive Faculty, Member | 2012 - 2020 |
| School of Medicine, GME ad hoc appeal committee, Member, responsible for writing recommendation to Vice Chancellor | 2012 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-RADIATION/LASER SAFETY, Proxy for Nuclear Radiology representatives | 2011 - 2024 |
| Master of Science in Nucear Medicine Technology Advisory Committee, Member | 2010 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-RESIDENCY REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member | 2008 - 2014 |
| Radiology Education Committee/Program Evaluation Committee, Chair | 2008 - 2019 |
Community Service
| Mississippi Lung Cancer Roundtable, Radiology representative on the Lung Cancer Screening Work Group | 01/2023 - Present |
| 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
| Adult Epilepsy Conference, Primary radiology presenter | 01/2023 - Present |
| Pediatric Epilepsy Conference, Primary radiology presenter | 07/2022 - Present |
| Epilepsy Conference, Nuclear Radiology Presenter | 2014 - 01/2018 |
| ENT Tumor Board, Ad hoc radiology presenter for body imaging | 2011 - 06/2016 |
| Thoracic Tumor Board, Primary radiology presenter | 09/2009 - Present |
| Adult Tumor Board, Ad hoc radiology presenter | 2009 - 06/2019 |
| GI Tumor Board, Primary radiology presenter | 2009 - 2010 |
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 - 2020 |
| Mentor, Advised: Rob Cochran | 2008 - 2013 |
Fellows supervised
| Nuclear Radiology, Preceptor, 1 fellows supervised, Nuclear Radiology | 07/2023 - Present |
| Body Imaging Fellowship, Attending Physician, 1 fellows supervised, PET/CT, Body CT, Nuclear Medicine | 07/2020 - 06/2021 |
| Body Imaging Fellowship, Attending Physician, 2 fellows supervised, PET/CT | 07/2018 - 06/2019 |
| Body Imaging: Radiology, Attending Physician, 1 fellows supervised, PET/CT and Body CT | 07/2010 - 06/2011 |
Residency Training
| Radiology, Research Advisor | 2014 - 06/2018 |
| Radiology, Attending Physician | 2008 - Present |
| Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Program Director | 2008 - 06/2019 |