Board Certified in General Surgery

Education

• Undergraduate Degree:
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
• Medical Degree:
  Vanderbilt University
  Nashville, Tennessee
• Internship & Residency:
  Vanderbilt University Hospitals
  Nashville, Tennessee
• Military:
  Major, US Army Medical Corp

Professional Associations/Societies

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
• New Hanover-Pender County Medical Society
• Southeastern Surgical Congress
• Southern Association for Oncology
• H. William Scott Surgical Society
• North Carolina Medical Society
• American Society of Breast Surgeons

Surgical Interests:

Benign and malignant disease of the breast, thyroid and parathyroids, gastrointestinal and biliary systems. Laparoscopic surgery and correction of venous disease.

Dr. Tackett’s hobbies aside from his surgical interests include hiking and mountain biking, as well as spending time with his family and anything with his grandchildren.