Ronald Tompkins
Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD, is a leading trauma and burn physician and trauma specialist at the Massachusetts General Hospital.[1] Tompkins, along with Dr. Wenzhong Xiao, leads the Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center, whose funding was provided by the Open Medicine Foundation.[2]
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Positions[edit | edit source]
- Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School[3]
- Division Chief, Surgery, Science and Bioengineering, Division of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital[3]
- Founding Director, The Institute for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, a division in Surgery at Mass General[3]
- Founding Director, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Mass General[3]
- Director of the American Board of Surgery in 1994[3]
- Chief of Staff Emeritus at Shriners Hospitals for Children―Boston[3]
- Co-leader of the Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center[2]
Education[edit | edit source]
- BA, Chemistry, Tulane University, 1972[3]
- MD, Medicine, Tulane University, 1976[3]
- SM, Chemical Engineering, MIT, 1983[3]
- ScD, Chemical Engineering, MIT, 1983[3]
- Honorary M.A. from Harvard University[3]
Boards and committees[edit | edit source]
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Open Medicine Foundation[4]
- Member of the Working Group which offers their expertise and resources to the ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University[5]
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
- 29 Sep 2018, Second Annual Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS 2018; talk title - ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Harvard - (Video)
- 14 Jan 2019, Inflammation, Neural Function and ME/CFS Episode 103 of MECFS Alert
- 31 May 2019, Speaker at the 14th Invest in ME Conference 2019; Speech title: Harvard Plans for Clinical Research into ME/CFS[6]- (Video)
Online presence[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center
- ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University
- Open Medicine Foundation
- Ronald Davis
Learn more[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Open Medicine Foundation - Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD". Retrieved Jul 1, 2019.
- ↑ 2.02.1 "ME/CFS Collaborative Research Activities at MGH and the Harvard Affiliated Hospitals". Open Medicine Foundation. Retrieved Jul 1, 2019.
- ↑ 3.003.013.023.033.043.053.063.073.083.093.10 "Massachusetts General Hospital - Faculty Bios". Retrieved Jul 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Scientific Advisory Board". Open Medicine Foundation. Retrieved Jul 1, 2019.
- ↑ "OMF grants $1.2 million to ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford". Open Medicine Foundation. Retrieved Jul 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Invest in ME Research - IIMEC14 14th Invest in ME Reseaerch International ME Conference 2019". www.investinme.org. Retrieved Feb 26, 2020.
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