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[[File:Ronald_Tompkins.jpg|right]] '''Ronald G. Tompkins''', MD, ScD, was a leading trauma and burn specialist physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital, a leading [[ME/CFS]] researcher, and Chief Medical Officer at the [[Open Medicine Foundation]] until he passed away in 2022.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |url=https://www.omf.ngo/people/ronald-g-tompkins-md-scd/ | title = Open Medicine Foundation - Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD | last = | first = | date = |website=[[Open Medicine Foundation]]|publisher= |access-date=2019-07-01 |quote=}}</ref><ref name="obituary">{{Cite web |url = https://www.facebook.com/OpenMedicineFoundation/posts/4400950253342695/ | title = Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD | last = [[Open Medicine Foundation]] | first = | date = 2022-01-17 |website=|publisher=Facebook |access-date=2022-01-18 |quote=}}</ref><br> Tompkins, along with Dr. [[Wenzhong Xiao]], led the [[Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center]], whose funding was provided by the [[Open Medicine Foundation]].<ref name="Harv-OMF">{{cite web |url=https://www.omf.ngo/collaborative-research-center-harvard/ | title = ME/CFS Collaborative Research Activities at MGH and the Harvard Affiliated Hospitals | last = | first = | date = |website=[[Open Medicine Foundation]] |publisher= |access-date=2019-07-01 |quote=}}</ref> After Dr Tompkins's sudden death in 2022 a tribute from the Open Medicine Foundation referred to him as a "dear friend to all" who was "driven by a fierce compassion for others" and had a "steadfast dedication to finding answers for millions suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and related diseases.<ref name="obituary"/> == Positions == * Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School<ref name="mgh">{{cite web |url=https://www.massgeneral.org/cem/Faculty-Personnel/Profiles/tompkins-profile.aspx | title = Massachusetts General Hospital - Faculty Bios | last = | first = | date = | website = |publisher= |access-date=2019-07-01 |quote=}}</ref> * Division Chief, Surgery, Science and Bioengineering, Division of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital<ref name="mgh" /> * Founding Director, The Institute for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, a division in Surgery at Mass General<ref name="mgh" /> * Founding Director, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Mass General<ref name="mgh" /> * Director of the American Board of Surgery in 1994<ref name="mgh" /> * Chief of Staff Emeritus at Shriners Hospitals for Children―Boston<ref name="mgh" /> * Co-leader of the [[Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center]]<ref name="Harv-OMF" /> == Education == * BA, Chemistry, Tulane University, 1972 * MD, Medicine, Tulane University, 1976 * SM, Chemical Engineering, MIT, 1983 * ScD, Chemical Engineering, MIT, 1983 * Honorary M.A. from Harvard University<ref name="mgh" /> == Boards and committees == * Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the [[Open Medicine Foundation]]<ref name="board">{{cite web |url=https://www.omf.ngo/scientific-advisory-board/ | title = Scientific Advisory Board | last = | first = | date = |website=[[Open Medicine Foundation]] |publisher= |access-date=2019-07-01 |quote=}}</ref> * Member of the Working Group which offers their expertise and resources to the [[ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bos.etapestry.com/prod/viewEmailAsPage.do?erRef=773.0.423082047&databaseId=OMF&mailingId=34274682&jobRef=773.0.506425459&key=b6b9237b3ebd1e462a5d11dbc5c4dae&personaRef=773.0.423082048&memberId=1348639685 | title = OMF grants $1.2 million to ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford | last = | first = | date = |website=Open Medicine Foundation |publisher= |access-date=2019-07-01 |quote=}}</ref> ==Notable studies== == Talks and interviews == * Sep 29, 2018, Second Annual Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS 2018; talk title - ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Harvard - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXWJKotFuNE&list=PLl4AfLZNZEQPxjqF4ojAO3wdCFMeriNBK&index=12 (Video)] * Jan 14 2019, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VPFJsNJS88 Inflammation, Neural Function and ME/CFS Episode 103] of [[ME/CFS Alert|MECFS Alert]] * May 31, 2019, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKvfIxAT8tw Harvard Plans for Clinical Research into ME/CFS (Video)], 14th [[Invest in ME International ME Conference|Invest in ME Conference]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.investinme.org/IIMEC14.shtml | title = Invest in ME Research - IIMEC14 14th Invest in ME Reseaerch International ME Conference 2019 | website = [[Invest in ME Research]]|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> ==Online presence== ==See also== *[[Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center]] *[[ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University]] *[[Open Medicine Foundation]] *[[Ronald Davis]] ==Learn more== *[https://www.facebook.com/OpenMedicineFoundation/posts/4400950253342695/ OMF announcement and tribute] - Facebook * [https://www.massgeneral.org/cem/Faculty-Personnel/Profiles/tompkins-profile.aspx Massachusetts General Hospital bio page] *[https://www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/262463? Obituary] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Clinicians]] [[Category:American clinicians]] [[Category:Massachusetts clinicians]] [[Category:OMF Scientific Advisory Board members]] [[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]] [[Category:PACE trial critics]]
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