Ronald Tompkins
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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.[1][2]
Tompkins, along with Dr. Wenzhong Xiao, led the Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center, whose funding was provided by the Open Medicine Foundation.[3] 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.[2]
Positions[edit | edit source]
- Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School[4]
- Division Chief, Surgery, Science and Bioengineering, Division of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital[4]
- Founding Director, The Institute for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, a division in Surgery at Mass General[4]
- Founding Director, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Mass General[4]
- Director of the American Board of Surgery in 1994[4]
- Chief of Staff Emeritus at Shriners Hospitals for Children―Boston[4]
- Co-leader of the Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center[3]
Education[edit | edit source]
- 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[4]
Boards and committees[edit | edit source]
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Open Medicine Foundation[5]
- Member of the Working Group which offers their expertise and resources to the ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University[6]
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
- Sep 29, 2018, Second Annual Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS 2018; talk title - ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Harvard - (Video)
- Jan 14 2019, Inflammation, Neural Function and ME/CFS Episode 103 of MECFS Alert
- May 31, 2019, Harvard Plans for Clinical Research into ME/CFS (Video), 14th Invest in ME Conference[7]
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". Open Medicine Foundation. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Open Medicine Foundation (January 17, 2022). "Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD". Facebook. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ME/CFS Collaborative Research Activities at MGH and the Harvard Affiliated Hospitals". Open Medicine Foundation. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Massachusetts General Hospital - Faculty Bios". Retrieved July 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Scientific Advisory Board". Open Medicine Foundation. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
- ↑ "OMF grants $1.2 million to ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford". Open Medicine Foundation. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Invest in ME Research - IIMEC14 14th Invest in ME Reseaerch International ME Conference 2019". Invest in ME Research. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
