Reid C. Thompson, MD

William F. Meacham Professor of Neurological Surgery

Chair

Department of Neurological Surgery

Professor of Otolaryngology

Vanderbilt Neurosurgery Clinic

1500 21st Avenue South

Room / Suite

Suite 1506

Nashville

Tennessee

37212

Office Address

Medical Center North

1161 21st Avenue South

Room / Suite

T-4224F

Nashville

Tennessee

37232

Clinic Phone

Clinical/Appointment: (615) 322-7417

Fax

Fax: (615) 343-5315

Dr. Thompson's clinical interest is in all aspects of neurovascular surgery and brain tumor surgery, including skull base surgery.

Education

Dr. Thompson received his M.D. degree in 1989 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

Postgraduate Training

Dr. Thompson completed the Halsted Internship in General Surgery and Residency in Neurological Surgery between 1989 and 1995 at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, followed by one year of service there as Advanced Clinical Instructor. He then completed a one-year fellowship in Cerebrovascular Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Research Training

While at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Thompson received the Merck Foundation Medical Student Research Award for his study of the metabolism of the neuropeptide N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate. He also completed a neuro-oncology research fellowship while serving in the Hunterian Brain Tumor Research Laboratory at Johns Hopkins and received the NIH National Research Service Award.

Current Research Interests:

Time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy for detection of brain tumors.
Development of optical contrast agents for the detection of gliomas.
Cytokine enhanced antitumor immunotherapy for brain tumors.
Intra-operative thermal imaging of brain tumors and vascular malformations.
Molecular mechanisms of cerebral edema.
The role of the water channel aquaporin in brain edema.
Pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm.

Other Responsibilities:

Dr. Thompson is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and serves on the Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. In his past positions at Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, the University of California, Irvine, and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Thompson has been an active lecturer and instructor.

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