James C. Thompson, M.D.
Ashbel Smith Professor, Surgery and Physiology and Biophysics

Medical School: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Residency Program: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Special Interests: Gastrointestinal endocrinology

Awards/Honors: (NIDDK) NIH Merit Award (granted 1986); The Nicholas and Katherine Leone Award for Administrative Excellence, Faculty Award, UTMB (1988); American Philosophical Society; American College of Surgeons: Board of Governors (1985–91), Surgical Research & Education Committee (1989–98, Chair 1989–95), Dedication 1993 Volume 44 Surgical Forum, Recipient Distinguished Service Award (1996), First Vice President (1997–98), President-Elect (1998–99); President: South Texas Chapter, ACS (1981), Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (1982–83), American Surgical Association (1991–92), Texas Surgical Society (1992–93), Society for Surgical Chairmen (1992–94), Southern Surgical Association (1995), James IV Association of Surgeons (1996–98), American College of Surgeons (1999–2000)

Editorial Board: Journal of American College of Surgeons

Research Projects: Gastrointestinal endocrinology; gastrointestinal hormones; Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; hormonal influence of pancreatic function; aging and GI hormones; GI hormones, normal and neoplastic gut and pancreas; receptor-mediated actions of GI hormones; role of apoptosis in bowel mucosa

E-mail: jct@utmb.edu

815 Market Street, Galveston, Texas 77555-1220

Telephone: (409) 770-6921

Fax: (409) 770-6919