HOBBIES: Family, squash, tennis, writing, and frustrated Portland Trailblazers fan!

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Virginia Society of Ophthalmology

EDUCATION:

Eastern Virginia Medical School 7/03 - 6/06
Norfolk, Virginia
Resident, Department of Ophthalmology

Eastern Virginia Medical School 7/02 - 6/03
Norfolk, Virginia
Internship, Department of Internal Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Doctor of Medicine awarded May, 2002

Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
Bachelor of arts in biochemistry, May 1997

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Frey Award for Excellence in Resident Research: Virginia Society of Ophthalmology Meeting 2005
  • Chief Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, 2005-2006
  • Honors, Ophthalmology Rotation, 2001
  • Honors, Internal Medicine Rotation, 2001
  • Honors, Neurology Rotation, 2000
  • Honors, Rural Medicine Rotation, 2000
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, junior year nominee, 2000
  • Honors, The Narrative Ethic, 1999
  • E. Conyers O'Bryan Scholarship recipient, MUSC, 1998-2002, full tuition and living, merit based.
  • High Honors, Department of Chemistry, Middlebury College, 1999

OTHER HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • Published the short story "Jane" in the literary journal Humanitas vol IV, 2000
  • Champion, Charleston Squash Winter Open Tournament, 4.0 draw, 1999, 2000

 

2004

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Resident Research
Earl Crouch, MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School. Examining association of retinal vascular tortuosity and obstructive sleep apnea.

Summer 2001 Research Elective
David J. Apple, MD, Storm Eye Institute. Examined Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy rates in PCIOL recipients at MUSC from 1994-2001.
1999-2001 Research Assistant
Ken Spicer, MD, PhD, Dept of Radiology, MUSC. Cost-benefit analysis of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy and technetium scan evaluating patients with a thyroid nodule.
1996-1997 Senior Honors Thesis
Mary Hintz, PhD, Middlebury College. Examined DNA copy number, mRNA expressions, and protein expression levels of vitamin D-24 hydroxylase in breast cancer cell lines.
Summer 1994,
1995 & 1996 		Research Assistant
James Rosenbaum, MD, Casey Eye Institute, OHSU. Characterizing the density and location of growth factors and receptors and their association with most cells in pterygia.

PRESENTATIONS:

  • Tidewater Ophthalmic Technology Conference: Pseudotumor Cerebri, 9/2005
  • Virginia Society of Ophthalmology: Retinal Vascular Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, 6/2005
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting: Retinal Vascular Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, 5/2005
  • Tidewater Ophthalmic Technology Conference: Optic Neuritis, 9/2004

ACTIVITIES AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:

  • Captain, YMCA squash league, 2002-present.
  • Captain, Middlebury College Men's Squash, 1996-1997

PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS:

E.R. Crouch, J.E. Thompson, R. Vorona, C. Ware, F. Lattanzio, Jr, and P. Sammuel Retinal Vascular Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2005 46:3278.

Powers MR, Zhenhong Q, O'Brien B. Wilson DJ, Thompson JE, Rosenbaum JT.
Immunolocalization of bFGF in pterygia: association with mast cells. Cornea 1997;
16(5); 545-549.

Thompson, JE. Immunolocalization of basic fibroblast growth factor, fibroblast growth factor receptor-2, epidermal growth factor receptor, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen in pterygia. IOVS 1996; 37:5864.