Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, Summa Cum Laude, Washington University, 2003
• MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2012
• PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2012

Training

• Intern, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 2012 - 2013
• Resident, Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University, 2013 - 2015
• Fellow, Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University, 2015 - 2017

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2013OH, Medical License
• 2016 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics
• 2017 - PresMO, Medical License
• 2017 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Endocrinology

Honors

• National Merit Scholar Finalist, 1998
• All-University Athletic Association Academic Team, 2001 - 2003
• Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete All-American, 2001 - 2003
• American Physiological Society Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Award, 2002
• Sigma Xi Scientific Honorary, 2003
• Washington University W. Alfred Hayes Award, 2003
• University of Pittsburgh Paul L. McLain Award, 2005
• University of Pittsburgh Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Fellowship, 2006 - 2008
• American Society of Investigative Pathology Experimental Pathologist in Graduate Training Merit Award, 2008
• Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellowship (F30), 2008 - 2012
• A.D. Sobel-ASIP Education Fund Scholar Award, 2009
• Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society (Watson Chapter), 2011
• American Academy of Pediatrics Resident Research Grant, 2014
• Stanley L. Phillips Award (Best poster at MWSPR meeting), 2014 - 2015
• ASIP PISA Trainee Travel Award, 2015
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Committee's Choice Award, 2015
• Pediatric Endocrine Society Travel Award, 2016
• Scholar of the Child Health Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, K12-HD076224, 2017 - Pres
• American Gastroenterological Association Research Scholar Award, 2019 - Pres

Recent Publications view all (20)

Publication Co-Authors

Brian DeBosch, M.D., Ph.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Michael Thompson

1. Ferey J, Boudoures AL, Reid M, Drury A, Scheaffer S, Modi Z, Kovacs A, Pietka T, DeBosch BJ, Thompson MD, Diwan A, Moley KH. Maternal High-Fat, High-Sucrose Diet Induces Transgenerational Cardiac Mitochondrial Dysfunction Independent of Maternal Mitochondrial Inheritance. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2019. PMID:30901280 
2. Thompson MD, Derse A, Ferey J, Reid M, Xie Y, Christ M, Chatterjee D, Nguyen C, Harasymowicz N, Guilak F, Moley KH, Davidson NO. Transgenerational Impact Of Maternal Obesogenic Diet On Offspring Bile Acid Homeostasis And Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019. PMID:30860882 
3. Thompson MD, Moghe A, Cornuet P, Marino R, Tian J, Wang P, Ma X, Abrams M, Locker J, Monga SP, Nejak-Bowen K. β-Catenin regulation of farnesoid X receptor signaling and bile acid metabolism during murine cholestasis. Hepatology. 2018;67(3):955-971. PMCID:PMC5771988  PMID:28714273 
4. Thompson MD, Cismowski MJ, Serpico M, Pusateri A, Brigstock DR. Elevation of circulating microRNA levels in obese children compared to healthy controls. Clin Obes. 2017. PMID:28397375 
5. Okabe H, Yang J, Sylakowski K, Yovchev M, Miyagawa Y, Nagarajan S, Chikina M, Thompson M, Oertel M, Baba H, Monga SP, Nejak-Bowen KN. Wnt signaling regulates hepatobiliary repair following cholestatic liver injury in mice. Hepatology. 2016;64(5):1652-1666. PMCID:PMC5074849  PMID:27533619 
6. Graf AE, Lallier SW, Waidyaratne G, Thompson MD, Tipple TE, Hester ME, Trask AJ, Rogers LK. Maternal high fat diet exposure is associated with increased hepcidin levels, decreased myelination, and neurobehavioral changes in male offspring. Brain Behav Immun. 2016;58:369-378. PMID:27519153 
7. Thompson MD, Henry RK. Myxedema Coma Secondary to Central Hypothyroidism: A Rare but Real Cause of Altered Mental Status in Pediatrics. Horm Res Paediatr. 2016. PMID:27631398 
8. Thompson MD, Cismowski MJ, Trask AJ, Lallier SW, Graf AE, Rogers LK, Lucchesi PA, Brigstock DR. Enhanced Steatosis and Fibrosis in Liver of Adult Offspring Exposed to Maternal High-Fat Diet. Gene Expr. 2016;17(1):47-59. PMID:27342733 
9. Thompson MD, Kalmar E, Bowden SA. Severe hyponatraemia with absence of hyperkalaemia in rapidly progressive Addison's disease. BMJ Case Rep. 2015;2015. PMCID:PMC4458623  PMID:26021383 
10. Thompson MD, Wickline ED, Bowen WB, Lu A, Singh S, Misse A, Monga SP. Spontaneous repopulation of β-catenin null livers with β-catenin-positive hepatocytes after chronic murine liver injury. Hepatology. 2011;54(4):1333-43. PMCID:PMC3184210  PMID:21721031 
11. Thompson MD, Dar MJ, Monga SP. Pegylated interferon alpha targets Wnt signaling by inducing nuclear export of β-catenin. J Hepatol. 2011;54(3):506-12. PMCID:PMC3052972  PMID:21093092 
12. Thompson MD, Awuah P, Singh S, Monga SP. Disparate cellular basis of improved liver repair in beta-catenin-overexpressing mice after long-term exposure to 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydrocollidine. Am J Pathol. 2010;177(4):1812-22. PMCID:PMC2947277  PMID:20813968 
13. Nejak-Bowen KN, Thompson MD, Singh S, Bowen WC Jr, Dar MJ, Khillan J, Dai C, Monga SP. Accelerated liver regeneration and hepatocarcinogenesis in mice overexpressing serine-45 mutant beta-catenin. Hepatology. 2010;51(5):1603-13. PMCID:PMC2908905  PMID:20432254 
14. Tan X, Yuan Y, Zeng G, Apte U, Thompson MD, Cieply B, Stolz DB, Michalopoulos GK, Kaestner KH, Monga SP. Beta-catenin deletion in hepatoblasts disrupts hepatic morphogenesis and survival during mouse development. Hepatology. 2008;47(5):1667-79. PMCID:PMC4449338  PMID:18393386 
15. Apte U, Thompson MD, Cui S, Liu B, Cieply B, Monga SP. Wnt/beta-catenin signaling mediates oval cell response in rodents. Hepatology. 2008;47(1):288-95. PMID:17929301 
16. Apte U, Zeng G, Thompson MD, Muller P, Micsenyi A, Cieply B, Kaestner KH, Monga SP. beta-Catenin is critical for early postnatal liver growth. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2007;292(6):G1578-85. PMID:17332475 
17. Behari J, Zeng G, Otruba W, Thompson MD, Muller P, Micsenyi A, Sekhon SS, Leoni L, Monga SP. R-Etodolac decreases beta-catenin levels along with survival and proliferation of hepatoma cells. J Hepatol. 2007;46(5):849-57. PMCID:PMC1924913  PMID:17275129 
18. Thompson MD, Monga SP. WNT/beta-catenin signaling in liver health and disease. Hepatology. 2007;45(5):1298-305. PMID:17464972 
19. Paul JD, Powell TM, Thompson M, Benjamin M, Rodrigo M, Carlow A, Annavajjhala V, Shiva S, Dejam A, Gladwin MT, McCoy JP, Zalos G, Press B, Murphy M, Hill JM, Csako G, Waclawiw MA, Cannon RO 3rd. Endothelial progenitor cell mobilization and increased intravascular nitric oxide in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2007;27(2):65-73. PMID:17558240 
20. Powell TM, Paul JD, Hill JM, Thompson M, Benjamin M, Rodrigo M, McCoy JP, Read EJ, Khuu HM, Leitman SF, Finkel T, Cannon RO 3rd. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor mobilizes functional endothelial progenitor cells in patients with coronary artery disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2005;25(2):296-301. PMID:15569821