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Michael Thompson
thompsonmd@wustl.edu
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Researcher, Pediatric Research
Endocrinology and Diabetes
Pediatric Research
phone: (314) 454-6051
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
2013
OH, Medical License
2016
-
Pres
American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics
2017
-
Pres
MO, Medical License
2017
-
Pres
American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Endocrinology
Honors and Awards
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
- 2019
American Gastroenterological Association Research Scholar Award
,
2019
- Pres
PISA 2020 George K. Michalopoulos Junior Faculty Scholar Award
,
2020
Recent Publications
view all (25)
Publication Co-Authors
Phillip I. Tarr, M.D.
Brian DeBosch, M.D., Ph.D.
Sakil S Kulkarni, MD
Janis M. Stoll, M.D.
Thompson MD, Hinrichs H, Faerber A, Tarr PI, Davidson NO.
MATERNAL OBESOGENIC DIET ENHANCES CHOLESTATIC LIVER DISEASE IN OFFSPRING.
J Lipid Res
.
2022;100205.
PMID:
35341737
Thompson MD, Kang J, Faerber A, Hinrichs H, Ozler O, Cowen J, Xie Y, Tarr PI, Davidson NO.
Maternal Obesogenic Diet Regulates Offspring Bile Acid Homeostasis and Hepatic Lipid Metabolism via the Gut Microbiome in Mice.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol
.
2022.
PMID:
34984925
Kulkarni S, Naz N, Gu H, Stoll JM, Thompson MD, DeBosch BJ.
A clinical model to predict fibrosis on liver biopsy in paediatric subjects with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Clin Obes
.
2021;11
(5):
e12472.
PMID:
34106515
Thompson MD, DeBosch BJ.
Maternal Fructose Diet-Induced Developmental Programming.
Nutrients
.
2021;13
(9).
PMCID:
PMC8467222
PMID:
34579155
Thompson MD.
Developmental Programming of NAFLD by Parental Obesity.
Hepatol Commun
.
2020;4
(10):
1392-1403.
PMCID:
PMC7527686
PMID:
33024911
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thompson MD, Monga SP.
WNT/beta-catenin signaling in liver health and disease.
Hepatology
.
2007;45
(5):
1298-305.
PMID:
17464972
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
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
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