Notable Alums
Specialty: Critical Care
Graduation Year: 1973
Dan Thompson
Dan Thompson, M.D., Class of 1973, served as a Professor of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Biomedical Ethics at Albany Medical College, Chief of the Division of Critical Medicine, and Medical Director of the Trauma Life Support Center of Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh for 22 years.
He was Chancellor of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. He is a Master of Critical Care Medicine-American College of Critical Care Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He was member of the Facilities Guidelines Institute for 20 years, participating in writing the Guidelines for the Construction of Health Care Facilities in the United States and was the primary author of the ACCM Guidelines for Construction of Intensive Care Units published in Critical Care Medicine. He was the primary editor and author of three editions of the “Critical Care Ethics Book.”
Dr. Thompson graduated from Ferris State University with a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy and worked as a pharmacist through medical school. After graduating from the WSU School of Medicine, he completed an Internal Medicine residency at St. John’s Hospital in Detroit and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He was a Chief Resident and Chief Fellow. While at Mercy Hospital, he completed a master’s degree in Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University before moving to Albany Medical College to teach biomedical ethics and surgical critical care medicine. While he at Albany he was Chair of the IRB. He retired at the age of 75.
He lectured for the Annual Society for Critical Care Medicine Meetings and the Undergraduate Summer Research Awards. Dr. Thompson was a referee for the United States Rowing Association for 30 years, training referees.
“Wayne State University was my medical school of first choice, and I was not disappointed,” he said. “My love for teaching started during my training at WSU and allowed me to take part in the training of residents and physician fellows as well as bioethics fellows and serve as a reader for several graduate degree students.”
He was Chancellor of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. He is a Master of Critical Care Medicine-American College of Critical Care Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He was member of the Facilities Guidelines Institute for 20 years, participating in writing the Guidelines for the Construction of Health Care Facilities in the United States and was the primary author of the ACCM Guidelines for Construction of Intensive Care Units published in Critical Care Medicine. He was the primary editor and author of three editions of the “Critical Care Ethics Book.”
Dr. Thompson graduated from Ferris State University with a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy and worked as a pharmacist through medical school. After graduating from the WSU School of Medicine, he completed an Internal Medicine residency at St. John’s Hospital in Detroit and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He was a Chief Resident and Chief Fellow. While at Mercy Hospital, he completed a master’s degree in Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University before moving to Albany Medical College to teach biomedical ethics and surgical critical care medicine. While he at Albany he was Chair of the IRB. He retired at the age of 75.
He lectured for the Annual Society for Critical Care Medicine Meetings and the Undergraduate Summer Research Awards. Dr. Thompson was a referee for the United States Rowing Association for 30 years, training referees.
“Wayne State University was my medical school of first choice, and I was not disappointed,” he said. “My love for teaching started during my training at WSU and allowed me to take part in the training of residents and physician fellows as well as bioethics fellows and serve as a reader for several graduate degree students.”