Lucy S. Tompkins is a practicing internist, the Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine for infectious diseases at Stanford University, and a professor of microbiology and immunology.[1] Since 1989, she has been the Epidemiologist and medical director of the Infection Control and Epidemiology Department for Stanford Hospital.[1] She also has been the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Stanford School of Medicine since 2001.[1] She has been the recipient of multiple fellowships throughout her career, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1] Her current research centers around healthcare-related infections and bacterial pathogenesis.[1]
Lucy S. Tompkins | |
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| Alma mater | Georgetown University School of Medicine Dartmouth School of Medicine |
| Known for | Epidemiology Internal Medicine Hospital-acquired infections |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine Epidemiology Microbiology Immunology |
| Institutions | Stanford University Stanford Hospital |
Education
editTompkins earned her PhD in microbiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1971.[1] She attended medical school at Dartmouth School of Medicine in 1973.[1] Upon receiving her M.D., she stayed at Dartmouth for the following two years to complete an internship and then a residency.[1] She completed her second residency in 1976 at the University of Washington School of Medicine, after which she was certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.[1] She finished her professional education with a fellowship at the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1979.[1]
Career
editTompkins is currently a professor of medicine specializing in infectious diseases, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University, and a practicing internist at Stanford Hospital.[1] From 1983 to 1998 she was the medical director at the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at Stanford Hospital and Clinics.[1] She was the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at the Department of Medicine from 2001 to 2008.[1] She has been the Hospital Epidemiologist and medical director for the Infection Control and Epidemiology Department for Stanford Hospital and Clinics since 1989.[1] She is also the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the School of Medicine, a position she has held since 2001.[1]
Honors
editShe was awarded a fellowship by the Infectious Disease Society of America, "an advocacy group of infectious disease specialists based in Arlington, Virginia".[2][failed verification][1] She became a member of the Western Association of Physicians in 1990, and in 1995 she became a member of the Association of American Physicians.[1] She was named a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 1997, "the world's oldest and largest group devoted to a single life science".[3][failed verification][1] In 1998 she was named a fellow of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America (SHEA), whose "mission is to prevent and control infections in healthcare settings".[4][failed verification] In 2001, she was chosen to be a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[1] The fellowship is "an honor bestowed upon members of the association by their peers" and only select persons are chosen each year.[5][failed verification]
Research
editOne of her current research interests is in the field of healthcare-related infections, including Clostridioides difficile infections.[1] One Bloomberg News report states that Clostridioides difficile is currently one of three threats considered needing urgent attention due to bacterial resistance to antibiotics.[2] The focus of her lab at Stanford University is in bacterial pathogenesis.[6]
Publications
editTompkins has 58 publications, has collaborated with 134 co-authors between 1971 and 2009, and has been cited by 5,854 authors.[7] She has authored or co-authored several publications on the bacterium helicobacter pylori, including one paper titled "Helicobacter pylori CagA induces a transition from polarized to invasive phenotypes in MDCK cell".[7] Many other publications study healthcare-related illness, including one publication co-authored by Tompkins titled "Investigation of Mediastinitis Due to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci After Cardiothoracic Surgery".[7] She also edited one book in 1992 titled Campylobacter Jejuni: Current Status and Future Trends.[8] The genus Campylobacter is a topic about which Tompkins has written for multiple publications.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Lucy Tompkins". Stanford School of Medicine: Community Academic Profiles. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Gonorrhea among drug-resistant germs sickening millions in U.S." The Herald. Everett, Washington. Bloomberg News. September 16, 2013.
- ^ "Mark Young named Fellow in American Academy of Microbiology". Montana State University. MSU News Service. October 5, 2013.
- ^ "Ostrowsky Named SHEA Fellow". Albert Einstein College of Medicine. October 5, 2013.
- ^ "Six Stanford scholars named to American Association for the Advancement of Science". Stanford Report. November 30, 2012.
- ^ "Lucy S. Tompkins". Stanford University. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Lucy S. Tompkins". Microsoft Academic Search. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ^ Nachamkin, Irving; Blaser, Martin J.; Tompkins, Lucy S. (1992). Campylobacter Jejuni: Current Status and Future Trends. American Society for Microbiology. ISBN 978-1-55581-042-9.