THOMAS N. JAMES, M.D., M.A.C.P.

 

Dr Thomas N. James

EDUCATION AND BOARD CERTIFICATION

B.S., Tulane University, June 1946

M.D., Tulane University, June 1949

Internship, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, July 1949-1950

Residency, Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, June 1950-1953

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1957

Diplomate, Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease, 1960


PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE


1953

Member, Medical Faculty of the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

1953-1955

Captain, U.S. Army Medical Corps, with most of time in charge of Cardiovascular-Renal Ward and Regional Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka Army Hospital, Japan

1955-1959

Cardiologist, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana

1955-1958

Instructor, Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

1959

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

1955-1959

Visiting Physician, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana

1959-1968

Staff Physician in Cardiology and Chairman, Section on Cardiovascular Research, Henry Ford Hospital

1968-1987

Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

1968-1973

Professor of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

1968-1970

Senior Scientist and Director of Research, Cardiovascular Research and Training Center, University of Alabama in Birmingham

1970-1977

Director, Cardiovascular Research and Training Center, University of Alabama in Birmingham

1969-1981

Consultant in Cardiology, VA Hospital, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

1973-1981

Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, and Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

1973-1981

Physician-in-Chief, University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, Alabama

1976-1987

Mary Gertrude Waters Professor of Cardiology University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

1981-1987

Distinguished Professor of the University, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

1987-1997

President, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

1987-2004

Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

1988-2004

Professor of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

1988-1998

Director, World Health Organization Cardiovascular Center

1995-1998

Director, Open Gates Dyslexia Programs

1997-2004

Inaugural Holder of the Thomas N. and Gleaves T. James Distinguished Chair in Cardiological Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

2005-2010

Distinguished Professor of the University, Emeritus, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama


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