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Craig B. Thompson , M.D.

Faculty Title
Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology

Administrative Title
Associate Vice President of Cancer Services, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Abramson Cancer Center Title
Director, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Department

Clinical Expertise

Research Expertise

Residency
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School; University Hospital, Boston

Fellowship
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington

Honors and Awards

• 34th Carl V. Moore Memorial Lecture, Washington University School of Medicine, 2006
  
• The Russell S. and Rae Weiser Endowed Lecture in Immunology, University of Washington, 2006
  
• Mary Shorb Lecture in Nutrition, University of Maryland, 2006
  
• Cori Award Lecture, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, 2006
  
• Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2005
  
• The Raja Iyengar Memorial Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, 2005
  
• The Julia Hudson Freund Memorial Lecture, Washington University, 2005
  
• Stanley N. Cohen Biomedical Research Award, 2004
  
• Cancer Research UK Lecturer, Glasgow, Scotland, 2004
  
• 2003 ASCI Award from the American Society of Clinical Investigation
  
• Ray A. and Robert L. Kroc Lecture, Joslin Clinic, Harvard University, 2003
  
• Tinsley Randolph Harrison Lecture, Vanderbilt University, 2003
  
• Member, Institute of Medicine, 2002
  
• Olof Pearson Lecture, Case Western Reserve University, 2002
  
• The Jean and Jerome Pearlstein Lecture, Dana-Farber Cancer Center, Harvard University, 2002
  
• Zubrod Memorial Lecture, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, 2001
  
• Jacob Solomon and Hannah Rachel Blumenthal Memorial Lectureship, University of Minnesota, 2000
  
• William D. Stubenbord Visiting Professor Lecture, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1999
  
• Beirne B. Carter Annual Lecture, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, 1999
  
• Director's Lecture, NIH, 1999
  
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999
  
• The E.R. Marookian V.M.D. Lecture, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of PA, 1999
  
• Convocation Address, University of Chicago, 1998
  
• Galen L. Wampler Lecture, Medical College of Virginia, 1997
  
• Sidney Leskowitz Memorial Lecture, Tufts University, 1997
  
• Henry G. Kunkel Memorial Lecture, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1997
  
• Eric H. Humphries Memorial Lecture, University of Texas/Southwestern, 1996
  
• American Association of Physicians
  
• American Society for Clinical Investigation
  
• Jerome W. Conn Award for Distinguished Research by a Junior Faculty Member
  
• AOA, Medical Science Award
  
• Merck Award
  
• Mosby Book Award
  
• Francis L. Town Scientific Prize
  
• Phi Beta Kappa
  
• Leon Burr Richardson Chemistry Prize

Publications
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In the News
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Researcher/Clinician:
Craig B. Thompson, M.D.

Assistant:
Jessica Joh
Office Phone: 215-662-3929
Appointment Phone: N/A
Fax: 215-662-4020
jjoh@mail.med.upenn.edu