Curriculum Vitae
E. Donnall Thomas, M.D.

Birthdate: March 15, 1920

Birthplace: Mart, Texas

Domestic Status: Married, 3 children

Education:
1937 - 1941 B.A.; University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1941 - 1943 M.A.; University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1943 - 1946 M.D.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Research and Professional Experience:

4/46 - 6/47 Internship in Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

7/47 - 6/48 Research Fellow in Hematology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

7/48 - 6/50 U.S. Army, assignments in internal medicine

7/50 - 6/51 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

7/51 - 6/53 Chief Medical Resident and Senior Assistant Resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston, Massachusetts

7/53 - 8/55 Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Hematologist, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston; Research Associate, Cancer Research Foundation, Children's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

9/55 - 6/63 Physician-in-Chief, The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY

9/63 - 7/90 Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

9/63 - 7/85 Head, Division of Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

7/90 - Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

1974 - 1989 Director, Medical Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

1982 - 1989 Associate Director, Clinical Research Programs, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

1974 - Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

Licensure:

1947 Massaschusetts
1955 New York
1963 Washington

Board Certification:

1953 Certified by American Board of Internal Medicine

Society Memberships:

Academie Royale de Medicine de Belgique
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association of Physicians
American Federation for Clinical Research
American Society for Clinical Oncology
American Society of Clinical Investigation
American Society of Hematology
Honorary Member, Swedish Society of Hematology
International Society of Experimental Hematology
International Society of Hematology
National Academy of Sciences
Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
Swiss Society of Hematology
The Transplantation Society
Western Association of Physicians

Honors:

Hematology Study Section, National Institutes of Health (6/65-6/69)
Member, Board of Trustees and Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee, Leukemia Society of America, Inc. (1969-1973)
Clinical Cancer Investigation Review Committee, National Cancer Institute (1970-1974)
First Annual Eugene C. Eppinger Lecture at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and the Harvard Medical School (1974)
A. Ross McIntyre Award, University of Nebraska Medical Center (1975)
The Henry M. Stratton Lecture, American Society of Hematology, Dallas (1975)
The Lilly Lecture, Royal College of Physicians, London (1977)
The Philip Levine Award, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, New Orleans (1979)
American Cancer Society Award for Distinguished Service in Basic Research (1980)
Kettering Prize of the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation for contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer (1981)
Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, University of Cagliari, Sardinia (1981)
Special Keynote Address Award, American Society of Therapeutic Radiologists (1981)
Stratton Lecture, Internation Society of Hematology (1982)
Paul Aggeler Lecturer, University of California, San Francisco (1982)
David A. Karnofsky Memorial Lecturer, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (1983)
Robert Roesler de Villiers Award, Leukemia Society of American (1983)
Sixty-fifth Mellon Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, May 13th (1984)
Stanley Wright Memorial Lecturer, Annual Meeting of the Western Society for Pediatric Research (1985)
Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks, (November (1987)
President, American Society of Hematology, 1987-1988
Elected Corresponding Member, Academie Royale de Medecine de Belgigue (1989)
Terry Fox Award, Canada, 1990
Gairdner Foundation International Award, 1990
North American Medical Association of Hong Kong Prize, 1990
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1990
Presidential Medal of Science, 1990.
Adolfo Ferrata Lecture, Italian Society of Hematology, Verona, Italy, 1991
Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, University of Verona, 1991
Kober Medal, American Association of Physicians, 1992
Honorary Member, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 1992
Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, University of Parma, 1992
Honorary Member, National Academia of Medicine, Mexico, April, 1994
Honorary Degree, University of Barcelona, Spain, June, 1994
Honorary Degree, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, October, 1996
Medal of Merit, State of Washington, February, 1998

Editorial Boards:

BLOOD (1962-1975, 1977-1982)
TRANSPLANTATION (1970-1976)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (1974-1981)
LEUKEMIA RESEARCH (1977-1987)
HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY (1982-1987)
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY (1982-1987)
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY (1985- )
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION (1986- )

Hospital Appointments:

1963 to 1990 Attending Physician, University of Washington Hospital Seattle, Washington
1963 to 1990 Attending Physician, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
1963 to 1990 Attending Physician, Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle, Washington
1963 to 1990 Consultant Physician, Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
1973 to 1990 Attending Physician, Providence Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
1975 to 1999 Attending Physician, Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington

	Thomas 50th Anniversary celebration
	Awards and Recognition
	Don and Dottie Thomas Story
	Dr. Thomas's CV
	Photos