Paul D. Thompson MD
Chief of Cardiology – Emeritus, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; Professor of Medicine –Emeritus, University of Connecticut, Storrs, ConnecticutPaul D. Thompson, MD, graduated from Tufts College and from Tufts Medical School. He served as a medical intern and resident at Tufts New England Medical Center and completed his training in cardiology at Stanford Medical Center.
Dr. Thompson is Chief of Cardiology – Emeritus, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, and Professor of Medicine – Emeritus at the University of Connecticut. He previously was Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh from 1992 to 1997 and on the faculty of Brown University from 1978 to 1992. He has authored over 500 scientific articles on topics which include: the treatment of cardiovascular risk factors, the effects of exercise training on preventing and treating heart disease; the risk of sudden death during exercise; the effects of statins on muscle function, and genetic factors affecting the exercise response. His past NIH funding includes the Preventive Cardiology Academic Award as well as studies examining the effect of exercise training on HDL metabolism; the effect of testosterone on endothelial function; genetic factors affecting muscle hypertrophy with exercise training; the effects of statins on skeletal muscle strength; the effects of Coenzyme Q10 on statin myalgia; and genetic factors increasing the risk of statin myalgia. Dr. Thompson is the Co-Editor of the book Exercise and Sports Cardiology and of the book Statin Associated Muscle Symptoms. He is a Past President of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Disclosures
Paul D. Thompson, MD, has received research support from Esperion and Norvartis; owns stock in Abbott Labs, CVS, Ilumina, Novo-Nordisk, GE Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Opsens, SCPharmaceuticals, Sarepta and Shockwave Medical; and has provided legal consultation on exercise-related cardiac events and statin myopathy.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- 2022 Top Story in Cardiology: Statins Can Cause Muscle Symptoms
- Effect of Vitamin D on Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms Among New Statin Users
- Associations Between Timing of Physical Activity and CVD Risk
- Associations Between Vigorous Physical Activity and Incident CVD and Cancer
- Association of Physical Activity Volume and Intensity With Incident CVD
- Effect of Statin Therapy on Muscle Symptoms
- Long-Term Leisure-Time Physical Activity Intensity and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality
- ESC 2022: Recommendations From Dr. Paul Thompson
- Association Between Intramuscular Fat Infiltration and Incident Heart Failure
- Statin Types and Intensities Effective for Non–HDL-C Reduction in People With DM At-Risk of CVD