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Zach Z. Thompson, M.D.

  1. Pathologist

Thomas Zachary Thompson, M.D., is a board certified anatomic and clinical pathologist with subspecialty training and certification in blood banking and transfusion medicine. He has further subspecialty training in conventional and novel cell therapy. Dr. Thompson carries an academic rank of Associate Professor.

Dr. Thompson attended medical school at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. He completed his pathology residency training at the Medical College of Georgia before seeking subspecialty training in Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Dr. Thompson's clinical focuses are in bone marrow transplantation and laboratory management of novel cell therapy products. His research interests include subpopulation enumeration of cell types in conventional cell therapy grafts to improve time to engraftment and standardization of novel cell therapy collections of commercial and research drug products.

  1. Acute leukemia
  2. Multiple myeloma
  1. 2022
    FellowRST Cellular Therapy, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 2021
    FellowRST Transfusion Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 2020
    Chief ResidentMedical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  4. 2020
    Residency - Anatomic & Clinical PathologyAugusta University
  5. 2019
    ResidentMedical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  6. 2016
    MDGeorgia Regents University
  7. 2012
    BS - Neuroscience and Behavioral BiologyEmory University

Certifications

  1. 2021
    Blood Banking/Transfusion MedicineAmerican Board of Pathology
  2. 2020
    Anatomic & Clinical PathologyAmerican Board of Pathology

Awards and honors

  1. 2019
    Resident Award for Excellence in PathologyA. Bleakley Chandler, M.D. Resident Award
  2. 2018
    Award for Excellence in ResearchStephen C. Peiper, MD, Housestaff Award
  3. 2016
    Medical School Class considered for induction Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Chapter
  4. 2016
    Achievement AwardDr. Walter L. Shepeard Achievement Award

Professional memberships

  1. 2022
    Twitter ChampionAssociation for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies
  2. 2021 - present
    InspectorInternal College of American Pathologists Inspection Team, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  3. 2021 - present
    MemberInternational Society for Cell & Gene Therapy
  4. 2021 - present
    MemberAmerican Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  5. 2019 - present
    Inspection Team MemberUniversity of Iowa
  6. 2019 - present
    Inspection Team MemberMedical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  7. 2019 - present
    MemberAmerican Society for Apheresis
  8. 2018 - present
    Inspection Team MemberMedical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  9. 2018 - present
    MemberUnited States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
  10. 2018 - present
    MemberAssociation for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies
  11. 2017 - present
    Inspection Team MemberMemorial Health Savannah
  12. 2017 - present
    Inspection Team MemberMedical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  13. 2017 - 2019
    RepresentativeMedical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  14. 2017 - present
    MemberCollege of American Pathologists
  15. 2017 - present
    MemberAmerican Society for Clinical Pathology
  16. 2016 - 2019
    WriterMedical College of Georgia at Augusta University

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