Danny Thomas, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics; Research Director, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Co-Chair, Children's Wisconsin Human Research Review Board

Locations

Children's Wisconsin, Emergency/Trauma
9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

MD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 2002
MPH, Graduate School of Public Health, Northwestern University, 2002
Residency, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2005
Fellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2008

Research Interests

Dr. Thomas’ primary research goal is to improve identification of concussion and early management in the acute care setting. He has been interested in brain injury since studying psychology as an undergraduate. His initial research developed objective ways to assess concussion severity in the ED. Dr. Thomas has looked at factors that influence recovery from concussion to improve our understanding of the role of rest, exercise, and recovery from concussion. He published a randomized trial of strict rest after acute concussion which was covered widely by major national media outlets. These findings have challenged the existing understanding of the “benefits” of rest and the “harm” of activity post concussion. Currently Dr. Thomas is looking for ways to improve and speed initial recover, decrease risk of subsequent injury, and identify patients at higher risk for post-concussive syndrome.

(Mannix R, Borglund E, Monashefsky A, Master C, Corwin D, Badawy M, Thomas DG, Reisner A.) Neurology. 2024 Aug 13;103(3):e209651 PMID: 38986044 PMCID: PMC11238939 07/10/2024
(Walsh PS, Dupont AS, Lipshaw MJ, Visotcky A, Thomas DG.) Pediatrics. 2024 Jun 01;153(6) PMID: 38690624 PMCID: PMC11153323 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85195228939 05/01/2024
(Dupont AS, Drayna PC, Nimmer M, Baumer-Mouradian SH, Wirkus K, Thomas DG, Boyd K, Chinta SS.) Pediatr Qual Saf. 2024;9(3):e730 PMID: 38807584 PMCID: PMC11132411 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85195053725 05/29/2024
(Kontos AP, Eagle SR, Braithwaite R, Preszler J, Manderino L, Turner RL, Jennings S, Trbovich A, Hickey RW, Collins MW, McCrea M, Nelson LD, Root J, Thomas DG.) Am J Sports Med. 2023 Dec;51(14):3893-3903 PMID: 36847271 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85153749893 02/28/2023
(Tsze DS, Kuppermann N, Casper TC, Barney BJ, Richer LP, Liberman DB, Okada PJ, Morris CR, Myers SR, Soung JK, Mistry RD, Babcock L, Spencer SP, Johnson MD, Klein EJ, Quayle KS, Steele DW, Cruz AT, Rogers AJ, Thomas DG, Grupp-Phelan JM, Johnson TJ, Dayan PS, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN).) BMJ Open. 2023 Nov 22;13(11):e079040 PMID: 37993148 PMCID: PMC10668138 11/23/2023
(Lantagne DD, Mrotek LA, Hoelzle JB, Thomas DG, Scheidt RA.) Exp Brain Res. 2023 Sep;241(9):2209-2227 PMID: 37507633 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85165963276 07/29/2023
(Pham TN, Morrison AK, Menard MS, Martinez D, Thomas DG.) J Emerg Nurs. 2023 Mar;49(2):236-243 PMID: 36604284 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85145693115 01/06/2023
(Thomas DG, Erpenbach H, Hickey RW, Waltzman D, Haarbauer-Krupa J, Nelson LD, Patterson CG, McCrea MA, Collins MW, Kontos AP.) Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Dec;123:106965 PMID: 36252936 PMCID: PMC10924688 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140490997 10/18/2022
(Thomas DG.) J Pediatr. 2022 Aug;247:176-180 PMID: 36058602 09/05/2022
(King JA, Rodriquez B, Kim I, Nimmer M, Nelson LD, Szabo A, Dong H, Thomas D.) Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Apr 01;38(4):e1185-e1191 PMID: 34570080 PMCID: PMC8934308 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124566099 09/28/2021
(Schoenfeld R, Drendel A, Ahamed SI, Thomas D.) Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Jan 01;38(1):e37-e42 PMID: 34986585 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123063823 01/07/2022
(Coleman KD, Benz P, Parikh NS, Thomas DG, Segar D, Block J, Schultz ML.) SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2021;9:2050313X211050891 PMID: 34646566 PMCID: PMC8504640 10/15/2021

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