Marita Thompson, MD

Associate Professor
Pediatrics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

marita.thompson@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1996)
ResidencyHarbor-UCLA Medical Center (1992)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Illinois - Peoria (1989)

Research Interests

Calcium Channel Regulation in Endotoxic Shock

Publications

Calcium antagonists improve cardiac mechanical performance after thermal trauma

Horton, J, D.J. White, G. Arteaga, D. Maas, B. Sanders, Thompson, M., and B. Giroir , Journal of Surgical Research , 1999; (87 (1)):39-50

Calcium antagonists improve cardiac mechanical performance after thermal trauma

Horton, J, D.J. White, G. Arteaga, D. Maas, B. Sanders, Thompson, M., and B. Giroir , Journal of Surgical Research , 1999; (87 (1)):39-50

Cardiac failure in transgenic mice with myocardial expression of tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF)

Bryant, D., L. Becker, J. Richardson, J. Shelton F. Franco, R. Peshock, Thompson M. and B. Giroir , Circulation , 1998; (97 (14)):1375-1381

Cardiac failure in transgenic mice with myocardial expression of tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF)

Bryant, D., L. Becker, J. Richardson, J. Shelton F. Franco, R. Peshock, Thompson M. and B. Giroir , Circulation , 1998; (97 (14)):1375-1381

Molecular biology of septic shock

Murphy, K., S.B. Haudek, M. Thompson, and B.P. Giroir , New Horizons , 1998; (6):181-193

Molecular biology of septic shock

Murphy, K., S.B. Haudek, M. Thompson, and B.P. Giroir , New Horizons , 1998; (6):181-193

Expression of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene in diaphragm and skeletal muscle

Thompson, M., L. Becker, D. Bryant, G. Williams, D. Levin, L. Margraf and B. Giroir , Journal of Applied Physiology , 1996; (81(6)):2415-2420

Expression of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene in diaphragm and skeletal muscle

Thompson, M., L. Becker, D. Bryant, G. Williams, D. Levin, L. Margraf and B. Giroir , Journal of Applied Physiology , 1996; (81(6)):2415-2420

The effects of bundling on infant temperature

Grover, Berkowitz, Lewis, Thompson, Berry, Seidel , Pediatrics , 1994; (Pediatrics):669-673

The effects of bundling on infant temperature

Grover, Berkowitz, Lewis, Thompson, Berry, Seidel , Pediatrics , 1994; (Pediatrics):669-673

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

Society of Critical Care Medicine