UC San Diego Division of Geriatrics Research Faculty

Colin M. Thomas, M.D.

Health Sciences Clinical Professor

Colin M. Thomas, MD

Academic Profile

Selected Publications

 


Administrative Assistant: Maria Pacheco

Mail Code 0746

Telephone 858-822-1058
FAX 858-822-2908
Email mpacheco@ucsd.edu

 

Academic Profile

Dr. Thomas is a full-time Geriatrician/clinician educator at the Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System and serves as section chief of the VA Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. Dr. Thomas has a Masters in Public Heath (received 2001 at San Diego State University), and who is Board Certified (CAQ) in Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Thomas provides direct care to patients in the VA Home Based Primary Care Program and provides attending level care for palliative/end of life patients admitted to the Community Living Center and also provides primary and consultative care for Geriatric patients at the VA Mission Valley Clinic.  Dr. Thomas serves on the School of Medicine’s Recruitment and Admissions Committee.  Dr. Thomas is a talented clinician-educator who is highly respected by his colleagues and trainees.

Selected Publications

  1. 1. Thomas CM; Davis SD. Recovery patterns of 3 chaparral shrub species after wildfire. Oecologia, 80 (3):309-320. (1989)

    2. Zurbriggen A; Yamada M; Thomas C; Fujinami RS. Restricted virus replication in the spinal cords of nude mice infected with a Theiler's virus variant. Journal of Virology, Feb, 65(2):1023-30. (1991)

    3. Zurbriggen A; Thomas C; Yamada M; Roos RP; Fujinami RS. Direct evidence of a role for amino acid 101 of VP-1 in central nervous system disease in Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus infection. Journal of Virology, 65(4):1929-37)(1991)

    4. Thomas C; Davis SD; Tallman G. Responses of stomata of senescing and nonsenescing leaves of nicotiana glauca to changes in intercellular concentrations of leaf carbon dioxide. Plant Cell and Environment, 14 (9):971-978 (1991)

    5. Thomas CM; Aizin V. Brief Report: A Red Streak in the Lateral Recess of the Oropharynx Predicts Acute Sinusitis J Gen Intern Med 21:986–988. (2006)

    OTHER WORK

    Miscellaneous

    1. Thomas, Colin M. Improved access to screening flexible sigmoidoscopy. VA Virtual Learning Center Compendia #6. September 2003. pp 45-6.

    2. Colonoscopic Screening of Women for Colorectal Neoplasia Levin T. R., Atkin W. S., Thomas C. M., Schoenfeld P., Lieberman D. N Engl J Med 2005; 353:844-846, Aug 25, 2005 (Letter to the editor)