MD - 1984
Louisiana State University School of Medicine

Dr. Thomas serves as Medical Director of the Medical Center of Louisiana, and also directs the Morial Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Disease Center. His academic interests include disease management outcomes research, as well as student education. He currently has grant funding to evaluate the effect of educational and medical interventions on patient outcomes in asthma. The Morial Asthma Center has been recognized by the American Lung Association as a Regional Asthma Clinical Research Center. Dr. Thomas is a member of the Best Doctors in America, and has been recognized by the medical students and house staff as one of the medical schools best teachers.

Asthma

Marshik PL, Thomas D, Ahrens R, Braver H, Hendeles L, Dose - response of inhaled beclomethasone for attenuating the airway responses to allergen, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 97:316. (abs.), 1996.

Thomas DA, deBloisblanc BP, Summer WR, A Contemporary and Therapeutic Approach to Venous Thromboembolism, Post Graduate Medicine 102:4:179- 194., 1997.

Welsh D, Summer W, deBoisblanc B, Thomas D, Hemodynamic consequences of Mechanical Ventilation, Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 6:(1) 52-65, 1999.

Thomas DA, Dyspnea. Pulmonary Pathophysiology. Obstructive Airways Disease, McGraw-Hill, New York Chapter 1, pp 3-26; Chapter 8, pp 91-114, 1999.

deBloisblanc BP, Thomas D, Venous Thromboembolism: Reducing the Risks, Contemporary Internal Medicine Vol 8, No.12, pp: 28-39, December 1996.