EricThompsonMD

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Cancer Biology The University of Chicago

Overview of Dr. Thompson

Dr. Eric Thompson is a neurosurgeon in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of Chicago Medical Center and Duke Childrens Hospital And Health Center. He received his medical degree from University of Nebraska College of Medicine and has been in practice 11 years. He is one of 2 doctors at Duke Childrens Hospital And Health Center and one of 29 doctors at University of Chicago Medical Center who specialize in Neurosurgery. He has more than 70 publications and over 500 citings.

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5841 S Maryland Ave
MC3026
Chicago, IL 60637
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Education & Training

The Hospital for Sick ChildrenFellowship, 2013 - 2014
Oregon Health & Science UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2007 - 2013
Oregon Health & Science UniversityInternship, Neurological Surgery, 2006 - 2007
University of Nebraska College of MedicineClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

OR State Medical License 2012 - Present
IL State Medical License 2022 - 2026
IN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2014 - 2025
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Chandran Research Award in Molecular Imaging in Neuro-Oncology Duke University School of Engineering, 2015
Young Investigator Award American Brain Tumor Association, 2014
Stryker Neuro-Oncology Award American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2013
Top 10 Abstracts - Pediatric Section Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2011
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Clinical Trials

Phase 1b Study PVSRIPO for Recurrent Malignant Glioma in Children Start of enrollment: 2017 Nov 07
Completed
Phase 1
PEP-CMV in Recurrent MEdulloblastoma/Malignant Glioma Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 29
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Elucidating cellular response to treatment with viral immunotherapies in pediatric high-grade glioma and medulloblastoma.
Kang, K., Stevenson, K., Zhang, H., Gromeier, M., Ashley, D., Brown, M., Friedman, G., Thompson, E.> ;Translational Oncology. 2024 Feb 1
Ratios of head circumference to ventricular size vary over time and predict eventual need for CSF diversion in intraventricular hemorrhage of prematurity.
Stephen C Harward, Srijan Bhasin, Kylie Calderon, Sage L Atkins, Beiyu Liu, Hui-Jie Lee, Shein-Chung Chow, Herbert E Fuchs, Eric M Thompson, Vishal Venkatraman> ;Child's Nervous System. 2024 Mar 1
1 citations
ABL1 and ABL2 promote medulloblastoma leptomeningeal dissemination.
Jill K Jones, Hengshan Zhang, Anne-Marie Lyne, Florence M G Cavalli, Wafa E Hassen, Kevin Stevenson, Reb Kornahrens, Yuanfan Yang, Sean Li, Samuel Dell, Zachary J Reit...> ;Neuro-Oncology Advances. 2023 Aug 7
6 citations
Recombinant polio-rhinovirus immunotherapy for recurrent paediatric high-grade glioma: a phase 1b trial.
Eric M Thompson, Daniel Landi, Michael C Brown, Henry S Friedman, Roger McLendon, James E Herndon 2nd, Evan Buckley, Dani P Bolognesi, Eric Lipp, Kristin Schroeder, Or...> ;The Lancet. Child & Adolescent Health. 2023 Jul 1
Ganglioglioma deep transcriptomics reveals primitive neuroectoderm neural precursor-like population.
Joshua A Regal, María E Guerra García, Vaibhav Jain, Vidyalakshmi Chandramohan, David M Ashley, Simon G Gregory, Eric M Thompson, Giselle Y López, Zachary J Reitman> ;Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 2023 Mar 25
3 citations
Magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic laser ablation therapy for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy: a retrospective multiinstitutional study.
Elsa V Arocho-Quinones, Sean M Lew, Michael H Handler, Zulma Tovar-Spinoza, Matthew D Smyth, Robert J Bollo, David Donahue, M Scott Perry, Michael Levy, David Gonda, F...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2023 Mar 3
1 citations
CD155 is a putative therapeutic target in medulloblastoma.
Sean Li, Roger McLendon, Eric Sankey, Reb Kornahrens, Anne-Marie Lyne, Florence Marie Géraldine Cavalli, Zachary McKay, James Emmett Herndon 2nd, Marc Remke, Daniel Pi...> ;Clinical & Translational Oncology. 2023 Mar 1
1 citations
Author Correction: Failure of human rhombic lip differentiation underlies medulloblastoma formation.
Liam D Hendrikse, Parthiv Haldipur, Olivier Saulnier, Jake Millman, Alexandria H Sjoboen, Anders W Erickson, Winnie Ong, Victor Gordon, Ludivine Coudière-Morrison, Aud...> ;Nature. 2022 Dec 1
3 citations
Immunotherapy for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors: a narrative review.
Chidyaonga Shalita, Emily Hanzlik, Samantha Kaplan, Eric M Thompson> ;Translational Pediatrics. 2022 Dec 1
39 citations
Failure of human rhombic lip differentiation underlies medulloblastoma formation.
Liam D Hendrikse, Parthiv Haldipur, Olivier Saulnier, Jake Millman, Alexandria H Sjoboen, Anders W Erickson, Winnie Ong, Victor Gordon, Ludivine Coudière-Morrison, Aud...> ;Nature. 2022 Sep 1
5 citations
Targeting oncometabolism to maximize immunotherapy in malignant brain tumors.
Joshua D Bernstock, Kyung-Don Kang, Neil V Klinger, Hannah E Olsen, Sam Gary, Stacie K Totsch, Gelare Ghajar-Rahimi, David Segar, Eric M Thompson, Victor Darley-Usmar,...> ;Oncogene. 2022 May 1
Successful Neonatal, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in the Surgical Correction of a Thoracic Dermal Sinus Tract: Technical Note.
Chidyaonga Shalita, Eric W Sankey, Stephen M Bergin, John McManigle, Anne F Buckley, Rodney Radtke, Claudia Torres, Guy L Dear, Eric M Thompson> ;Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2022 Jan 1
7 citations
Machine Assist for Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumor Diagnosis: A Multinational Study.
Michael Zhang, Samuel W Wong, Jason N. Wright, Sebastian Toescu, Maryam Mohammadzadeh, Michelle Han, Seth Lummus, Matthias W. Wagner, Derek Yecies, Hollie Lai, Azam A ...> ;Neurosurgery. 2021 Oct 13
6 citations
Ventriculomegaly and postoperative lateral/third ventricular blood as predictors of cerebrospinal fluid diversion following posterior fossa tumor resection.
Christine Park, Beiyu Liu, Stephen C. Harward, Anru Zhang, Jared N. Gloria, Hui-Jie Lee, Herbert E. Fuchs, Carrie R. Muh, Sarah E Hodges, Eric M. Thompson> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2021 Aug 13
40 citations
The transcriptional landscape of Shh medulloblastoma.
Patryk Skowron, Hamza Farooq, Florence M.G. Cavalli, A. Sorana Morrissy, Michelle Ly, Liam D. Hendrikse, Evan Y. Wang, Haig Djambazian, Helen He Zhu, Karen Mungall, Qu...> ;Nature Communications. 2021 Mar 19
Image quality of EOS low-dose radiography in comparison with conventional radiography for assessment of ventriculoperitoneal shunt integrity.
Karen Monuszko, Michael D. Malinzak, Lexie Zidanyue Yang, Donna Niedzwiecki, Herbert E. Fuchs, Carrie R. Muh, Krista J. Gingrich, Robert K. Lark, Eric M. Thompson> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2021 Jan 8
3 citations
Perioperative Assessment of Cerebellar Masses and the Potential for Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome.
Eric W. Sankey, Ethan S Srinivasan, Vikram A. Mehta, Stephen M. Bergin, Timothy Y. Wang, Eric M. Thompson, Peter E. Fecci, Allan H. Friedman> ;World Neurosurgery. 2020 Sep 16
13 citations
Allosteric Inhibition of ABL Kinases: Therapeutic Potential in Cancer
Jill K Jones, Eric M. Thompson> ;Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 2020 Jun 30
9 citations
ABC Transporter Inhibition Plus Dexamethasone Enhances the Efficacy of Convection Enhanced Delivery in H3.3K27M Mutant Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.
Vadim Tsvankin, Rintaro Hashizume, Hiroaki Katagi, James E. Herndon, Christopher D. Lascola, Talaignair N. Venkatraman, Daniel Picard, Brainard Burrus, Oren J. Becher,...> ;Neurosurgery. 2020 May 1
25 citations
Current medulloblastoma subgroup specific clinical trials.
Eric M. Thompson, David M. Ashley, Daniel Landi> ;Translational Pediatrics. 2020 Apr 1
12 citations
Magnetic resonance-guided stereotactic laser ablation therapy for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors: a multiinstitutional retrospective study.
Elsa V Arocho-Quinones, Sean M. Lew, Michael H. Handler, Zulma Tovar-Spinoza, Matthew D. Smyth, Robert J. Bollo, David Donahue, M Scott Perry, Michael J. Levy, David D...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2020 Mar 27
Pediatrics.
Joshua J Chern, Robert J Bollo, Lance S Governale, Kyle G Halvorson, Kristopher Hooten, Abhaya V Kulkarni, William Lo, François Mathieu, Oliver Mrowczynski, Joseph Pia...> ;Operative Neurosurgery. 2019 Aug 1
232 citations
Childhood cerebellar tumours mirror conserved fetal transcriptional programs
Maria C. Vladoiu, Ibrahim El-Hamamy, Laura K. Donovan, Hamza Farooq, Borja L. Holgado, Yogi Sundaravadanam, Vijay Ramaswamy, Liam D. Hendrikse, Sachin Kumar, Stephen C...> ;Nature. 2019 May 1
112 citations
A Pan-Cancer Analysis Reveals High-Frequency Genetic Alterations in Mediators of Signaling by the TGF-β Superfamily
Rai, K., Anil Korkut, Sobia Zaidi, Rupa S. Kanchi, Shuyun Rao, Nancy R. Gough, Andre Schultz, Xubin Li, Philip L. Lorenzi, Ashton C. Berger, Gordon Robertson, Lawrence...> ;Cell Systems. 2018 Oct 24
15 citations
Socioeconomic Factors, Perioperative Complications, and 30-Day Readmission Rates Associated With Delayed Cranial Vault Reconstruction for Craniosynostosis.
Amanda R. Sergesketter, Aladine A. Elsamadicy, David T Lubkin, Hanna Kemeny, Stephen C. Harward, Kate B. Krucoff, Max O. Krucoff, Herbert E. Fuchs, Eric M. Thompson, A...> ;The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2018 Oct 1
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Journal Articles

The Clinical Importance of Medulloblastoma Extent of Resection: A Systematic Review
Alexa Bramall, Eric M Thompson, Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Press Mentions

A Q&A with Pediatric Neurosurgeon Eric Thompson, MDMarch 21st, 2023
Novel Approaches to Malignant Brain Tumor Treatment Aim to Overcome Familiar ChallengesJanuary 27th, 2022