Gregory S. Thomas, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Cardiology

Dr. Thomas serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Nuclear Cardiology Education at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. His primary clinical activity is with Mission Internal Medical Group where he directs the Nuclear Cardiology program and serves as co-director of CT Services and the Lipid Clinic. He is the 2008 President for the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and serves on numerous committees within ASNC and the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Thomas received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine, where he was a Regents Scholar, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and being named one of two Outstanding Seniors at the university. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco where he was also a Regent’s Scholar and received Alpha Omega Alpha honors and the Chancellor’s Public Service Award upon graduation. Concomitant with medical school he studied at the University of California, Berkeley where he received a Masters of Public Health. Postgraduate training included an Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and fellowships in cardiology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and the Massachusetts General Hospital.

He lectures nationally and internationally and conducts clinical research in nuclear and preventive cardiology. This work is reflected in over 90 articles, abstracts, book chapters and the text "Exercise & Health: The Evidence and the Implications." He serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology and JACC-Imaging and serves as a reviewer for a number of cardiology journals.

In recognition of his educational contributions to the University of California, Irvine, the graduating cardiology fellows honored him with a Faculty of the Year Award in 2007.