James A. Thompson
Expertise in
2
conditions
Expertise in
2
conditions

Overview

Dr. Thompson specializes in interventional cardiology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He joined the hospital staff in 2020. He was previously a pediatric cardiologist and medical director for Child Cardiology Associates in Fairfax, Virginia, and chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency, serving as chief resident, at Children’s National Medical Center. He then completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship with a focus in catheterization and interventional cardiology at University of California, San Francisco. He has been a principal investigator for multiple clinical trials for devices to close defects in the heart through catheters rather than open-heart surgery. He has performed device closures of over 1,500 defects. He was the first physician in the United States to use a novel transcatheter suture delivery system and is leading a multicenter, multinational trial on that device. His passion is the delivery of compassionate care to his patients and their families.

Dr. Thompson is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Patent Foramen Ovale, Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum, Pulmonary Atresia, and Patent Foramen Ovale Repair.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Residency
Children's National Medical Center, Pediatrics, 1998
Specialties
Pediatric Cardiology
Licenses
Pediatric Cardiology in DC
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, 2001
Languages Spoken
English
Spanish
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Suite 260, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
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501 6th Avenue South, St Petersburg, FL 33701

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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