Rachel Thompson, MD
Director for the UCLA/LuskinOIC Center for Cerebral Palsy Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
William and Patricia Oppenheim Presidential Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics Residency Program Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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Overview
Dr. Thompson attended medical school at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and completed her residency in orthopaedic surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL.
She completed her first fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, TX and her second in neuromuscular orthopaedics at Nemours A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE.
She additionally completed a travelling fellowship in adolescent and adult hip dysplasia in Aarhus, Denmark before joining the faculty at LuskinOIC and UCLA.
Her primary area of practice is pediatric orthopaedics, with a specialization in neuromuscular orthopaedics/cerebral palsy and hip dysplasia/disease. She is on staff at LuskinOIC, and she is an Assistant Clinical Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Orthopaedics at UCLA.
She serves as the Director for the UCLA/LuskinOIC Center for Cerebral Palsy and she holds the William and Patricia Oppenheim Presidential Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics.
Her clinical and research interests are in cerebral palsy and adolescent hip disease, in utilizing gait analysis to improve surgical decision making, and in the molecular basis for the muscular pathology seen in cerebral palsy.
Education and Certifications
Medical School
George Washington University
Internship
Internship in General Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2010-2011
Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2011 – 2015
Board Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Board Certified 8/16/2019
Fellowship
University of Texas Southwestern, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX 2015-2016 Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship Daniel Sucato, MD, Chairman
University of Delaware, A.I. Dupont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 2016-2017 Neuromuscular Orthopaedic Fellowship Freeman Miller, MD, Director of Cerebral Palsy
Aahur University, Aarhus, Denmark 2017 Periacetabular Osteotomy/Hip Preservation Fellowship
Affiliations
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inc. (ABOS)
Mentorship Committee Taskforce Member, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA)
Awards Committee Member, American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM)
Health Volunteers Overseas
Awards and Recognition
2017 Orthopaedic Trauma Association Best Pediatric Paper
2017 Mac Keith Press AACPDM Promising Career Award
2016 Spine Research Award, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
2015 OREF/ORS Midwest Resident Research Symposium 1st Place Clinical Science Award
2014 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons “Game Changers” Paper
2014 Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Dallas B. Phemister Physician in Training Award
2010 Alpha Omega Alpha
2008 Tauber Scholarship recipient
2007 American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research Student Research Program