George H. Thompson, M.D., is the past director of Pediatric Orthopedics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and professor emeritus of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He was raised in Oklahoma City and graduated from OSU in 1966 and the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine in 1970. He did orthopaedic surgery residency at UCLA Medical Center (1970-1972; 1974-1977). Following residency, he was a fellow in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1978) and then joined the faculty at Case Western in 1979. He was the director of the division of pediatric orthopedic surgery from 1987 until 2019. Currently, he is the executive editor of the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, the president and CEO of the SICOT Foundation, chair of the Shriners Hospital for Children Medical Advisory Board, and the Scoliosis Research Society Historian. He is the immediate past president of the International Federation of Pediatric Orthopaedic Societies and SICOTUSA, the past president of the Ohio Orthopaedic Society, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the SRS, and past deputy editor of Pediatric Orthopedics of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery American. Thompson has received numerous awards including the UCLA Outstanding Surgical Intern Award, the American Orthopedic Association North American Traveling Fellowship, the POSNA Arthur H. Huene Award, the SRS Lifetime Achievement Award, the UHCMC Distinguished Physician Award, and the POSNA Distinguished Achievement Award. He has had 175 visiting professorships or guest lectureships. He has published 193 GEORGE H. THOMPSON B.S. Physiology ’66 peer-reviewed articles, 99 chapters in textbooks and edited five textbooks. He has presented more than 1,000 regional, national and international lectures. Although now retired from clinical practice, he remains very busy academically. His replacement at RBCH will hold the newly established George H. Thompson, M.D. Endowed Chair in pediatric orthopedic surgery. Prior to retirement, he was chosen as an inaugural member of the POSNA Hall of Fame. He was also selected to lead the 2019 SRS Traveling Fellowship. Most recently he became the interim chief medical officer for Shriners Hospital for Children. Thompson has been happily married to his wife, Janice (’67) for 52 years. They have four children and seven grandchildren. They are avid collectors of 18th and early 19th century American antiques and decorative art. OSU COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 27
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