ThomasRiggsMDPhD

Summary

• I am now retired from the clinical practice of pediatric cardiology. After attending the University of Michigan for undergraduate biology (Phi Beta Kappa), medicine (Alpha Omega Alpha), and postgraduate training in pediatrics, I completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Rainbow Babies’ and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, followed by board certification in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology. During my cardiology fellowship, I completed an MSc in Biometry from Case Western Reserve University, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine. During my 33 years of practicing pediatric cardiology, I was on the medical school faculties at Case Western Reserve University, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, and Wayne State University.
  While serving as Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan (1987-2011), I obtained a Master's degree in biostatistics and a PhD in epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. I also completed postgraduate training in the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, Department of Physics at the University of Michigan and a postdoctoral fellowship in computational biology from the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Michigan Medical School.
  I am a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Pediatric Research and have authored articles in pediatrics, fetal and neonatal echocardiography, maternal-fetal medicine, immunology, surgery, infectious disease transmission and epidemiology. I am keenly interested in applying quantitative methods to advance evidence-based medicine.
  Currently employed by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology as Deputy Editor (Statistics) for their journal, Obstetrics and Gynecology, I review all their original manuscripts before publication.