Thomas L. Pommering, DO

Medical School:

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine   DO   06/12/1991

Internship:

Doctors Hospital   06/30/1992

Residency:

Miami Valley Hospital   06/30/1994

Fellowship:

Grant Medical Center   07/30/1995

Section:

Family Practice

Specialty:

Family Practice, Certified  
Sports Medicine, Certified  

Gender:

Male

Languages Spoken:

English

Date of Appointment at
Children's Hospital:

03/30/2001

Office Practice Information:

• Accepts patients 0-18
• Accepts patients 18 years or older
• Accepts Medicaid
• Requires a written physician referral
• This office is wheelchair accessible

Academic Title:

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

Clinical, Teaching & Research Interests*:

Thomas Pommering, DO, is Division Chief for Sports Medicine and Medical Director for Nationwide Children’s Sports Medicine. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Family Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine as well as, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is fellowship trained and board certified in sports medicine, he is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. Dr. Pommering attended medical school at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine before completing an internship at Doctor’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, a Family Medicine Residency at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio and a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Grant Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Pommering regularly teaches pediatric and family medicine residents, sports medicine fellows, athletic trainers, school nurses and coaches about sports medicine issues in both the clinical and didactic settings. As well as having been the team physician for local high school, college and semi-professional athletic teams, he is currently the Medical Director for the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure, Tour de Grandview, professional cycling race and a volunteer physician for the Columbus Marathon. He is also head team physician and medical director for Capital University Athletics and Athletic Training Education Program and team physician at Canal Winchester High School.

Publications*:

Pommering TL. Erythropoietin and Other Blood Boosting Methods. Pediatric Clinician North America 54(4): 691-699, 2007.

Pommering TL, Kluchurosky LK. Overuse injuries in Adolescents. Adolescent Medicine American Academy of Pediatrics 18(1): 95-120, May 2007.

Pommering TL. Modification of gene expression: a novel tool to detect gene doping with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). (Review) Haematologica/The Hematology Journal, September 2007.

Awards and Honors*:

Head Team Physician, Capital University

Listed, Best Doctors in America

Medical Director, Greater Ohio Bicycle Adventure

Medical Director, Tour de Grandview Professional Bike Race

Physician Volunteer, Special Olympics Preparticipation Physicals, Columbus, Ohio

Team Physician, Canal Winchester High School

Presentations and
Teaching Activities*:

Sports Medicine Update, Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Family Medicine Workshops Conference, Columbus, Ohio, January 2007

Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis, Capital City Sports Medicine Conference, Columbus, Ohio, March 2007

Eye Injuries in Athletes, Capital University Athletic Training Program, Bexley, Ohio, April 2007

Recurrent Stingers in a High School Football Player: Klippel-Feil Syndrome, AMSSM, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 2007

Shin Pain in an Eight-Year-Old Basketball Player: Unusual Presentation of AVM, AMSSM, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 2007

Throwing Injuries in the Young Athlete, Ohio Athletic Trainers Association Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, May 2007

Bicycle Fit as Related to Injury, Mini-symposium on organizing mass event care for cycling events, Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure, Columbus, Ohio, June 2007

Pediatric Sports Injuries: A Case-Based Approach, Greater Columbus Athletic Trainers Society, Columbus, Ohio, September 2007

The Pediatric Athlete: What Makes Them Unique?, Otterbein University Athletic Training Education Program, Westerville, Ohio, November 2007

Introduction to Musculoskeletal Radiology, Capital University Athletic Training Program, Bexley, Ohio, November 2007

*Physician publications, awards and honors, and presentations and teaching activities represent work completed in 2007 only.