Olivia W. Thomas, MD

Medical School:

Creighton University - Omaha   MD   05/15/1976

Internship:

Nationwide Children's Hospital   06/30/1977

Residency:

Nationwide Children's Hospital   06/30/1979

Section:

Ambulatory Pediatrics   Click to learn about this department

Specialty:

Pediatrics, Certified  

Gender:

Female

Languages Spoken:

English

Date of Appointment at
Children's Hospital:

11/20/1979

Office Practice Information:

• Accepts patients 0-18
• Accepts patients 18 years or older
• Accepts Medicaid
• This office is wheelchair accessible

Academic Title:

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of the Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics

Clinical, Teaching & Research Interests*:

Olivia W. Thomas, MD, is the Section Chief of Ambulatory Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Her clinical interests include improving access to care for uninsured and underinsured children, improving asthma care for all children, health literacy, obesity prevention and family violence prevention. She is the principal investigator of the Child and Family Health Services Grant, a title V program funded through the Ohio Department of Health.

Awards and Honors*:

Listed, Best Doctors in America

Research Funding*:

Primary Care Centers (formerly Close To Homesm Physician Care Centers), Columbus Health Department

Social Services Block Grant – Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs, Franklin County and Family First Council/Franklin County Department of Jobs and Family Services

Academic Administration Units in Primary Care, The Ohio State University Research Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services

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