Andra Carol Thomas

Background

Thomas, Andra Carol was born on December 7, 1948 in Decatur, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Elmer Junior and Mary Katherine Thomas.

Education

Diploma in Nursing, Barnes Hospital School Nursing, 1969; student, University Maryland., 1971-1972; student, Johns Hopkins University, 1976-1979; student, College Notre Dame, Maryland., 1980-1981; student, State University of New York, since 1981; graduate Minnesota Management Institute, University of Minnesota, 1990.

Career

Staff nurse operating rooms, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1971-1972; head nurse operating rooms, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1972-1981; clinical representative, Intec Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, 1981-1983; manager clinical research, Intec Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, 1983-1985; manager clinical research implantable defibrillation devices, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, 1985; manager clinical programs, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, 1985-1988; manager science studies, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, since 1988.

Achievements

• Andra Carol Thomas has been listed as a noteworthy administrator, strategist, nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Pittsburgh Ballet Theater Guild, 1981-1984. Auxiliary volunteer St. Margarets Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1984-1985. Member American Heart Association Clinical Couns., Association Operating Room Nurses, American Management Association, NAFE, North America Society Pacing and Electrophysiology, National Health Lawyers Association, Regulatory Affairs Professional Society.

Interests

• Avocations: ballet, reading, traveling, archaeology, anthropology.

Connections

Father:

Elmer Thomas Junior

Mother:

Mary Katherine Thomas