John Rousseau Thornbury

Background

Thornbury, John Rousseau was born on March 16, 1929 in Cleveland. Son of Purla Lee and Gertrude (Glidden) Thornbury.

Education

Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1950; Doctor of Medicine Ohio State University, 1955.

Career

Intern, Hurley Hospital, Flint, Michigan, 1955-1956; resident, U. Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, 1958-1961; instructor, assistant professor radiology, U. Colorado Medical Center, Denver, 1962-1963; practice medicine specializing in radiology, Denver, 1962-1963; practice medicine specializing in radiology, Iowa City, 1963-1966; practice medicine specializing in radiology, Seattle, 1966-1968; practice medicine specializing in radiology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1968-1979; practice medicine specializing in radiology, Albuquerque, 1979-1984; practice medicine specializing in radiology, Rochester, New York, 1984-1989; practice medicine specializing in radiology, Madison, Wisconsin, 1989-1994. Member of staff U. Wisconsin Hospital, Madison. Professor radiology, chief section of body imaging, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1989-1994, professor emeritus, since 1994.

Assistant professor radiology U. Iowa Hospitals, 1963-1966, U. Washington Hospital, Seattle, 1966-1968. Associate professor radiology University of Michigan Medical Center, 1968-1971. Professor radiology, chief division diagnostic radiology School Medicine, U. New Mexico, 1979-1984.

Professor radiology U. Rochester School Medicine, 1984-1989, acting chairman, 1985-1987. Chairman science commission on efficacy studies National Council on Radiation Protection, 1980-1995. Rapporteur/member science group on indications/limitations of x-ray diagnostic procedures World Health Organization, 1983.

Consultant commission on efficacy of magnetic resonance national health technical advisory panel Australian Institute Health, 1986. Invited United States consultant Medical Research Institute program, Nijmegen, TheNetherlands, 1992. Member planning group Low Back Pain Collaboratives and National Congress, Institute for Health Care Improvement, 1997-1998.

Member of advisory commission to board directors Society Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research in Radiology, since 1998. Member methodologic research issues working group National Institutes of Health and Public Health Svc.-Office of Women's Health, 1998. Consultant, speaker Royal Australasian College Radiologists, Melbourne, Australia, 1997.

Consultant technical assessment and outcomes research, since 1994. Consultant to American Society Neuroradiology, since 1995. Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• John Rousseau Thornbury has been listed as a noteworthy Radiologist, physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Sally Jobe Foundation, Denver, since 1996. Captain, Medical Corps United States Air Force, 1956-1958. Fellow American College Radiology.

Member Society Uroradiology (president 1976-1977, director 1977-1979), Association University Radiologists (president 1980-1981), Radiological Society North America, American Roentgen Ray Society (Caldwell medal 1993), Society for Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research in Radiology (advising committee to board directors since 1998), Colorado Radiological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Tau Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Chi.

Connections

Married Julia Lee McGregor, March 20, 1955. Children: Lee Allison, John McGregor.

Father:

Purla Lee Thornbury

Mother:

Gertrude (Glidden) Thornbury

Spouse:

Julia Lee McGregor

child:

Lee Allison Thornbury

child:

John McGregor Thornbury