John Wesley Thomas

Background

Thomas, John Wesley was born on February 13, 1932 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of James and Leila Mae (Berry) Thomas.

Education

Bachelor, Tennessee State University, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1959.

Career

Intern, McKeesport (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1959-1960; resident, Rollman Receiving Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry, Cincinnati, 1960-1961; resident, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, 1961-1963; staff psychiatrist, Mayview Eastern State Hospital, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, 1963-1966; medical director, Adult Outpatient Superior vena cava syndrome, St. Francis Mental Health Center, Pittsburgh, 1971-1989; supervising psychiatrist, St. Francis Psychiatric Residency Progressive, Pittsburgh, 1982-1989; field faculty department psychiatry, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, since 1980; clinical instructor department psychiatry, U. Pittsburgh, 1963-1989; private practice psychiatry, Pittsburgh, since 1963. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• John Wesley Thomas has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association. Member American Medical Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Psychiatric Association, National Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, Tri-State Group Psychotherapy Society, Alpha Phi Alpha, Chi Delta Museum.

Connections

Married Dorothy Thompson, 1955 (divorced 1969). Children: Courtland W., Stephen M.

Father:

James Thomas

Mother:

Leila Mae (Berry) Thomas

Spouse:

Dorothy Thompson

child:

Courtland W. Thomas

child:

Stephen M. Thomas