Thomas Arthur Hughes

Background

Hughes, Thomas Arthur was born on March 18, 1949 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Thomas William and Clara Ann (McCue) Hughes.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Washington U., 1975.

Career

Instructor, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1981-1982; assistant professor, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1982-1986; director research unit, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1984-1986; assistant professor, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1987-1989; associate professor department of medicine and pharmacology, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1989-1997; professor medicine and pharmacology, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1997; director, Lipid Metabolism Clinic, Regional Medical Center, Memphis, since 1987. Diabetes education faculty Bristol-Myers Squibb, since 1995. Regional consultant metabolic bone disease Merck Human Health, 1995.

Member of national faculty Vascular Biology Working Group, since 1996. National diabetes consultant Merck & Company, Inc., since 1997. Member of advisory board S.E. Regional Lipid Center, 1997.

Member of national teaching faculty National Diabetes Education Initiative, 1998. National teaching faculty Lipid Management in Clinical Practice, 1998.

Achievements

• Thomas Arthur Hughes has been listed as a noteworthy Endocrinologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Heart Association (fellow arteriosclerosis, peer review committee, Cora Louise Carson award 1989, grant-in-aid 1979-1991), American Diabetes Association (cardiovascular risk factor management faculty 1992-1994).

Connections

Married Suzanne M. Harvath, June 3, 1972. Children: Teresa Suzanne, Catherine Christine, Jennifer Marie, Thomas Robert.

Father:

Thomas William Hughes

Mother:

Clara Ann (McCue) Hughes

Spouse:

Suzanne M. Harvath

child:

Catherine Christine Hughes

child:

Teresa Suzanne Hughes

child:

Jennifer Marie Hughes

child:

Thomas Robert Hughes