Background
Thach, William Thomas was born on January 3, 1937 in Oklahoma City. Son of William Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Thach.
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William Thomas Thach
Edit ProfileNeurobiology and neurology educator
William Thomas Thach, American Neurobiology and neurology educator. Achievements include research on brain control of movement and motor learning, roles of the basal ganglia and the cerebellum in health anddisease. Fulbright grantee U. Melbourne, Australia, 1959-1960; National Institutes of Health grantee, since 1971.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Biology magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1959; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Harvard University, 1964.
Career
Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1964-1965;
assistant residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1965-1966;
staff associate physiology section laboratory clinical science, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966-1969;
neurology resident, clinical and research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1969-1971;
from assistant professor neurology to associate professor neurology, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 1971-1975;
associate professor neurobiology and neurology department anatomy and neurobiology, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1975-1980;
professor neurobiology and neurology department anatomy and neurobiology, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, since 1980;
chief division neurorehab. department neurology, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, since 1992. Acting director Irene Walter Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Washington University School Medicine, 1989-1991, director, 1991-1992. Attending neurologist Barnes Hospital, medical director department rehabilitation.
Attending neurologist Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Regional Hospital. Board science counselors NINCDS, 1988-1992. Member National Institutes of Health Study Section Neurology A, 1981-1985.
Achievements
Membership
Member Physiological Society, American Academy Neurology, Society Neurosci., American Neurological Association, American Society Neurorehab., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Emily Ransom Otis, June 30, 1963 (divorced 1979). Children: Sarah Brill, James Otis, William Thomas III.
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American