Thomas J. Reid III, MD, PhD

Thomas J. Reid III, MD, PhD received his medical degree from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Hematology-Medical Oncology at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia. He received a PhD in biochemistry at Purdue University.

From 1991 to 2004, Dr. Reid was at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; including three years as Chief of Blood Research. From 2004 to 2008, Dr. Reid was Chief of Hematology-Medical Oncology at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. After 27 years in the Army Medical Corps, he retired in 2008 as a full Colonel. From 2011 to 2012, he was Chief, Hematology-Medical Oncology and Oncology Program Director at MedStar Good Samaritan and MedStar Union Memorial Hospitals in Baltimore, Md. In Baltimore and at Walter Reed, he served as Principal Investigator for the cancer clinical trials cooperative group, Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB). Dr. Reid also served as co-chair of the Clinical Research Committee at the Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center.

His special interests include cancer clinical trials (adult solid tumors and lymphomas, supportive care, cancer vaccines, translational research), cancer epidemiology, cancer genetics, cancer survivorship and coagulation (bleeding and clotting) and hematologic disorders.