Dr. Thomas Hubbard
Practice
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Education
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Residency: James Whitcomb Riley Hospital
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Pittsburgh
Bio
Dr. Hubbard is professor of clinical pediatrics at EVMS and director of its Sentara
Center for Simulation and Immersive Learning. His educational background
includes degrees from the University of Virginia (BA psychology/biology),
Eastern Virginia Medical School (MD), University of Pittsburgh (MPH), and the
Marshall Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary (JD). He has
been at EVMS and CHKD since 1981.
Dr. Hubbard is heavily involved in the EVMS curriculum, serving
as the chairperson of the medical education committee, directing the clinical
curriculum for medical students during their first two years, and having oversight
of educational programming in the clinical skills center. He has served in
variety of leadership capacities in both the school and hospital during his
tenure.
Recently, Dr. Hubbard headed a team of researchers that developed a teaching stethoscope that can be
used to add programmed heart and breath sounds to standardized patients, which
led to a patent and a commercial product under development.
Dr. Hubbard has published widely in medical
journals including The New England
Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, American
Journal of Diseases in Children, and Trauma.
He has served on the editorial board of Trauma
and is currently a reviewer for Pediatrics
and Academic Medicine. He has
directed grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Stemmler Educational
Fund from the American Association of Medical Colleges.
Research
- Tinea capitis
- Vaccine trials
- Medical teaching