Michael O. Thorner is David C. Harrison Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia specializing in endocrinology and metabolism. He was previously the chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism and the chair of the department of internal medicine.[1]
Thorner graduated with an MBBS from Middlesex Hospital at the University of London in 1970. He was a lecturer at St Bartholomew's Hospital at the University of London from 1974 to 1977.
He joined the faculty of the University of Virginia as an associate professor in 1977, and was promoted to full professor in 1982. He held positions as the Kenneth R. Crispell Professor of Medicine (1990-1998), Henry B Mulholland Professor of Internal Medicine (1996-2006), David C. Harrison Medical Teaching Professor of Internal Medicine (2006-2014). He was director of the General Clinical Research Center (1984-1997), chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism (1986-1998), and chair of the department of medicine (1997-2006). He retired in 2014.[2]
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- ^ "Dr. Michael O. Thorner Retires". 5 February 2014.