Jeremy Thompson, MD, PhD

Department of Anesthesiology Featured Member: October 2025

Jeremy Thompson, MD, PhD, is an Instructor in Anesthesiology in the Division of Pain Management and a member of the Washington University Pain Center, conducting research in Meaghan Creed’s Laboratory on how chronic pain reshapes mesolimbic dopamine circuitry with a focus on SK channel regulation in VTA→NAc neurons. He earned a BE in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University, completed his MD/PhD in translational neuroscience at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and then finished anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at WashU Medicine through the Academic Scholars Advancement Program. He is currently supported by the FAER Alison Cole Endowed Mentored Research Training Grant. Outside of work, he enjoys playing with his cat, baking, building LEGO sets, and running in Forest Park.