Ian Thomas MD CAQSM RMSK RSCC CSCS is an associate professor at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. Medical School and Clinical Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography. After completing his Sports Medicine Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Dr. Thomas opened his own practice, Thomas Sports and Regenerative Orthopedics (TSARO), where he focuses on injury prevention, biomechanical analysis, diagnostic ultrasonography, regenerative medicine, and interventional orthopedics with special interest in gymnastics and golf medicine.
Dr. Thomas has a passion for using ultrasonography to promote health equity by overcoming barriers to quality care and counts writing a $50,000 grant to develop the point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum during his residency training as one of his top professional accomplishments.
He was awarded the American Academy of Physicians (AAFP) Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education, an honor given to only 12 Family Medicine residents in the country. Additionally, he was awarded the Best Leadership Project Award and Best Overall Leadership Project Awards from the AAFP Emerging Leaders Institute (ELI) out of thirty chosen in the country where he dedicated his project to building an ultrasound workshop for the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians in 2023 in coordination with 13 academic institutions across 3 countries as well as raising funding for the ultrasound curriculum for the only Family Medicine Residency in Malawi, Africa.
Dr. Thomas has taught full-spectrum ultrasonography at over 30 courses for residencies, regional, and national conferences for the Global Ultrasound Institute, American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine as well as written book chapters and board questions on the subject. Dr. Thomas currently serves as Chair of the Ultrasound Assessment Council for Inteleos, Ad Hoc Instructor for the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine, and Global Ultrasound Institute Lead Instructor.
Dr. Thomas is a former gymnastics head coach and program director, and in his free time, he enjoys coaching gymnastics, traveling abroad, and learning new languages