Sharon Thompson MDAdvisor

Dr. Thompson is a physician with more than two decades of experience helping students at all stages of their professional lives. She is committed to providing students guidance with empathy, experience and expertise as they navigate the path to their ideal professional life.

Sharon Thompson MD, MedSchoolCoach

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Bio

Dr. Thompson received her undergraduate degree in biology from Vassar College and her master’s in public health from the University of California, Berkeley. She then went on to medical training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and completed her postgraduate training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Harvard affiliated integrated Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospital residency program.

Dr. Thompson owns and directs Central Phoenix Obstetrics and Gynecology in Phoenix, Arizona. She is also a clinical assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Arizona School of Medicine – Phoenix and an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University and the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Innovation. Dr. Thompson is passionate about helping women of all ages make empowering life choices. She is the author of Your Ideal Life Now.

Education

Undergraduate: Vassar College
Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: Brigham and Womens Massachusetts General Hospital Integrated Residency

Specialty

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Fun Fact

Immediately after college, Dr. Thompson spent two years teaching high school biology in Los Angeles. Her harrowing tale of her adventure teaching science to adolescents was featured on NPR.

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