Thomas Porter MD

Dr. Thomas R. Porter is a Professor of Medicine, Courtesy Professor of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Radiology, and Pediatric Cardiology, and the Theodore F. Hubbard, MD Distinguished Chair of Cardiology in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center where he serves as Director of Echocardiography Laboratory. Dr. Porter received his Bachelor of Science from The University of Nebraska Lincoln and Medical Degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

He completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship training at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He has also become level III trained in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiac Computed Tomography, and is Board Certified in Cardiac Computed Tomography.

Dr. Porter has made significant innovative contributions to Cardiovascular imaging by utilizing ultrasound contrast for myocardial perfusion imaging in both pediatric and adult patients. As well, finding therapeutic applications of ultrasound contrast agents (microbubbles) for the acute treatment of stroke, acute coronary syndromes, and catheter-related thrombi.

Dr. Porter is extremely active in research and continues to receive funding for national research grants which number over 50. He has authored over 170 peer reviewed manuscripts, over 100 abstracts, and holds 18 patents for his work with microbubbles.