Dr. Thompson was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He earned a BS in Biochemistry at UCLA, then his Medical Degree at the University of Missouri Columbia where he graduated Magna cum laude.  His residency training was at Northridge Hospital Family Practice Residency.  After working for High Desert Medical Group in Lancaster, California for over seven years, he opened a solo practice here in Northridge in 2004.

Dr. Thompson, his wife Alison and two sons, Benjamin and Samuel, are residents of Northridge.  They are active members of a local community church, and the North Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce.  They love to serve as a family on overseas medical missions, to countries including Bolivia, Columbia, Peru and The Phillipines.