Thomas S. Parker, MD, FACP / Value Based Healthcare

Expert Publications

• Effect of administration of a phospholipid emulsion on the initial response of horses administered endotoxin.
• Relationship between body composition and cytokines in cachectic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Cholesterol and interleukin-6 concentrations relate to outcomes in burn-injured
• Elevated soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor levels in non-obese adults with the atherogenic dyslipoproteinemia.
• Association between reduced low density lipoprotein oxidation and inhibition of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production in statin-treated subjects.

Clinical Trials

• Repository of Novel Analytes Leading to Autoimmune, Inflammatory and Diabetic Nephropathies (RENAL AID)

Media Releases

Get to know Internist, Dr. Thomas S. Parker, who serves patients in Austin, Texas

Dr. Parker is a board-certified internist practicing through his private practice in Austin, Texas. He values patient education and believes in building trust with his patients for better outcomes. He is licensed to practice in the state of Texas. Earlier in his career, he was affiliated with Gonzales Healthcare System in Gonzales, Texas. 

Dr. Parker attended the University of Texas Medical Branch at Houston in Houston, Texas, and received his medical degree in 1978. He then pursued his internal medicine residency at Texas A&M - Scott and White Memorial Hospital, graduating in 1981.

Subsequent to his education, the doctor attained board certification in internal medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The American Board of Internal Medicine is a 501 nonprofit, self-appointed physician-evaluation organization that certifies physicians practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties.

Internal Medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Internists are skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes. They care for hospitalized and ambulatory patients and may play a major role in education and research.

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