Barnard Medical Center
5100 Wisconsin NW, Ste 401
Washington DC 20016
Phone: 202-527-7394
Fax: 202-527-7494
e-mail:
www.barnardmedical.org / PO Box 71025
Bethesda, MD 20813
Cell: (314) 239-4116

James F. Loomis, Jr.

Education / August 1977-June 1981 / Hendrix College
Conway, AR
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry
August 1981-May 1985 / University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Doctor of Medicine
·  Graduated with honors
August 1995-May 1997 / Olin School of Business, Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Master in Business Administration
Professional experience / July 1985-
June 1988 / Barnes Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Intern, Resident in Internal Medicine
July1988-
June1989 / Cardiovascular Division, Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Research Fellow
June 1987-
June 1990 / St. Louis Regional Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Staff Physician, Emergency Room
April1989-
July 1995 / Busch Stadium
Civic Center Corporation
St. Louis, MO
Stadium Physician
July 1990-2001 / Associated Internists
BJC Medical Group
St. Louis, MO
Physician, Group Practice, Internal Medicine
November 1993, October 1998 / St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
St. Louis, MO
Tour Physician, European Tour
July1995-
April 2002 / St. Louis Rams Football Club
St. Louis, MO
Team Physician
March 1998-October 2007 / St. Louis Cardinals, LP
St. Louis, MO
Team Physician
May 1998- January 2002 / Health Risk Interactive, LLC
St. Louis, MO
President
July 1998-present / InfoTech, Inc.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Corporate Medical Director
January 2001-December 2009 / Comprehensive Health Partners, Inc
St. Louis, MO
Physician, Solo Practice, Internal Medicine
January 2010-December 2015 / St. Luke’s Medical Group
St. Louis, MO
Physician, Internal Medicine
December 2015-present / Barnard Medical Center
Washington, DC
Medical Director
Additional professional activities / 1996-1999 / Member
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Staff Council, St. Louis, MO
1996-1999 / Management Committee
Washington University Physicians Network, St. Louis, MO
1997-2000 / Board of Directors
Washington University Physicians Network, St. Louis, MO
1996-1998 / Board of Directors,
BJC Medical Group, St. Louis, MO
2001-2005 / Medical Director Weigh to Life Program,
Heart Care Institute, St. Louis, MO
1998-present / Board of Directors
Info Tech, Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
2010-2014 / Board of Directors, Executive MBA Program
Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2013-2015 /
Instructor, Dierberg’s School of Cooking, St. Louis, MO
Hospital and academic appointments / 2010-2015 / Director of Prevention and Wellness, St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO
1990- 2015 / Associate Staff, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
1990-2015 / Active Staff, Barnes West County Hospital
St. Louis, MO
2010-2015
1990-present / Active Staff, St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Assistant in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Medical license and certification / State of Missouri
License No. R8G21
Issued: 06/02/87
Board Certification Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, September 1988
Number 119356
Certification in Plant-based Nutrition
Cornell University
August, 2012
Professional memberships / Alpha Omega Alpha
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
American College of Preventive Medicine
Awards received / Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1985
Knowlton Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine, Barnes Hospital, 1988
Lectures and publications / The Photobiology of Sunlight, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds,
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; August 1987
Loomis JF, Perez JE Waggoner AD, Sobel BE, Miller JG: The Applicability of Ultrasonic M-Mode Myocardial Integrated Backscatter Imaging. Ultrasonic Imaging; Presented at the 14th international Symposium on Ultrasonic Imaging and Tissue Characterization, Washington DC, June 1989
Loomis JF, Waggoner AD, Schechtman KB, Miller JG, Sobel BE: Ultrasonic Integrated Backscatter Two-dimensional Imagining: Evaluation of M-mode Guided Acquisition and Immediate Analysis in 55 Consecutive Patients. J Am Soc Echo 1990; 3 (4): 255-265
Nutrition and Supplements in Athletes; presented to Missouri State High School Activities Association; Tantara Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, MO 1999
Nutrition and Supplements in Athletes; presented to Parkway School District Athletic Department, St. Louis, MO; 1999
Nutrition and Supplements in Athletes; presented to Washington University varsity athletes and staff, St. Louis, MO; 1999
Ephdera Use in Professional Baseball Players; presented to Major League Baseball Physicians Association; Baseball Winter Meetings, Boston, MA; December 2001
Pre-participation Screening in Professional Baseball Players; presented to Major League Baseball Physicians Association; Baseball Winter Meetings, Nashville, TN; December 2002
Back to First Base-Rethinking Your Game Plan for Healthy Living; Friends of St. Luke’s Living Well Speakers Series, St. Louis, MO, October 12, 2010
Moderator, Selling and Delivering Wellness; 7th Annual EU HPM Forum, Scwalbach, Germany, November 15, 2011
“Forks Over Knives Changed My Health and How I Treat My Patients”; blog post, forksoverknifes.com, July 2013
“My Patient Didn’t Just Control His Diabetes, He Cured It!”; blog post, forksoverknifes.com, June 2014
Fueling the Plant-Based Athlete; presented at International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference, San Diego, CA, September, 2014
The Great Diet Debate; represented whole-food plant-based diet, Sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, St. Louis, MO, November, 2014
The Health Benefits of a Whole-Food Plant-Based Die; presented at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, January, 2015
“Doctor Prescribes Plants for Health & Weight Loss”; T.Colin Cambell Center for Nutrition Studies Newsletter, January 2015
Lifestyle as Treatment; webinar presented by Healthways and ACLM, February 2015
The Benefits of a Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet; presented at the 2015 Spring Symposium, Logan University, St. Louis, MO, May, 2015
Nutrition to Reverse Heart Disease: The Way to Your Heart is Through Your Stomach; Keynote Address, 11th Annual HeartCaring Conference, Ft. Lauderdale FL, May 2015
Future of Preventive Health and Nutrition; presented at the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) Meeting, Washington, DC, April 2016
A New Approach to the Obesity and Diabetes Epidemic: Using Food as Medicine; Keynote Address, 7th Sino American Symposium on Clinical and Translational Medicine, Beijing, China, June 2016
Food and the Environment; presented at the Food For Life Professional Development Summit, Washington, DC, July 2016
Nutrition to Power Athletic Performance; presented at the International Conference on Nutrition and Medicine, Washington, DC, July 2016