Recent Life and Work
In 2006, Thompson received a medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She did her internship at the New York City Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and she is currently working as a resident anesthesiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. In June, 2010 she was assaulted when two men attempted to steal her scooter, however she was able to fight off both of her attackers.
Thompson married Daniel Richard Cumpelik on September 5, 2010. She currently works as an anesthesiologist for the Spectrum medical group at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
Thompson has volunteered as a celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America, a charitable organization that raises money for cancer research, since 1995.
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