Never Give Up

This is gripping story of never giving up, never accepting that you can’t, and never believing that you won’t fulfill your destiny.

NEVER GIVE UP is a true, inspirational story of an African-American boy born in the inner city, abandoned by a philandering father, and mutilated by a childhood accident. Yet, nurtured by a strong mother, supportive grandparents and driven by an indomitable will, he breaks down barriers to overcome his adversity. The young man resolves deep-seated emotional conflict, becomes a respected physician, and rises to the top of his profession. His struggle to become a man is exacerbated by his life-long conflict with his father. In the end, though, father and son find reconciliation. In a time of epidemic father-son dysfunction, this memoir speaks to countless boys and men abandoned by their fathers and to generations of wives, mothers, grandmothers, and families who willingly sacrifice so much to save them.

Dr. Thompson is a Board-Certified radiologist, a nationally recognized medical-legal expert, and a published author. He attended Lincoln University (PA), Thomas Jefferson University Medical college, and completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology and a fellowship in Neuroradiology at Jefferson. Following training, he held staff appointments at the Martin Luther King Hospital and the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, The Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, and the Bryn Mawr Hospital (Main Line Health) in suburban Philadelphia. As founder of a medical-legal consulting service, he has written and appeared extensively as an expert medical witness. He received the Magee-Woodruff Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicine, the Thomas J. Murphy Teaching Award, and designation as Distinguished Emeritus Medical Staff member of the Main Line Health system. He has published numerous, medical, peer-reviewed articles. Also as an accomplished classical organist, his most recent article appeared in The American Organist, an international publication. In 2013, he published a memoir, NEVER GIVE UP: My Struggle To Become A Doctor. Currently, he lectures and mentors youth and individuals in life-transition. Presently, he is completing a second book.