James Toombs MD

Dr. Toombs graduated from the University of Missouri-School of Medicine. After finishing residency in Family Practice at the Cox Family Practice Residency Program in Springfield, Missouri, he completed a Pain Medicine Fellowship at the University of Iowa. He is board certified in both Family Medicine and Pain Medicine. Dr. Toombs retired from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri and is now the Medical Director of Logan University's Physician Assistant Program.

Dr. Toombs had a parallel career in the military spanning more than 35 years. He joined the Marine Corps Reserves while in high school and served in a weapons platoon. He transferred to the Army National Guard in college. Dr. Toombs completed flight training with the Army in 1988. During Desert Storm, he commanded an air assault helicopter company flying UH-60 Blackhawks across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq. Dr. Toombs completed three deployments to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom and retired as a Colonel in 2016.

Dr. Toombs has a teenage daughter. He is an avid hiker and doting tennis dad.