Dr. Lloyd Cantley

Biography

Lloyd G. Cantley, MD, is the C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) at Yale School of Medicine. He completed his medical training at West Virginia University, followed by an Internal Medicine residency at the University of North Carolina and a Nephrology fellowship at Beth Israel Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospitals in Boston. Dr. Cantley has an extensive background in renal physiology and has focused his research on the mechanisms involved in renal tubule development and homeostasis, particularly in the context of acute kidney injury and nephron regeneration. His lab studies epithelial cell behavior in response to injury, with particular interest in cell adhesion, migration, and interactions with the immune system during repair processes. In addition, Dr. Cantley is actively engaged in exploring the roles of macrophages in kidney injury, including their dual roles in promoting apoptosis in damaged tubular cells and aiding in tubule repair. His research has garnered support from entities such as the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. He is also the co-director for education at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation and has published extensively in the field of nephrology.

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