Lloyd Garnet Cantley MD

Professor, Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine

800 Howard AvenueNew Haven, CT 06519
Phone+1 203-785-2140
Fax+1 203-785-6414

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Education & Training

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 1984 - 1989
University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
West Virginia University School of MedicineClass of 1981

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Certifications & Licensure

CT State Medical License 2000 - 2026
MA State Medical License 1985 - 2005
NC State Medical License 1983 - 1986
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2002
Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Acute tubular injury versus acute interstitial nephritis in the kidney precision medicine project.
Jennifer A Schaub, Rajasree Menon, Ricardo Melo Ferreira, Elizabeth Kiernan, Insa M Schmidt
JCI Insight. 2026-08-10
Arginase-1 Expressing Macrophages Interact with Myofibroblasts to Regulate Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1-Dependent Tubule Repair.
Bhavya Bharathan, Bismark O Frimpong, Leyuan Xu, Lloyd G Cantley
Kidney360. 2026-06-01
CXCR6+ T cells promote apoptosis and necroptosis in proximal tubules during AKI-to-CKD transition.
Xiaoxu Li, Isabel Melchinger, Yuchu Chen, Jiankan Guo, Lloyd G Cantley
Cell Death & Disease. 2026-03-24

Press Mentions

HMN 2025: How to Advance Understanding and Therapy of Acute Kidney HarmApril 16th, 2025
Advancing AKI Understanding and TreatmentApril 8th, 2025
Opinion: Chinese-Americans Play Key Role in Delivering Life-Saving EquipmentApril 14th, 2020

Grant Support

Short Term Research Training: Students in Health Professional SchoolsYALE UNIVERSITY2015–2030
Spatial Elucidation of Human Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease using Imaging Mass CytometryYALE UNIVERSITY2022–2027
Spatial Elucidation of Human Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease using Imaging Mass CytometryYALE UNIVERSITY2022–2027
Macrophage Function in Kidney RepairYALE UNIVERSITY2012–2027
J. NRSA Training CoreYALE UNIVERSITY2016–2026