Brian Richard Smith MD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Biomedical Engineering, of Medicine (Hematology) and of Pediatrics; Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine

Departments & Organizations
School of Engineering and Applied ScienceBiomedical Ethics
Yale Medical Group
Cancer Center, Yale: Cancer Immunology
Internal Medicine: Hematology
Pediatrics: Center for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia, Yale
Laboratory Medicine: Hematology Laboratory | Clinical Immunology | Clinical Hematology
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Research Interests
Inflammation-Coagulation Interface; Hematology; Bioethics; Biomedical Engineering; Laboratory Medicine Education; Therapeutic Pathology
Clinical Interests
Hematologic diagnostics; clinical pathology; hematopathology; hematology; pediatrics; laboratory medicine
Education
- B.A., Princeton University , 1972
- M.D., Harvard University , 1976
Selected Publication
- Truong F, Smith, BR, Stachurski D, Cerny J, Medeiros LJ, Woda BA, Wang SA. The Utility of Flow Cytometric Immunophenotyping in Cytopenic Patients with a Non-Diagnostic Bone Marrow- A Prospective Study. 2009. Leuk Res 33: 1039-46.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- President, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians & Scientists(2007-2008) , Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians & Scientists
Articles

May/June 2011
Tackling an information explosion
For a leader in a field at a pivotal moment of transition, Brian R. Smith, M.D., is modest, equating his role as chair...

July/August 2006
Blood cell researcher is named new chair of Laboratory Medicine
Brian R. Smith, M.D., a physician-scientist who joined the Yale faculty in 1989, has been named chair of the Department...


