Thomas Oliver Carpenter MD

Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Clinical Professor of Nursing; Director, Yale Center for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia; Medical Director, Hospital Research Unit

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Departments & Organizations

Clinical Investigation, Yale Center for (YCCI): Clinical Research Resources

Yale Medical Group

Cancer Center, Yale

Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale

Bone Center

Pituitary Program

Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center

Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation: Orthopaedic Histology and Histomorphometry Laboratory

Pediatrics: Pediatric Endocrinology: Center for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia, Yale

Yale School of Nursing

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Biography

Dr. Carpenter has maintained a career-long involvement in metabolic bone diseases in children. He currently directs the Yale Center for X-linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH) and the Physiology Core of the Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Diseases. His research interests center on the pathophysiology and development of therapy for XLH, the most common inherited form of rickets. He also has a major interest in the metabolism and function of vitamin D, and disorders related to vitamin D in children. He served as director of the Yale Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program for over 20 years, and is Clinical Director of the Yale’s Pediatric Endocrinology Section.