Stefan Somlo MD
C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Professor of Genetics; Chief, Section of Nephrology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyYale Medical Group
Physiology of Human Disease
Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Internal Medicine: Nephrology
Genetics
Research Interests
Genetic kidney and liver disease; Cilia function in tissue homeostasis; Polycystin function
Clinical Interests
Polycystic kidney disease; inherited or familial kidney disease; genetic aspects of kidney disease; polycystic liver disease
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Education
- B.A., Harvard University , 1980
- M.D., Columbia University , 1984
Selected Publication
- Fedeles SV, Tian X, Gallagher AR, Mitobe M, Nishio S, Lee SH, Cai Y, Geng L, Crews CM, Somlo S: A genetic interaction network of five genes for human polycystic kidney and liver diseases defines polycystin-1 as the central determinant of cyst formation. Nat Genet 43:639-647, 2011
Articles
Autumn 2009
Genetic Diseases of the Kidney
edited by Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., Chair and Sterling Professor of Genetics and professor of medicine, Stefan...
Spring 2004
Five faculty members honored with endowed professorships
Pietro de Camilli, M.D., FW ’79, professor of cell biology, has been named the Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell...
Summer 2000
NIH funds $5.6 million center for PKD research
A five-year, $5.6 million grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health has established Yale as one of four...
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