Robert Homer, MD, PhD

My major interests are in diagnostic and experimental lung pathology. I was lead thoracic pathologist at Yale from 2004 to 2022 and have experience in diagnosing and classifying the full range of histopathology of clinical lung disease. I was also Director of Anatomic Pathology at VA Connecticut HealthCare system (aka the West Haven VA) from 1994 to 2022.

My PhD was on aspects of the murine MHC. My post doctoral fellowship was with Richard Flavell on development of T cell tolerance.  Since then,  I have helped evaluate various murine models of inflammatory lung disease, ran an NIH funded morphology core for the Yale pulmonary section, and ran a basic laboratory at West Haven VA looking at murine models of pulmonary fibrosis. I now mostly consult on various experimental models of lung disease and work with collaborators analyzing human fibrotic and neoplastic disease.

I am heavily involved in medical school curriculum development as Director of Medical Studies for Pathology. I am Co-Director of Attacks and Defenses (immunology, infectious disease, microbiology, rheumatology and dermatology) one of the master courses for the pre-clinical curriculum for YSM.