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Justin Belcher, MD, PhD, FASN

Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
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Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

Biography

Dr. Belcher grew up in Connecticut before attending Williams College where he graduated cum laude with a degree in history. He then attended medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, before completing his internship, residency, and Chief Residency in Internal Medicine at George Washington University. While completing his research fellowship in nephrology at Yale, he received a PhD in 2014 from the Investigative Medicine Program. The primary focus of his research is on acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis including the use of novel biomarkers to enhance diagnosis, therapeutic decisions and prognosis. Dr. Belcher has clinical expertise in caring for patients with a wide variety of kidney related ailments with a particular interest in acute kidney injury, complex acid base and electrolyte abnormalities, critical care nephrology and chronic kidney disease. He is actively and passionately engaged at Yale and the affiliate hospital system in the education of medical students, residents and fellows via both formal and informal didactics, lectures and workshop sessions.



Appointments

  • Nephrology

    Associate Professor on Term
    Primary

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

PhD
Yale University, Clinical Investigation (2015)
Fellow
Yale University (2011)
Chief Medical Resident
George Washington University (2008)
Resident
George Washington University (2007)
Intern
George Washington University (2005)
MD
Drexel University College of Medicine (2004)
BA
Williams College, History (1999)

Board Certifications

  • Nephrology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2015

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Justin Belcher's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    American Medical Association

  • activity

    American Society of Nephrology

  • activity

    American Federation of Medical Research

  • activity

    American Association for the Study of Liver Disease

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    American Journal of Kidney Disease

Clinical Care

Board Certifications

  • Nephrology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2015

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