James Lorenzen Boyer, MD, FACEP
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Biography
Dr. James L. Boyer is the Ensign Professor of Medicine and Emeritus Director of the Liver Center at Yale School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Haverford College (1958) and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1962). From 1982 until 1996 he directed a combined Digestive Disease Section in the Department of Medicine. He was the founding Director of the NIDDK funded Liver Center at Yale since 1984. and former Director of the NIEHS Center for Membrane Toxicity Studies at the Mt Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salsbury Cove, ME where he was also Chairman of their Board of Trustees from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2011-2013. He is also past Chair, Board of Directors of the American Liver Foundation and a past member of Board of Mangers of Haverford College. Dr. Boyer has a broad interest in all aspects of basic and clinical hepatology. His laboratory's major efforts have been the study of mechanisms of bile formation and cholestasis , previously supported by MERIT awards from NIDDK. He is a member of the AASLD, ASCI, AAP,APS and ACCA and past president of both the American and the International Association for the Study of Liver Disease. He is the recipient of Distinguished Achievement Awards from the AGA, AASLD and American Liver Foundation .He is a member of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Society of Scholars and the 2020 recipient of the European Association for the Study of Liver Disease's International Recognition Award.
Education & Training
- FellowYale School of Medicine (1969)
- ResidentYale - New Haven Hospital (1967)
- ResidentNew York Hospital (1964)
- MDJohns Hopkins University (1962)
- ABHaverford College, Biology (1958)
Activities
- Bile formationAustria; Switzerland; Germany; Italy; Netherlands; Thailand 2008Dr. Boyer collaborates with numerous researchers on projects related to the cellular and molecular mechanisms of bile formation and mechanisms of liver injury that lead to impairment of this important physiologic process. He has been engaged in this NIH funded work for the past 30 years.
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Emeritus Director, Yale Liver Center | 2020 | |
International Recognition Award | European Association for the Study of Liver Disease | 2019 |
Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars -2016 | Johns Hopkins University | 2016 |
Spinoza Profesesorship | University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands | 2009 |
NIH MERIT Award | National Institutes of Health | 2008 |
Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award | American Liver foundation | 1999 |
Distinguished Achievement Award | American Association for the Study of the Liver | 1998 |
Ismar-Boas Medal | German Society of Gastroenterology and Metabolism | 1996 |
Ensign Professorship | Yale University | 1996 |
Distinguished Achievement Award | American Gastroenterology Association | 1989 |
Adolf-Windaus Prize | Falk Foundation | 1988 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Haverford College | Board Member | 2009 - Present |
Mt Desert Island Biological Laboratory | Board Member | 1995 - 2013 |
American Liver Foundation | voluntary health agency | 1976 - Present |
Yale University School of Medicine | Committee Member |