Tore Eid, MD, PhD

Tore Eid, MD, PhD is a Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Neurosurgery, and of Cellular & Molecular Physiology at Yale School of Medicine. As both a practicing clinical pathologist and NIH-funded investigator, Dr. Eid focuses on three main areas:

1. Clinical Laboratory Testing & Pathology Consults – Diagnose and monitor conditions like multiple myeloma, substance abuse, neurological disorders, and metabolic and endocrine disorders through analysis of blood, urine, CSF, and expert pathology consultations.
2. Chemical Mechanisms of Brain Disorders – Exploring the chemical and metabolic processes that drive brain disorders, with a focus on epilepsy, to advance the development of more precise and effective treatments. One of Dr. Eid’s key discoveries is that deficiency of the enzyme glutamine synthetase in the brain is likely a critical contributor to certain forms of human epilepsy—a finding that has advanced our understanding of the disease’s underlying causes.
3. Minimally Invasive Health Monitoring – Discovering chemical biomarkers in easily accessible biofluids—such as saliva, sweat, subcutaneous fluid, and breath—to monitor health in real time across a range of conditions, including epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, mood disorders, substance abuse, diabetes, and cancer.