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Cary Caldwell, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
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Yale School of Medicine

Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), P.O. Box 208019

New Haven, CT 06520-8019

United States

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Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Biography

Dr. Caldwell graduated from Bates College in Maine and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He trained in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, following which he completed a Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease at the University of Michigan Medical Center, focusing in Transplant Hepatology and becoming UNOS (United Network Organ Sharing) certified. Thereafter he was a member of the full time faculty in the Gastroenterology Division at Barnes Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, where he later became co-director of Transplant Hepatology at Barnes. In 1998 he returned to New Haven and joined the clinical faculty of Yale New Haven Transplant Center (YNHTC) with an appointment as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

A full time clinician, Dr. Caldwell also mentors trainees in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and he is a recipient of the Vincent Deluca Award for Outstanding Teacher of Gastroenterology Fellows at Yale School of Medicine.

Dr. Caldwell is board certified in both Gastroenterology (ABIM recertified 2015) and Transplant Hepatology (ABIM recertified 2018). A member of the ACG (American College of Gastroenterology), AASLD (American Association for the Study of Liver Disease), and AST (American Society of Transplant), he serves on numerous committees including the Connecticut chapter of ALF (American Liver Foundation) and the organization Donate Life.

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Education & Training

Fellow
University of Michigan (1996)
Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital (1992)
MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1989)
BS
Bates College (1980)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; End Stage Liver Disease; Esophageal and Gastric Varices; Fatty Liver, Alcoholic; Hepatic Encephalopathy; Hepatitis B, Chronic; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Hepatitis, Autoimmune; Hepatopulmonary Syndrome; Liver Failure, Acute; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Cary Caldwell's published research.

Publications

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1999

  • Etiology and outcome for 295 patients with acute liver failure in the United States.
    Schiodt FV, Atillasoy E, Shakil AO, Schiff ER, Caldwell C, Kowdley KV, Stribling R, Crippin JS, Flamm S, Somberg KA, Rosen H, McCashland TM, Hay JE, Lee WM. Etiology and outcome for 295 patients with acute liver failure in the United States. Liver Transplantation And Surgery : Official Publication Of The American Association For The Study Of Liver Diseases And The International Liver Transplantation Society 1999, 5: 29-34. PMID: 9873089.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

1998

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Vincent Deluca Award for Outstanding Teacher of Gastroenterology Fellows

  • honor

    John Vecchio Teaching Award of Medical Residents

Clinical Care

Overview

Cary Caldwell, MD, has been a gastroenterologist and a transplant hepatologist for more than 20 years, treating patients with issues ranging from general conditions such as acid reflux disease to cirrhosis of the liver severe enough to require transplantation surgery.

Dr. Caldwell was inspired to pursue medicine in both hepatology and liver transplantation in medical school at University of Pittsburgh, which he says had one of the busiest liver transplant programs in the world. “This was a most exciting area of medicine at the time,” he says, “and I was able to combine my interests in immunology, the challenges of internal medicine diagnosis, and gastroenterology,” he says.

In his role as a transplant hepatologist at Yale, Dr. Caldwell treats patients both before and after they’ve had transplantation surgery. “I take pride in trying to find the most successful medical treatments and, when necessary, definitive liver transplantation with our surgical colleagues,” he says. “Once surgery becomes necessary, I continue to be a patient advocate, caring for them pre- and post-operatively.”

In addition, he cares for patients with such conditions as chronic viral hepatitis, cholestasis and autoimmune disease. He also treats ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and colon polyps and malignancy.

“The rewards of working in this field are many, including, the feedback from patients after successful treatment, whether medical or surgical,” Dr. Caldwell says. “In addition, there is the privilege of working with medical students, nurses, residents, fellows, and surgeons. Our team approach to patient care and learning at Yale is enriching for me as well as for them.”

A member of Yale New Haven Transplant Center with an appointment as associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Caldwell focuses his research on clinical projects pertaining to liver transplantation, namely viral hepatitis, viral-related lymphoma, liver transplant survival, and hepatic myelopathy.

Clinical Specialties

Hepatology

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Board Certifications

  • Transplant Hepatology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2018
  • Gastroenterology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Latest Certification Date
    2015
    Original Certification Date
    1995

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Yale School of Medicine

Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), P.O. Box 208019

New Haven, CT 06520-8019

United States

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