Michael H Nathanson, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Cell Biology; Section Chief, Digestive Diseases; Director, Yale Liver Center; Director, Center for Cell and Molecular Imaging

Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyYale Medical Group
Transplantation Center, Yale-New Haven
Cell Biology: Center for Cellular and Molecular Imaging
Internal Medicine: Digestive Diseases: Hepatology: (Liver Center) | Gastrointestinal Procedure Center
Research Interests
Mechanisms and effects of calcium signals in polarized epithelia; effect of spatial organization of calcium signals on organ function regulation; factors that organize Ca2+ waves in hepatocytes; organization and effects of Ca2+ waves in cholangiocytes; mechanisms and effects of Ca2+ signals in the nucleus
Clinical Interests
Inpatient care related to hepatology; end stage liver disease, and gastroenterology; Advanced endoscopic imaging techniques; endomicroscopy.
Education
- B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1976
- M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977
- Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Univ, 1983
- M.D., Case Western Reserve Univ, 1985
Selected Publication
- Mennone, A., and Nathanson, M.H.: Needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy to assess liver histology in vivo. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, in press.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- FAPESP Fullbright Scholar (2007)
Articles
May/June 2010
Grants and contracts awarded to Yale School of Medicine
FederalSerap Aksoy, NIH, Tsetse Fecundity Reduction for Tryopanosomiasis Control, 5 years, $2,064,820Karen Anderson,...

Sept/Oct 2006
Yale launches new stem cell research program
Stem cells, which can create copies of themselves that differentiate into many of the myriad cell types that form the...

Aug/Sept 2005
Grants and contracts awarded to Yale School of Medicine
FederalGeorge Aghajanian, NIH, Psychotogenic Drug Action on Chemically Defined Neurons, 4 years, $931,200Thomas...


