Brian R. Smith

Dr. Smith is Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics at Yale University. He is also the Chief of Laboratory Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Dr. Smith received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, his medical degree from the Harvard Medical School, and his residency/fellowship training at The Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Dana Farber Cancer Center. He is board certified in Pathology / Hematopathology and in Internal Medicine / Hematology-Oncology. He practices in all of his subspecialty areas. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Smith has an investigative interest in the inflammation-coagulation interface, especially in relation to biomaterials, as well as in cellular immunotherapeutics, with over 175 publications. His educational activities include the direction of an NIH-funded research training program in Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine. He also lectures in the areas of biomedical ethics, “therapeutic pathology”, and the education of the physician-scientist. Nationally, he has been a member and chair for various NIH and American Heart Association research study sections, chair of the Association of Pathology Chairs Research Committee, and a member of the CDC Clinical Laboratory Integration into Healthcare Collaborative. He is the recipient of a number of Awards including Stohlman Scholar of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, National Blood Foundation Scholar, the Evans Award from the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, and has served as a visiting professor at a number of universities.