Thomas Carpenter, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Clinical Professor of Nursing; Director, Yale Center for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia; Medical Director, Hospital Research Unit
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Biography
Dr. Carpenter has maintained a career-long involvement in metabolic bone diseases in children. He currently serves as director of the Yale Center for X-linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH) and as the Medical Director of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation's Hospital Research Unit. His research interests center on the pathophysiology and development of therapy for XLH, the most common inherited form of rickets. He also has a major interest in the metabolism and function of vitamin D, and disorders related to vitamin D in children. He has published over 200 articles, reviews and chapters with a focus of metabolic bone diseases in children, and is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
Education & Training
- FellowHarvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston (1983)
- Intern & ResidentUniversity of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham (1980)
- MDUniversity of Alabama (1977)
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Distinguished Clinical Career Award | Yale School of Medicine and Yale Medicine | 2022 |
| Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering | 2011 | |
| George Lowry Lecturer | University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor | 2006 |
| Pfizer/Endocrine Society International Award for Excellence in Published Clinical Research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism | 2006 | |
| Twelfth annual Judson Van Wyk Lecturer | University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill | 2006 |
Departments & Organizations
- Bone Center
- Center for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia, Yale
- Fellowship Training
- Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes
- Pediatric Metabolic Bone Program
- Pediatrics
- Pituitary Program
- Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures