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Richard K. Donabedian, MD
Emeritus Professor of Laboratory Medicine

203-688-2445
richard.donabedian@yale.edu

A.B., 1958, Clark University Worcester
M.D., 1962, Washington University (St. Louis)
Fellowship: Yale University

Research Interests
My general area of clinical interest is Clinical Biochemistry with a specific interest in endocrinology and metabolism, teaching of medical students, residents and endocrine fellow, and laboratory administration.

My clinical interests entail serving as a consultant in Clinical Biochemistry to the medical staff of our hospital. This involves helping clinicians in the selection of appropriate tests for a disease or disease process and the interpretation of test results in the context of the clinical presentation. The consultation frequently extends into the area of decisions involving various interventions and therapy.

As Director of Medical Studies for Laboratory Medicine I have extensive contact with medical students in the teaching arena and sit on the Medical School's Curriculum Committee. As a member of this committee for over twenty years I have had the opportunity to participate in the evolution of the medical curriculum and am in a position to participate in future changes and curricular restructuring. This is an exciting and very rewarding part of my job.

As Director of the Clinical Chemistry Laboratories I am responsible for the largest section of the department comprising approximately one half of the testing performed. Being a twenty-four hour, seven day, three shift operation with a large repertoire of complex instrumentation and methodologies, the administration of such an enterprise is a real challenge.

1. DONABEDIAN, RK, Odum, N, Svejgaard, A, Jacobson, RK, Rehfeld, J - The active neuropeptide cholecystokinin (CCK) and its active precursor are present in human peripheral mononuclear cells. Clinical Research, Vol. 37 No. 3, p. 848, 1989;
   
2. Malkus, H, DONABEDIAN, R - Free Thyroxin can be estimated from automated thyroid function tests. Clinical Chemistry, Vol. 34, No. 6, p. 1211, 1988
   

Description:
Immune System; Endocrinology; Biochemistry

Keywords:
holecystokinin; neuroendocrine