Lloyd Mayer

Lloyd Mayer
Lloyd Mayer, Co-Director of the Immunology Institute at Mount Sinai
Lloyd Mayer, Co-Director of the Immunology Institute at Mount Sinai
BornJune 21, 1952
Bronx, NY
DiedSeptember 5, 2013
New York, NY
EducationUnion College
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Years active1976-2013
Known forCrohn's disease, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, CCFA, gp180, immunology, immunobiology, gastroenterology
SpouseJill Mayer
Medical career
Professiongastroenterologist and immunologist
InstitutionsMount Sinai Medical Center
Sub-specialtiesgastroenterology
immunology
microbiology
ResearchCrohn's Disease, Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, CCFA, gp180, Immunology, Immunobiology, Gastroenterology
AwardsGraduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 1976 and received the Mosby Award for Clinical Excellence at that time. Saul Horowitz Award, Irma T. Hirschl Trust Career Development Award, Jeffrey Modell Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute Award for Scientific Excellence, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) Scientific Achievement Award, Chief of the Division of Clinical Immunology at Mount Sinai, Vice Chair of Medicine at Mount Sinai, David and Dorothy Merksamer Professor of Medicine in 1994, Professor of Immunobiology and Chair of the Immunobiology Center, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology from 2003 to 2010, Professor and Co-Director of the Immunology Institute. Chairman of the National Scientific Advisory Committee of the CCFA from 2008-2012.

Lloyd Mayer (June 21, 1952 – September 5, 2013) was an American gastroenterologist and immunologist. He was Professor and Co-Director of the Immunology institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, now known as the Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute.[1]

Mayer's research on inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis was among the first to demonstrate the role played by T-regulatory cells in setting the stage for chronic mucosal inflammation (IBD).[2] He was the first to describe the role of T cells in immunoglobulin class switching and to identify a novel T-cell-derived cytokine (446-BCDF) that stimulates antibody secretion by human B cells.[3]

Mayer was Professor and Co-Director of the Immunology institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and the Dorothy and David Merksamer Professor of Medicine, as well as Professor of Microbiology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.[4]

Mayer was the author of multiple book chapters and close to 200 peer-reviewed papers. He has been included in New York Magazine’s list of Best Doctors since its inception in the 1990s.[5]

Dr. Mayer died following a three-year battle with brain cancer (Glioblastoma) in September 2013.

  1. ^ Obituary in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases journal
  2. ^ Mayer L, Eisenhardt D (October 1990). "Lack of induction of suppressor T cells by intestinal epithelial cells from patients with inflammatory bowel disease". J. Clin. Invest. 86 (4): 1255–60. doi:10.1172/JCI114832. PMC 296856. PMID 2145321.
  3. ^ "Faculty biographies" (PDF). 12th International Symposium on Functional Medicine. functionalmedicine.org. November 29, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  4. ^ "The Mount Sinai Medical Center". Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  5. ^ "Castle Connolly Medical Ltd". Retrieved September 21, 2011.