Peter S. Aronson MD
C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyYale Medical Group
Cellular & Molecular Physiology: Membrane Proteins - Pumps and Transporters | Epithelial Transport of Ions and Solutes | Physiology of Human Disease | Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology Track | Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Internal Medicine: Nephrology
Biography
Dr. Aronson received his undergraduate education at the University of Rochester and his medical education at New York University. He was an internal medicine resident at the University of North Carolina and a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health before coming to Yale as a renal fellow in 1974. He was Chief of the Section of Nephrology at Yale from 1987-2002. Dr. Aronson has published articles and book chapters on the mechanisms regulating sodium, acid-base, and oxalate excretion by the kidney, particularly as related to the formation of kidney stones. He has received a number of awards for his research work, including the Young Investigator Award of the American Society of Nephrology and American Heart Association in 1985, the Homer W. Smith Award of the ASN in 1994, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. He served as President of the American Society of Nephrology in 2008. Dr. Aronson actively participates in the teaching of undergraduate, graduate and medical students, as well as residents and fellows. He was a co-recipient of the Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Prize in the Basic Sciences in 2005. Dr. Aronson is an Associate Director of the Yale M.D.-Ph.D. Program, and is the Director of START@Yale, a new research and mentoring program for incoming medical students during the summer before their first year.
Education
- B.A., University of Rochester , 1967
- M.D., New York University , 1970
Selected Publication
- Ko, N., Knauf, F., Jiang, Z., Markovich, D., and Aronson, P.S. Sat1 is dispensable for active oxalate secretion in mouse duodenum. Am. J. Physiol. 303:C52-C57, 2012.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Fellow(2009) , American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Articles

Autumn 2012
New research program gives incoming students a head start
Early this year, within days of receiving their acceptance letters from the School of Medicine, members of the Class of...

Autumn 2011
From the editor: Health care for the uninsured, and encouraging physician-scientists
Many physicians at the School of Medicine have devoted their time and skills to providing free care for the uninsured....
Spring 2008
Peter S. Aronson, M.D., FW ’77
Peter S. Aronson, M.D., FW ’77, the C.N.H. Long Professor of Medicine and professor of cellular and molecular...
Winter/Spring 1998
Renal Electrolyte Metabolism Physiology and Pathophysiology
Gerhard H. Giebisch, M.D., Sterling Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, was awarded an honorary doctorate...

Autumn 2011
Is the physician-scientist an endangered species?
One of the challenges of interviewing Danny Balkin is that he keeps asking the questions—about the writing process, the...

Summer 2005
An unfinished agenda: keeping people healthy
Growing up in a small town in Arkansas, M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., never saw a physician until she went to college. But...


