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Walter N. Kernan

General / Preventive / Lipids
Yale University

About

Walter N. Kernan works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Yale University.

Walter N. Kernan is Emeritus Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Senior Research Scientist at Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and fellowship training in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale before joining the Yale faculty. His research focuses on clinical trials and studies at the interface of internal medicine and cerebrovascular disease, including serving as principal investigator for the NIH-funded IRIS trial.

Research focus

Acute Ischemic Stroke Prevention and ManagementInsulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS Trial)Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk in Stroke PatientsCerebrovascular Disease Epidemiology and Risk FactorsMedical Education in Ambulatory Internal Medicine

Impact

159 pubs · 28,521 cites · h-index 46

Training

  • MD

    Dartmouth College

    1984

  • BA

    Harvard College

    1978

  • Residency

    Johns Hopkins Hospital

    1987

Affiliations

Work Experience

Emeritus Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Senior Research Scientist

Yale University School of Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Yale University School of Medicine

Director, Ambulatory Component of the Internal Medicine Clerkship

Yale University School of Medicine · 1993 - 2015

Publications