Lloyd Mayer

Who is Lloyd Mayer?

Lloyd Mayer, is an American gastroenterologist and immunologist. He is Professor and Co-Director of the Immunology institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center

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. He was the first to describe the role of T cells in immunoglobulin class switching and to identify a novel T-cell-derived cytokine that stimulates antibody secretion by human B cells.

Mayer is 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.

Mayer is 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.

Dr. Mayer died following a three year battle with brain cancer in September 2013.