Wolfram Goessling
Chair, Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Elected to the Academy in 2026
Education
University of Witten/Herdecke, School of Medicine, MD; University of Witten/Herdecke, School of Medicine, PhD, Physiology/Medicine
Professional Areas
Dr. Goessling is a practicing hepatologist and gastrointestinal oncologist. As chair at Yale, he is responsible for the overall clinical, education, and research activities of the department. He led the physician-scientist training program for 9 years, giving him expertise in medical education.
Citation
For significant studies in liver development, regeneration, and cancer development, for pioneering the zebrafish model to investigate novel methods to induce liver injury, and for discovering several pathways regulating stem and progenitor cell formation and function using chemical genetic screens.