Kenneth Croitoru

Research Synopsis

Dr. Croitoru joined the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital as a Clinician Scientist in 2008 and is appointed to the Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Institute. He is also a full Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, a member of the Institute of Medical Sciences and has a cross-appointment in the Department of Immunology.

His research is focused on investigating the fundamental mechanisms of intestinal inflammation, in particular the role of T cell effector and regulatory function in the intestinal mucosal in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The goal of his work is to understand how T cells function to maintain intestinal homeostasis in health and what defects in regulatory T cells allow for the breakdown of these mechanisms.