Michael J. Joyner is the Caywood Professor of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic, where he was named distinguished investigator in 2010. His interests include exercise physiology, blood pressure, metabolism, and transfusion practices. He has also explored the limits of reductionism in biomedical research.
Joyner attended the University of Arizona with residency training at Mayo Clinic. His lab has been funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1993, and former fellows have established independent research programs at leading institutions throughout the world. He has held leadership positions at Mayo, in the extramural research community, and with leading journals.