YSM Shield

YSM officially adopted a coat of arms in the fall of 1963. The top half of the shield represents the arms of Yale University founder Elihu Yale: an ermine field, white with small, black stylized tails beneath a red cross similar to that of St. Andrew and St. Patrick. Pictured on the lower half is the rod of Asclepius – a serpent entwined around a staff – the ancient Greek symbol of medicine. It sits on a green field, which is the academic color for medicine. Together the two symbols represent
“Yale Medicine.”

Permitted Uses

The coat of arms (YSM shield) may be used in the
following manner:

• By medical school departments and administrative offices on their official stationery, business cards, web sites, publications and signage;
• By faculty and staff presenting the work of the medical school to internal and external audiences, in presentation slides and printed materials;
• By student organizations officially recognized by the associate dean for student affairs, in their publications and web sites. For such uses, it should be made clear that the group is a student organization.

Excluded Uses

• By organizations and individuals external to Yale School of Medicine;
• On joint undertakings involving the School of Medicine and external entities without the written approval of the dean;
• Any use of the shield that would undermine the reputation or integrity of the school.

Access to Graphics Files

The shield is available in color, grayscale and B&W jpeg format, at: http://www.yale.edu/ris/downloads.html