Internal Medicine Faculty
Jack Elias
Chair
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Research Interests:Cell and Molecular biology of lung injury and repair; Asthma; COPD; Pulmonary fibrosis; acute lung injury; Cytokines; Inflammation; Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases; Transgenic mice; genetically modified mice; Emphysema; Fibrosis; Inflammation
Clinical Interests:Asthma; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); emphysema; pulmonary vasculitis; interstitial lung diseases; pulmonary fibrosis; cancer; acute lung injury
Clara Abraham
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Research Interests:Regulation of the intestinal immune system; T cell trafficking and activation; genetics and immunobiology of inflammatory bowel disease
Clinical Interests:Gastrointestinal Diseases
Ali Abu-Alfa
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Delivery and methods of peritoneal dialysis; Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis and Gadolinium Containing Contrast Agents;(epidemiology, mechanism of disease, policy and risk reduction); Chronic kidney disease care optimization (anemia management and treatment of CKD-Mineral Bone Disorders); Caner-related renal disorders
Clinical Interests:chronic kidney disease; pre-dialysis care; renal anemia management; CKD-MBD (Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral Bone Disorders); hemodialysis; peritoneal dialysis; hypertension; Computed Tomography-guided kidney biopsy; vitamin D-related disorders /vitamin D deficiency; Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis and Gadolinium-enhanced imaging; kidney disorders associated with cancer/therapy
Denise Acampora
Lecturer in Medicine (Geriatrics)
Sandra Alfano
Research Scientist in Medicine (General Medicine) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing
Chair, Human Investigation Committee
Co-Chair, Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee
Research Interests:Informed consent; International research ethics; QI versus Research analysis
Heather Allore
Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Director, Yale Program on Aging Biostatistics Core
Research Interests:State transition models; experimental design; longitudinal methods; missing data methods; marginal structural models; latent class models; trajectory models; dynamic stochastic models; joint models
Robert Alpern
Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Dean, Yale School of Medicine
Research Interests:epithelial physiology; membrane transport; acid-base homeostasis
Clinical Interests:nephrology; fluid and electrolytes
Frederick Altice
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Director, Clinical and Community Research
Director, HIV in Prisons Program
Director, Community Health Care Van
Icon Professor of Medicine, University of Malaya-Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA)
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Research Interests:Interface between infectious diseases and substance abuse; HIV, HCV, and tuberculosis treatment in vulnerable populations (including injection drug users and prison inmates); antiretroviral therapy; extended release naltrexone, buprenorphine and methadone treatment in management of co-morbid conditions; healthcare integration; adherence interventions; behavioral interventions
Clinical Interests:Infectious diseases; HIV/AIDS; Viral hepatitis (HBV, HCV) and Tuberculosis; Addiction Medicine (Opioid substitution therapy, Pharmacotherapy for alcohol dependence; Methamphetamine Abuse); Motivational Interviewing; Health Services Research; Implementation Science
Meena Ananth
Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Research Interests:Gene Regulation; Bile Acid Transporters; Cholestasis; Development; Inositol Phosphate Receptors; MicroRNAs
Nancy Angoff
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Research Interests:Power and control in health care relationships
Clinical Interests:HIV; AIDS
Danielle Antin-Ozerkis
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Research Interests:Connective tissue disease/autoimmune disease associated interstitial lung disease; genetics of interstitial lung diseases; lung transplantation
Clinical Interests:Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD) including all of the following: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), sarcoidosis, connective tissue disease/autoimmune disease associated ILD (including rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, lupus, polymyositis/ dermatomyositis); hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP)/Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP); asbestosis; silicosis; Non-Specific Interstitial Pneumonia (NSIP); Respiratory Bronchiolitis-Associated ILD (RB-ILD); Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia (DIP); Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia (LIP); pulmonary alveolar proteinosis; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM); bronchiolitis; eosinophilic pneumonias; Wegener's granulomatosis
Peter Aronson
C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Urinary electrolyte excretion; cell membrane ion exchangers; proximal tubule
Clinical Interests:Electrolyte and acid-base disorders; kidney stones
Philip Askenase
Professor of Medicine (Immunology)
Research Interests:mast cells; basophils; delayed sensitivity; contact sensitivity; exosomes; miRNA; NKT cells; allergy
Clinical Interests:allergic rhinitis and asthma; urticaria and angioedema; systemic anaphylaxis
Mihaela Aslan
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Director, Clinical Epidemiology Research Center
Research Interests:Bayes Theory and its applications to data analysis, asymptotic methods, survival analysis, statistics in brain imaging, statistics and gender differences, item response theory and hierarchical linear models.
Harry Aslanian
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Associate Director, Endoscopy
Director, Yale Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
Director of Gastroenterology, Yale Health Plan
Research Interests:advanced endoscopic techniques; gastrointestinal bleeding; colonoscopic polyp detection; evaluation of pancreas cysts; diagnosis of pancreas cancer; pancreatic and biliary disorders; therapy of bile duct obstruction via ERCP; Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS); fine-needle aspiration (FNA); advanced endoscopic imaging; sedation for endoscopy
Clinical Interests:Pancreatic and biliary disease; Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), including fine needle aspiration (FNA); Intestinal submucosal lesions; Endoscopic diagnosis, staging and therapy of gastrointestinal malignancy including Esophageal, pancreatic and rectal cancer, EUS-guided celiac plexus block and neurolysis; Evaluation of pancreatic cysts; Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP): Therapeutic and interventional endoscopy; Esophageal, duodenal and biliary stent placement; Gastrointestinal bleeding including treatment of GAVE; Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), Colonoscopy and polypectomy; Radiofrequency ablation of Barrett's esophagus with dysplasia
Dorothy Baker
Research Scientist in Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:Home care of older adults; Home-based clinical trials with older adults; Fall prevention; Preventing functional decline among hospitalized older adults; Preventing functional decline among community living older adults; Adherence; Dissemination strategies to translate research findings into clinical practice
David Banach
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Research Interests:Healthcare-associated infections; Influenza vaccination; Infections in solid organ transplant recipients
Clinical Interests:infectious disease; health care associated infections.
William Becker
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Clinical Interests:Chronic non-cancer pain; safety and efficacy of opioid analgesics; addiction medicine; general internal medicine
Douglas Befroy
Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology and in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Research Interests:Development of novel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) techniques
Alexia Belperron
Research Scientist in Medicine (Rheumatology) and Lecturer in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and in Organization Department
Instructor Mol Biophys & Biochem
Choukri Ben Mamoun
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Malaria
Jeffrey Bender
Robert I. Levy Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Immunobiology
Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:Inflammatory, Immune, Metabolic and Hormonal Effects on the Endothelium
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; preventive cardiology
Gretchen Berland
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Margaret Bia
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Director Clinical Skills program
Senior Transplant nephrologist
Clinical Interests:Evaluation for kidney donation; evaluation for renal transplant; pre- and post-transplant care; early management of chronic renal insufficiency; hematuria; proteinuria; electrolyte and metabolic disorders
Daniel Biemesderfer
Research Scientist in Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Proximal tubule; regulated intramembrane proteolysis; megalin; amyloid precursor protein
Henry Binder
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Research Interests:ATPase; Colonic Electrolyte Transport; Epithelial Cell Function; Ion Transport; Short Chain Fatty Acids; Molecular Cellular Entities; Receptors
Clinical Interests:General gastrointestinal diseases; chronic diarrhea; Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD); acid-peptic diseases
Linda Bockenstedt
Harold W. Jockers Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Director, Professional Development & Equity
Research Interests:Pathogenesis of Lyme disease; Tick-borne infections; Innate immunity; Multiphoton imaging; Faculty development in context of team science
Clinical Interests:Autoimmune diseases; rheumatoid arthritis; Lyme disease
Jonathan Bogan
Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and of Cell Biology
Research Interests:Protein trafficking; ubiquitin-like modification; cell structure; insulin signaling; type 2 diabetes; metabolic diseases
Clinical Interests:General endocrinology; diabetes
James Boyer
Ensign Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Emeritus Director, Yale Liver Center
Research Interests:Membrane transport; bile formation; cholestasis; nuclear receptors; bile acids; membrane targeting; jaundice; autoimmune hepatitis; primary biliary cirrhosis; sclerosing cholangitis; hepatic drug toxicity
Clinical Interests:Acute and chronic liver disease; cholestatic liver disease; autoimmune hepatitis,primary biliary cirrhosis; sclerosing cholangitis; acute and chronic viral hepatitis and cirrhosis; autoimmune liver disease; liver cancer
Joseph Brennan
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Coronary Intensive Care Unit, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Director, Inpatient Cardiology Services
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; Interventional cardiology; Coronary Angioplasty and Coronary Stenting.
Gina Brescia
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Ursula Brewster
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Firm Chief, Peters Medical Firm
Associate Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship
Research Interests:Hemodynamics of dialysis patients; preservation of vascular access and prevention of infection
Clinical Interests:Pregnancy and renal disease; preeclampsia; kidney stones; chronic kidney disease; end-stage renal disease and dialysis; dialysis access; hypertension; young adult nephrology
Rebecca Brienza
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Director, VACHS Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education
David Brissette
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Interim Program Director, Yale PA Program and Director of Admissions
Research Interests:Medical Education; PA Workforce Issues; PA Quality of Care
Clinical Interests:Clinical practice with Hospitalist Service, Yale New Haven Hospital
Arthur Broadus
Ensign Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Research Interests:Parathyroid hormone-related peptide; mineral metabolism; cartilage and bone regulation, regulation of periosteal bone and ligament/tendon insertion sites
Clinical Interests:Endocrinology and metabolism; Mineral metabolism
Robert Bruce
Assistant Professor of Medicine (AIDS) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:substance abuse/dependence; infectious diseases; HIV; Hepatitis C
Clinical Interests:Substance Abuse/Dependence and Infectious Diseases; HIV; Hepatitis C; Evidence Based Treatments for Addiction and HIV
Richard Bucala
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Pathology and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests:Mechanisms by which host immunity converts from a protective response to one producing disease and tissue pathology; Emergence of steroid resistance; Biochemical, biological, and genetic characterization of the MIF cytokine family; MIF's role in malaria and global infectious diseases; Pharmacologic immuniomodulation of the MIF pathway; Role of fibrocytes in different systemic fibroses
Clinical Interests:Autoimmune diseases; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic Fibroses; Y-NHH Consultation
Matthew Burg
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:role of emotion and stress on colonary heart disease; ischemia
Henry Cabin
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Clinical Chief Section of Cardiology
Medical Director YNHH Heart and Vascular Center
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology
Shi-Ying Cai
Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Yiqiang Cai
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Genetic kidney disease, polycystic kidney disease, molecular pathogenesis, cell biology and protein biochemistry, transgenic animal model
Hilary Cain
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director of Clinical Activities, Pulmonary Section, VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven
Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven
Research Interests:Obstructive airways diseases: COPD and asthma
Clinical Interests:Critical care; obstructive airways diseases; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); drug-induced lung disease
Linda Cantley
Research Associate, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Lloyd Cantley
C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Associate Chair, Research
Research Interests:Nephrology; physiology and integrative medical biology; epithelial cell migration and morphogenesis; epithelial cell adhesion; migration; branching tubulogenesis
Clinical Interests:Glomerulonephritis; vasculitis; electrolyte disorders
John Chang
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Sandy Chang
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Geriatrics)
Clinical Interests:geriatrics syndromes (e.g., frailty), multi-morbidity, and cognitive and functional impairment
Louis Chaptini
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Clinical Interests:Gastrointestinal Bleeding; Colorectal cancer prevention; Obesity
Sharmila Chatterjee
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Sarwat Chaudhry
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Heart failure; Geriatric Conditions; Functional Disability; Quality of Life; Remote Monitoring; End of Life Issues
Clinical Interests:Adult primary care.
Judy Cho
Henry J. and Joan W. Binder Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and Professor of Genetics and of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Research Interests:Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD); identifying genetic variation that affects susceptibility to and expression of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Clinical Interests:Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Jin-Young Choi
Research Scientist in Medicine (Rheumatology)
Chuhan Chung
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Research Interests:Fatty Liver Disease; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Angiogenic inhibitors; Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF); Thrombospondin-1
Geoffrey Chupp
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Yale Center for Asthma and Airways Disease (YCAAD)
Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests:Pathogenesis of airway diseases with a focus on asthma and asthma severity; Chitinases in the development and severity of asthma; Expression and genotype-phenotype relationships of novel inflammatory molecules
Clinical Interests:Airways diseases, including asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); eosinophilic lung diseases, including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, eosinophilic pneumonias, Churg Strauss Syndrome; cardiopulmonary exercise testing; pulmonary function testing
Michael Cleman
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Research Interests:Interventional management of adult structural heart disease, and valvular heart disease
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; management of adult structural heart disease including PFOs, ASD, coronary fistula,patent ductus, aortic coarctation.
Gary Cline
Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Director, Analytical Core, Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center at Yale Univ. School of Medicine
Research Interests:diabetes mellitus
Steven Coca
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; biomarkers
Clinical Interests:Acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; electrolyte disturbances
Lawrence Cohen
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Cardiology) and Clinical Professor of Nursing
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; valvular heart disease; coronary artery disease; primary muscle disease (cardiomyopathy); mitral valve prolapse; pericardial disease
Lauren Cohn
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Research Interests:Chronic inflammation in asthma; Mechanisms of mucus metaplasia; Airway epithelial functions in airway diseases and host defense
Clinical Interests:Asthma; immunologic lung disease
Shawn Cole
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Clinical Interests:My primary clinical interests include musculoskeletal/sports medicine, nutritional and complimentary medical strategies for chronic disease prevention and treatment, and clinical improvement through inter-professional team care modeling
John Concato
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Director, Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, VA Connecticut HealthCare System
Research Interests:Screening, prognosis, and treatment strategies; Improving methods of research design and statistical analysis
Clinical Interests:General internal medicine; prostate cancer
Leo Cooney, Jr
Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:Geriatric medicine; assistance in elderly independence; resource utilization; transitional care models of care for nursing home residents
Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; rheumatology; mobility disorders
Dennis Cooper
Professor of Medicine (Hematology)
Research Interests:High-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplants for breast cancer, Hodgkin's and non- Hodgkin's Lymphoma; organ-preservation therapy for head and neck cancer; long-term complication of chemotherapy and radiation
Clinical Interests:Bone marrow transplant (including stem cell support); cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL); head and neck cancer; lymphoma; Hodgkin's disease; multiple myeloma
Joseph Craft
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Professor of Immunobiology
Section Chief, Rheumatology
Program Director, Investigative Medicine
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine
Research Interests:Arthritis; Autoimmunity; Cytokines; Diseases and Disorders; Lupus; T Cell Differentiation; T Cells; Tolerance
Clinical Interests:Systemic lupus; Autoimmune diseases; Internal medicine; arthritis
Susan Crowley
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
VHA National Program Director for Kidney Disease and Dialysis
Chief, Renal Section, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems
Dialysis Unit Director, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems
Research Interests:kidney failure; kidney injury; cardiovascular risk; chronic kidney disease
Clinical Interests:My primary responsibilities are the local and national clinical governance of care which is delivered to our veteran patients with kidney disease
Jeptha Curtis
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:interventional cardiology; health services research
Clinical Interests:Interventional cardiology; percutaneous coronary interventions; acute coronary syndromes; endovascular treatment of peripheral vascular disease
Christopher Cutter
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (General Medicine)
Component Director, MRU, APT Foundation
Clinic Director, Pain Treatment Services, APT Foundation
Research Interests:Dr. Cutter’s scholarly work focuses on psychotherapy treatment outcome associated with substance abuse and chronic pain populations. He examines the transfer of psychosocial treatments associated with the transfer of buprenorphine and methadone, from specialized settings to office-based, primary care and HIV specialty settings.
Clinical Interests:Addiction Psychiatry; Behavioral medicine in Primary Care
Neera Dahl
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Clinical Interests:Chronic kidney disease; glomerulonephritis; kidney stones; polycystic kidney disease; lupus nephritis; hematuria; blood in the urine
Louise-Marie Dembry
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Co-Director, Yale-New Haven Hospital Quality Improvement Support Services
Hospital Epidemiologist, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests:Hospital epidemiology--prevention and control of healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistant organisms; molecular typing techniques in study of prevention and control of healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistant organisms
Clinical Interests:Inpatient management of and consultation for infectious diseases; healthcare associated infections; hospital epidemiology
Gary Desir
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies
Associate Chair, Veteran Affairs
Research Interests:Role of the voltage-gated K channel, Kv1.3, in renal K secretion and glucose metabolism; mechanisms by which K channels regulate vascular tone
Vincent DeVita, Jr
Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Research Interests:Drug Resistance; Hodgkin's Disease; Lymphomas; Molecular Technology; Primary Chemotherapy
Clinical Interests:Consultations on Patients with lymphomas; Breast cancer; Melanoma; Hodgkin's disease; Cancer chemotherapy; Epidemiology; Public health
Benjamin Doolittle
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Pediatrics
Director, Int Med-Pediatrics Residency Program
Clinical Interests:Urban Medicine; Addiction; HIV; Hepatitis C; Spirituality; Burnout
Hester Doyle
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Rheumatology)
Margaret Drickamer
Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Associate Professor of Nursing
Research Interests:Ethics and Dementia; Truth-telling in Alzheimer's disease; Decisional-capacity
Clinical Interests:Dr. Drickamer is a half–time clinician in the Yale New Haven Geriatric Practice and Medical Director at Arden House, a 360 bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, Whitney Center, a continuing care retirement community and the Home-Based Primary Care Program at VA Connecticut. She attends on the Acute Care of the Elderly Unit at Yale–New Haven Hospital and is active in housestaff teaching through their geriatric rotations and electives. She leads 2 medical student workshops on the cognitive and functional assessment of the geriatric patient
Elizabeth Drye
Research Scientist in Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Director, Quality Measurement Programs, Yale/YNHH Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Dana Dunne
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Director, Internal Medicine Clerkship
Associate Program Director, Yale Traditional Residency Program
Research Interests:syphilis animal models; STD-HIV interactions;
Clinical Interests:Sexually transmitted diseases; bacterial vaginosis; interactions between STDs and HIV; travel medicine
James Dziura
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Deputy Director, Yale Center for Analytical Sciences
Anne Eichmann
Ensign Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:vascular development and angiogenesis; guidance of vascular patterning; tip cells; axonal growth cones; vascular growth factors in the nervous system
Matthew Ellman
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Director, Yale Internal Medicine Associates
Director, Palliative and End-of-Life Care Education
Clinical Interests:
Primary care; general internal medicine; prevention and wellness.
Janine Evans
Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Clinical Interests:Systemic lupus; connective tissue diseases; rheumatoid arthritis; Lyme disease; vasculitis; general rheumatology; spondyloarthropathies; gout, osteoarthritis
James Farrell
Clinical Interests:ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES:Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) including fine needle aspiration, fine needle core biopsy, fine needle tatooing and EUS-guided celiac plexus block and neurolysis. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) including stone removal and stent placement, and cholangioscopy/pancreatoscopy. Therapeutic and Interventional endoscopy including esophageal, duodenal colon and biliary stent placement; Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), Complex Colonoscopy and polypectomy; Radiofrequency ablation of Barrett's esophagus with dysplasia Endoscopic ampullectomy and pancreatic pseudocyst drainage Endoscopic diagnosis, staging and therapy of gastrointestinal malignancy including esophageal, stomach, pancreatic, ampullary, and rectal cancer Gastrointestinal bleeding including treatment of GAVE (Watermelon Stomach) DISEASES:Pancreatic Diseases including pancreatic cysts ( including pancreatic cystic neoplasms and pseudocysts), pancreatic cancer, pancreatic endocrine neoplasms, and pancreatitis (acute, chronic, autoimmune, hereditary) Biliary Tract Disease including bile duct stones, biliary stricture, and malignant biliary obstruction. Intestinal submucosal lesions including leiomyoma and GIST; Esophageal, stomach, pancreatic, bile duct, colon, and rectal cancer. High Risk Family Cancer Screening: Hereditary Gastric Cancer, Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer, Hereditary Colon Cancer. Barrett's Esophagus including dysplasia and early mucosal cancer.
Daniel Federman
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Skin cancer; skin disease; thrombophilia; peripheral vascular disease
Clinical Interests:Medicine inpatient ward attending, medicine consult attending, ambulatory block attending. I also give recurring lecture series on the diagnosis and treatment of common dermatoses, cutaneous signs of malignancy, cutaneous signs of internal disease for both the categorical and primary care programs.
David Fiellin
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Health Policy)
Professor, Investigative Medicine
Research Interests:Substance abuse treatment in primary care; emergency department and HIV specialty settings opioid agonist treatment with buprenorphine; pharmacologic treatment of alcohol
Clinical Interests:Primary care; general internal medicine; addiction medicine
Erol Fikrig
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Section Chief, Infectious Diseases
Research Interests:Vector-borne diseases; Lyme disease; Human granulocytic ehrilichiosis; West Nile virus
Clinical Interests:Lyme disease; Anaplasmosis; General infectious diseases; Rheumatology
Rosemarie Fisher
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Pediatrics
Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education
Research Interests:Gastrointestinal diseases; Nutritional support; Home parenteral nutrition
Clinical Interests:General Gastroenterology; Nutrition support; Inflammatory bowel disease; Peptic ulcer disease; Short bowel syndrome
Martin Floch
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Clinical Interests:Intestinal diseases; small bowel; colon; diverticulitis; inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); malabsorption/Celiac disease
Harald Foellmer
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Robert Fogerty
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Academic Hospitalist
Richard Formica
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and of Surgery (Transplant)
Research Interests:Site principal investigator for the NIH Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation 1 trial (CTOT-1); site principal investigator for industry sponsored clinical trials-everolimus, belatacept
Clinical Interests:Evaluation for kidney donation; evaluation for renal transplant; pre- and post-transplant care; acute renal failure; early management of chronic renal insufficiency; renal bone disease; autoimmune diseases of the kidney; renal biopsy; diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2
John Forrest
Instructor in Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Transcather Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
Clinical Interests:Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous Coronary interventions; Valvular Heart Disease; Aortic Stenosis; Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacmenet (TAVR); Peripheral Vascular disease and interventions.
Auguste Fortin, VI
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Medical education; Psychosocial aspects of primary care; Humanism in medicine
Clinical Interests:FAA Aviation Medical exams
Brett Fortune
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Clinical Interests:hepatitis C; liver transplantation; alcoholic hepatitis; autoimmune hepatitis; chronic liver disease/cirrhosis; hepatitis B; viral hepatitis; alcohol-induced liver disease.
Liana Fraenkel
Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Research Interests:Epidemiology, provision of health services in rheumatic disease
Clinical Interests:General rheumatology; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); autoimmune diseases; arthritis
John Francis
Assistant Professor of Medicine (AIDS) and Clinical Instructor in Nursing
Academic Advisor, Office of Student Affairs
Hospital Epidemiologist, VA CT Healthcare System
Clinical Interests:HIV/AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Infection Control
Terri Fried
Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:Treatment decision-making; preferences; advance care planning; multiple conditions
Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; functional decline
Gerald Friedland
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:HIV care; Injection drug use and HIV; Anti-retroviral agents; Tuberculosis, HIV and TB drug resistant TB; Prevention and treatment in vulnerable populations
Clinical Interests:Infectious diseases; HIV care
Lloyd Friedman
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Clin Prof Int Med Pulmonary
Research Interests:tuberculosis; AIDS; asthma
Clinical Interests:tuberculosis; critical care
Anna-Rachel Gallagher
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Nephrology)
Rina Garcia
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
clinician educator
Clinical Interests:Primary care; general internal medicine
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Chief, Digestive Diseases, VA-CT Healthcare System
Director, Clinical and Translational Core, Yale Liver Center
Program Director, VA-CT Hepatitis C Resource Center
Research Interests:Cirrhosis; natural history of cirrhosis; gastroesophageal varices; variceal hemorrhage; ascites; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; hepatorenal syndrome
Clinical Interests:Cirrhosis and its complications; acute and chronic hepatitis; alcoholic liver disease; drug-induced hepatotoxicity; cholestatic liver disease, including primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis
Alexandria Garino
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Research Interests:Curriculum development; student assessment; program assessment; faculty development; globalization of the PA profession
Clinical Interests:Medical Oncology; lymphoma
David Geller
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Hypertension; cardiovascular disease
Inginia Genao
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Medical Director, Adult Primary Care Center
Clinical Interests:General medicine
Scott Gettinger
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Research Interests:Clinical trial design; novel therapeutics; radiosensitizers; prognostic biomarkers
Clinical Interests:Lung cancer; mesothelioma; thymoma; head and neck cancer; thyroid cancer; mediastinal and chest wall tumors
Thomas Gill
Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Director, Yale Program on Aging
Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Director, Yale Center for Disability and Disabling Disorders
Director, Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research
Research Interests:Epidemiology and prevention of functional decline and disability among community-living older persons
Clinical Interests:Memory loss; Dementia; Geriatric assessment; Depression; Frailty; Functional decline; Disability
Frank Giordano
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Myocardial angiogenesis; Viral vectors
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; novel treatments for heart disease
Daniel Goldstein
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Immunobiology
Research Interests:immunity in transplantation; impact of aging on inflammation and immunity
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; heart failure/cardiac transplantation
Rosana Gonzalez-Colaso
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Research Interests:Health Disparities; Access to Language Services; Healthcare Workforce Diversification; Cross-cultural Survey Development; Interdisciplinary Medical Education; Global Health Education; Curriculum Development and Assessment
Michael Green
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Graduate medical education; curriculum development and evaluation; evidence-based practice; life-long learning; evaluation of clinical competence
Clinical Interests:Primary care; hyperlipidemia; HIV-related lipodystrophy
Daniel Greif
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:vascular biology; vascular smooth muscle; vessel wall; arteriogenesis; developmental biology; clonal analysis; lineage analysis; hypertension; atherosclerosis; pulmonary artery hypertension
Cary Gross
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Cancer policy; Health policy; Comparative effectiveness; Cancer outcomes; Research ethics and integrity
Clinical Interests:Cancer screening and prevention
Roberto Groszmann
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Research Interests:Ascites; Cirrhosis; Portal Hypertension; Variceal Bleeding
Clinical Interests:acute and chronic liver diseases; treatment of complications of portal hypertension
Barbara Gulanski
Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Chief, Endocrinology, Veteran's Administration Center
Clinical Interests:Calcium disorders; bone disease
Craig Gunderson
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Director, Step-down unit at West Haven Veteran's Hospital
Co-chairman, Clinical Ethics Committee, West Haven Veterans Hospital
Associate Firm Chief, Department of Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Werner Gurr
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Howard Haronian
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:PCI; stents; valvular heart disease
Clinical Interests:Coronary Disease; angioplasty; stents; valve disease
Faisal Hasan
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Clinical Interests:Interventional Cardiology; Peripheral Arterial Disease; General Cardiology
Sally Haskell
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Women's health; women veteran's health; chronic pain; menopause; hormone therapy; women's health education
Seonaid Hay
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Program Director, Traditional Internal Medicine Residency
Chuan He
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Pulmonary)
Rosa Hendler
Research Interests:obesity; diabetes; hyperlipidemia
Clinical Interests:Obesity; diabetes; hyperlipidemia
Janet Henrich
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Research Interests:Women's Health education and training; Menopause issues
Clinical Interests:Primary care; General internal medicine; Women's health
Kevan Herold
Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Deputy Director for Translational Science, YCCI
Research Interests:Type 1 diabetes; immune therapy; autoimmunity
Clinical Interests:Diabetes mellitus; hypoglycemia; endocrinology
Erica Herzog
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Translational Lung Research Program
Co-Director, Yale Fibrosis Program
Assistant Director, Medical Student Research, Department of Medicine
Research Interests:Pulmonary fibrosis; Semaphorins; Regulatory T cells; Plexin C1; Bioengineering
Clinical Interests:Interstitial lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, scleroderma, sarcoidosis, diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Raimund Herzog
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Lecturer in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Adjunct Faculty of the Greengard Lab, Rockefeller University, NY
Clinical Interests:diabetes
Karen Hirschi
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Eric Holmboe
Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:medical education; clinical competence; quality improvement
Elizabeth Holt
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Clinical Interests:Thyroid cancer; thyroid nodules; thyroid biopsy; hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid, Graves' disease); goiter; adrenal disease; adrenal tumors; Cushing's disease/syndrome; hyperaldosteronism; pheochromocytoma; parathyroid disorders; hypercalcemia (high calcium); hyperparathyroidism; osteoporosis; Paget's disease.
Stephen Holt
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Project Director, HIV and Alcohol research study
Associate Program Director, Ambulatory Education, Yale Primary Care Residency Program
Shyoko Honiden
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Program
Research Interests:Hyperglycemia in critically ill patients; Management of acute liver failure in the ICU; therapeutic hypothermia in acute liver failure
Clinical Interests:Sepsis; critical care; acute lung injury; acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); acute liver failure; glycemic control in the ICU; quality improvement; medical education; simulation based training
Leora Horwitz
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Patient safety; quality of care; care transfers; medical education
Clinical Interests:Diabetes mellitus type 2; hypertension; asthma
Christopher Howes
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Interventional Cardiology; Exercise Echocardiography; Correlation of peripheral markers of endothelial dysfunction and coronary artery disease
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; atrial fibrillation; coronary artery disease; heart disease; hypertension; shortness of breath; valvular heart disease; cardiomyopathy; preventative cardiology; aortic aneurysm
John Huang
Clinical Instructor in Medicine (General Medicine)
Director, Uveitis Service
Lily Huang
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor
Yan Huang
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Cardiology)
John Hughes
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Risk stratification/risk adjustment methods for health care data analysis
Clinical Interests:Clinical teaching of medical students and medical residents in hospital settings. Course director for the first year course in medical ethics, law and health care organization and finance.
Stephen Huot
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Vice Chair, Education and Academic Affairs
Program Director, Primary Care Residency Program
Research Interests:Medical education; hypertension quality improvement; health services research
Clinical Interests:Essential hypertension; refractory and secondary hypertension, including phechromocytoma and primary aldosteronism; renal artery stenosis and renovascular hypertension; hypertension with renal insufficiency
Anne Hyson
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Avlin Imaeda
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Fellowship Program Director
Research Interests:Protective effects of low dose aspirin in liver disease; patient preferences and barriers to patients seeking colonoscopic screening
Clinical Interests:General Gastroenterology; diseases of the small bowel Most of my time is spent in clinical practice at the West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital. I teach GI fellows basic endoscopy techniques and help supervise fellows in the VA GI clinic and on the consult service. I organize the fellow's Friday lecture series and the Yale Physician's Assistant Digestive Physiology and Disease course. Additionally, I read small bowel capsules and perform double balloon endoscopy. This is a new technique which has the potential to allow endoscopic evaluation and treatment of the entire small bowel.
Sharon Inouye
Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (General Medicine) and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing
Research Interests:Delirium, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Acute Confusional State, Geriatric Medicine, Aging Research, Hospital Elder Life Program, Patient Safety, Iatrogenesis
Karl Insogna
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Director, Yale Bone Center
Research Interests:Role of dietary protein in skeletal metabolism; Factors that lead to skeletal disease in adult patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets; Cellular mechanisms of PTH-induced bone resorption and bone anabolism; Effects of CSF1 in mature osteoclasts
Clinical Interests:Bone disease including osteoporosis, osteomalacia and hypercalcemia; primary hyperparathyroidism; kidney stones
Silvio Inzucchi
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Clinical Director, Section of Endocrinology
Director, Yale Diabetes Center
Director, Endocrinology & Metabolism Fellowship
Director, Yale Affiliated Hospitals Program
Research Interests:Cardiovascular complications of diabetes; insulin resistance and atherosclerosis; inpatient management of hyperglycemia; diagnostic criteria for diabetes
Clinical Interests:Diabetes; pituitary and adrenal diseases; thyroid diseases; endocrine disorders during pregnancy
Shuta Ishibe
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Podocytes; Glomerular Filtration Barrier
Yasuko Iwakiri
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Research Interests:Portal hypertension; Nitric oxide; S-nitrosylation; CD147 (EMMPRIN, Basigin); Reticulon 4B (Nogo-B); liver fibrosis; liver regeneration; vascular biology
Daniel Jacoby
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Cardiomyopathy Program
Associate Program Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant
Research Interests:Heart failure in adult congenital heart disease; ventricular assist therapy
Clinical Interests:Cardiomyopathy (Hypertrophic, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive Cardiomyopathy, Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome); Heart failure; adult congenital heart disease; heart transplant; ventricular assist device therapy
Farid Jadbabaie
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director of Echocardiography Laboratory, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Clinical Interests:Adult cardiovascular disease; congestive heart failure; non-invasive imaging of the heart; echocardiography; valvular heart disease
Dhanpat Jain
Associate Professor of Pathology and of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Director, Program in Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology
Director, Fellowship in Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology
Research Interests:Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD); Liver tumors; Motility disorders of GI tract; Esophageal and gastric carcinoma
Clinical Interests:Gastrointestinal and liver pathology; gastrointestinal stromal tumors; prostate cancer; motility disorders of the bowel
Simona Jakab
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Clinical Interests:evaluation and treatment of patients with hepatitis B, C, fatty liver disease, drug-induced liver disease, cirrhosis; management of patients before and after liver transplantation, liver biopsy, large volume paracentesis; endoscopic evaluation and treatment of esophageal varices; colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening; general endoscopic evaluation of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract.
Priya Jamidar
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Director, Endoscopy
Research Interests:The optimal application of advanced endoscopic techniques to clinical problems including gastrointestinal bleeding, graft-versus-host disease and pancreatic and biliary disorders
Clinical Interests:Gallstone disease; pancreatitis; bile-duct cancers; pancreatic cancer; unexplained upper abdominal pain (sphincter of Oddi dysfunction); treatment of giant common bile duct stones; endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); endoscopic sphincterotomies (including minor papilla, precut and pancreatic duct); biliary and pancreatic stent insertions; stricture dilations and common bile duct stone extractions; therapeutic pancreaticobiliary endoscopy and sphincter of Oddi manometry (SOMS); mother-daughter endoscopy
Ania Jastreboff
Instructor in Medicine (Endocrinology) and in Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
Research Interests:obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, stress, transitions of care from pediatric to adult care
Clinical Interests:obesity, insulin resistance, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, transitions of care from pediatric to adult medical care
Grace Jenq
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Medical Director Inpatient Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests:Improving Transitions of Care; Enhancing Communication between Healthcare Providers; Simulation-Experiential Learning
Clinical Interests:Inpatient adult medicine; Geriatrics; Inpatient Operations, Quality, and Safety; Transitions of Care
Zhirong Jiang
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Nephrology)
Suk-Won Jin
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:vascular development and angiogenesis; hemogenic endothelium; BMP signaling
Elizabeth Jonas
Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and of Neurobiology
Research Interests:Mitochondrial ion channel; regulation of apoptosis; control of the strength of synaptic transmission in the nervous system
Amy Justice
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Health Policy)
Section Chief of General Internal Medicine VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Research Interests:Chronic disease; HIV infection; Veterans Aging Cohort Study
Manisha Juthani-Mehta
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Research Interests:Infectious diseases in the aging population
Clinical Interests:Infections in older adults; General infectious diseases (e.g., pneumonia; UTI; endocarditis; meningitis)
Insoo Kang
Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Research Interests:Human T cell biology; immunosenescence; autoimmunity
Clinical Interests:General rheumatology; rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Min-Jong Kang
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Fred Kantor
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine (Immunology)
Interim Chief, Section of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
Research Interests:Host parasite relationship in Lyme Borreliosis; immune relationship between Borrelia burgdorferi and the host in chronic infection
Clinical Interests:Vasculitis; immunodeficiency; allergic rhinitis and asthma; systemic anaphylaxis
Cyrus Kapadia
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Research Interests:Medical education
Clinical Interests:Inpatient Consultant to patients admitted to Yale-New Haven Hospital with Digestive Diseases. Dr Kapadia also serves as an Attending Physician supervising medical housestaff who admit patients to the inpatient General Internal Medicine Service.
Anil Karihaloo
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Epithelial morphogenesis and the associated cell signaling; Renal fibrosis; Polycystic Kidney Disease
Anita Karne
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor
Susan Kashaf
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Clinical Interests:Longitudinal primary care; the doctor-patient encounter; physician ethics and responsibility; medical education; hypogonadism in the elderly male.
Barbara Kazmierczak
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Associate Director for Basic Research, MD-PhD Program, Yale University
Research Interests:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; innate immunity; host-pathogen interactions; mucosal immunity
Clinical Interests:Inpatient management of and consultation for infectious diseases.
Walter Kernan
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Clinical epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease; interface between primary care and stroke treatment; medical education
Clinical Interests:Primary care; general internal medicine; cerebrovascular disease; stroke
Richard Kibbey
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Mechanisms of insulin secretion by beta-cells; pathogenesis of beta-cell exhaustion in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; mitochondria
Clinical Interests:Diabetes
Nancy Kim
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Academic Hospitalist
Research Interests:adherence to medications; diabetes outcomes; discharge optimization
Clinical Interests:adherence to medications, diabetes outcomes, discharge optimization
Michael Kozal
Professor of Medicine (AIDS)
Chief Section of Infectious Diseases VA CT Healthcare System
Director Yale HIV Clinical Trials
Research Interests:Genetic determinants of HIV and Hepatitis C drug resistance; new technologies to detect low abundance drug resistant viral variants
Clinical Interests:Infectious diseases; AIDS care; HIV care
Jeffrey Kravetz
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Cat associated diseases
Clinical Interests:Clinical preceptor, physical diagnosis tutor, Parkinson's Disease
Harlan Krumholz
Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Investigative Medicine and of Public Health (Health Policy)
Director, Clinical Scholars Program
Director, Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Research Interests:Outcomes research in cardiovascular disease
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; Echocardiography; public health; internal medicine; health outcomes;
Priti Kumar
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:RNA interference (RNAi)-based strategies for treating viral infections
Tassos Kyriakides
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (AIDS) and in Public Health (Biostatistics)
Loren Laine
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Rachel Lampert
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Arrhythmias, Stress, and the Autonomic Nervous System
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; electrophysiology; pacemakers; defibrillators
Alfred Lee
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology)
Associate Firm Chief, Smilow-11, Yale Cancer Center
Assistant Program Director, Traditional Internal Medicine Residency Program
Clinical Interests:Lymphoma; platelet disorders; thrombosis; bleeding; coagulation disorders; leukemia
Chun Geun Lee
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Research Interests:Asthma; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; Pulmonary Angiogenesis; Vascular Remodeling; Pulmonary Hypertension
Forrester Lee
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs
Research Interests:Congestive heart treatment; heart rate variability; Minority population cardiovascular health care access
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; heart failure/cardiac transplantation
Patty J Lee
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Interim Section Chief (1/1/10 - 6/30/12)
Research Interests:Oxidant-induced acute and chronic lung injury; Toll-like receptors in lung and endothelium; Lung-targeted RNA interference; Heme oxygenase-1 in lung and vascular injury
Clinical Interests:Acute lung injury; adult respiratory distress syndrome; chronic obstructive lung disease
Seung Lee
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Pathophysiology of ADPKD Acute Kidney Injury(I/R,UUO) and repair
Lin Leng
Research Scientist in Medicine (Rheumatology)
Robert Levine
Professor of Medicine and Lecturer in Pharmacology
Chair: Executive Committee, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Director, Law, Policy and Ethics Core, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, School of Public Health.
Research Interests:Medical ethics; Human subject research ethics; International research; Research involving children and adolescents; Informed consent; Institutional review boards; Regulations for the protection of human subjects; Doctor/patient relationship
Joseph Lim
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Director, Yale Viral Hepatitis Program
Research Interests:Acute and chronic liver diseases; Chronic hepatitis B and C infections; Fatty liver disorders, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); Complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension
Clinical Interests:Liver disorders; viral hepatitis B and C; fatty liver disorders; obesity; liver cancer; primary biliary cirrhosis; autoimmune hepatitis; liver disorders of pregnancy; primary sclerosing cholangitis; alcoholic liver disease; hemochromatosis; Wilson's disease; medication-induced hepatotoxicity
Qing Liu
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Pulmonary)
Yi-Hwa Liu
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
Clinical Interests:Nuclear cardiology
Beatrice Lupsa
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Clinical Interests:Diabetes Mellitus; Insulin Resistance; Lypodystrophy; Osteoporosis; Hyperparathyroidism
Bing Ma
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Pulmonary)
Rex Mahnensmith
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Medical Director, Dialysis
Clinical Interests:Diabetic kidney disease; chronic kidney disease care; pre-End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) care; polycystic kidney disease; home dialysis care; peritoneal dialysis care; hemodialysis care; lupus kidney disease; kidney biopsy
Stephen Malawista
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Research Interests:Motile functions of leukocytes that bear on aspects of the inflammatory response; Lyme disease and of gouty inflammation
Clinical Interests:Lyme disease; gout; general rheumatology
Brian Malm
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Clinical Interests:echocardiography; stress testing; nuclear cardiology; valvular heart disease; coronary artery disease; cardiac CT; preventive cardiology
Ramanaiah Mamillapalli
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Arya Mani
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Genetics
Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Program
Research Interests:Identification of cardiovascular disorders that have strong familial pattern
Clinical Interests:General cardiology; adult familial cardiovascular disorders; congenital heart disease; coronary Computed Tomography (CT); arrythmia; cardiac echocardiography; cardiac nuclear stress testing; cardiovascular stress testing; fainting; nuclear cardiography; tachycardias; transesophageal echocardiography; CT angiography
Mark Marieb
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing
Clinical Director of Electrophysiology
Clinical Interests:Cardiac arrhythmias; pacemakers; defibrillators; AICD's (Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator); sudden death; supraventricular tachycardia; ventricular tachycardia; ablation; cardiac ablation; atrial fibrillation; cardiac electrophysiology; catheter ablation; radiofrequency; catheter ablation; cryoablation; bradycardia; fainting; sinus node dysfunction; Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Richard Marottoli
Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:at-risk older drivers; driving cessation
Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; dementia; functional decline; assessment of older drivers
Peter Marshall
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Medical Director, Medical Step-Down Unit
Medical Director, Respiratory Care - Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests:Risk stratification of patients with pulmonary embolism; Major pulmonary embolism treatment; therapeutic hypothermia; status asthmaticus
Clinical Interests:Critical Care; Thromboembolic disease; Therapeutic Hypothermia; Asthma (status asthmaticus); ARDS; Ventilator Management/Weaning; Sepsis
Bridget Martell
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Asst Clinical Prof of Medicine
Richard Martinello
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Pediatrics and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease)
Chief Consultant, Clinical Public Health, Veterans Health Administration
Research Interests:Pathogenesis of respiratory virus infections; Epidemiology of respiratory viruses
Clinical Interests:Influenza; respiratory syncitial virus; Staphylococcus aureus; Clostridium difficile; Healthcare associated infections
Urszula Masiukiewicz
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Asst Clin Prof Int Med Endocrinology
Clinical Interests:Thyroid disorders; bone disease, including osteoporosis
Richard Matthay
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Pulmonary)
Research Interests:Lung cancer; pulmonary manifestations of the connective tissue diseases; heart lung interactions; asthma and COPD
Clinical Interests:Lung cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; interstitial lung disease; sarcoidosis; connective tissue (collagen vascular) diseases involving the lungs; pulmonary vascular diseases including pulmonary hypertension
Gail McAvay
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Geriatrics)
Rory McCrimmon
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Research Interests:Glucose homeostasis regulation by hypothalamic nuclei; central regulation on peripheral metabolism, energy, and body weight
Katherine McKenzie
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Director of Asylum Medicine
Clinical Interests:Primary care; medical evaluations of asylum seekers; refugee health.
Cynthia McNamara
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:domestic violence; medical education
Robert McNamara
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Application of evidence-based medicine to improving outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease
Clinical Interests:Ischemic Heart Disease; Valvular Heart Disease; Atrial Fibrillation
Ewan McNay
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Craig McPherson
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Wajahat Mehal
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Research Interests:Sterile inflammation; liver fibrosis; liver immunology
Clinical Interests:Inpatient care related to general gastroenterology and endoscopic procedures
Carlos Mena
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Medical Director Vascular Medicine - YNHH
Research Interests:Angioplasty; Endovascular therapy; stents
Clinical Interests:Advanced endovascular therapy for peripheral vascular disease; Acute coronary syndromes; Non-invasive vascular imaging
Amir Mohammad
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Occupational Medicine)
Staff Physician, Occupational Health Services, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Research Interests:Active Surveillance of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses among VA Healthcare Workers (HCW). Healthcare Utilization among OIF/OEF Veterans. Improving PPD and Influenza Vaccine compliance among VACT HCW. Noise-induced Hearing Loss and Risk of sustaining Occupational Injuries-ALCOA Database. Quality Improvement and LEAN Projects at VACT HCS.
Vahid Mohsenin
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Yale Center for Sleep Medicine
Research Interests:Mechanisms of cardiovascular complications and hypertension in sleep apnea
Clinical Interests:Sleep-disorders; Sleep apnea; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Critical care (Respiratory failure)
Theresa Molisse
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Ruth Montgomery
Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Research Interests:Innate Immunity; Macrophage; Neutrophil; Aging; West Nile Virus; Lyme Disease
John Moriarty
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Firm Chief, Generalist Firm
Associate Program Director, Traditional Residency Program
Research Interests:Medical team assistants; discharge communication
Terrence Murphy
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:aging; Bayesian methods; spatial modeling; non-randomized interventional designs; multistate modeling
Anil Nagar
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Endoscopy Director, West Haven VAMC
Research Interests:Value of interventions for detecting and treating GI diseases
Clinical Interests:Gastrointestinal and liver consultation, advanced endoscopic procedures, including: Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC); Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR); Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), including Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), Double Balloon endoscopy (DBE), Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), endoscopic mucosal dissection (ESD)
Sukanya Narasimhan
Research Scientist in Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Research Interests:tick-Borrelia interactions
Michael Nathanson
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Cell Biology
Section Chief, Digestive Diseases
Director, Yale Liver Center
Director, Center for Cell and Molecular Imaging
Research Interests:Mechanisms and effects of calcium signals in polarized epithelia; effect of spatial organization of calcium signals on organ function regulation; factors that organize Ca2+ waves in hepatocytes; organization and effects of Ca2+ waves in cholangiocytes; mechanisms and effects of Ca2+ signals in the nucleus
Clinical Interests:Inpatient care related to hepatology; end stage liver disease, and gastroenterology; Advanced endoscopic imaging techniques; endomicroscopy.
Stefania Nicoli
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Zebrafish; Post-transcriptional regulation; Small RNAs; Angiogenesis; Artery-vein differentiation; Vessels stability; Hematopoiesis; Lymphatic development
Marcella Nunez-Smith
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Core Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Faculty, Global Health Leadership Institute
Research Interests:Healthcare workforce diversity; cancer disparities; role of media on health; discrimination in health care systems; role of race in professional experience
Patrick O'Connor
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Section Chief, General Medicine
Research Interests:Interface between primary care and substance abuse
Clinical Interests:Primary care; general internal medicine; substance abuse
Onyema Ogbuagu
Assistant Professor of Medicine (AIDS)
Research Interests:Tuberculosis; HIV; Pharmakokinetic studies
Clinical Interests:Aids care; HIV; infectious disease; tuberculosis.
Ioannis Oikonomou
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Co-Medical Director, Temple Endoscopy Center
Medical Director, Temple Infusion Center
Research Interests:Clinical Research in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease)
Clinical Interests:Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD); Ulcerative Colitis; Crohn's Disease; Colon Cancer Screening (Colonoscopy with polypectomy); Upper Endoscopy (EGD); Microscopic Colitis; Celiac Sprue; Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
Chirag Parikh
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Director, Program of Applied Translational Research
Research Interests:Acute kidney injury; novel biomarkers of kidney injury; Translational research
Clinical Interests:Acute renal (kidney) failure; kidney failure after bone marrow transplant; chronic kidney disease; kidney transplant; diabetes mellitus type 1; polycystic kidney disease
Aldo Peixoto
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Associate Chief, VACHS Medical Service
Director, Renal Pathophysiology Module
Firm Chief, VA Inpatient Firm, Traditional Internal Medicine Program
Research Interests:Clinical and prognostic relevance of trans-telephonic home BP monitoring; arterial stiffness and kidney disease progression; systems factors related to the delivery of care in hypertension
Clinical Interests:Consultative hypertension: resistant hypertension, renovascular hypertension, hyperaldosteronism, autonomic disorders; consultative nephrology: acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, glomerular disease and renal biopsy. Dr. Peixoto sees patients exclusively at the West Haven VA Medical Center.
Mark Perazella
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Director, Nephrology Fellowship Training Program
Director, Acute Dialysis Unit
Research Interests:Diagnostic utility of urine microscopy in AKI; Adverse renal effects of therapeutic agents and other drugs; Hypotension in ESRD patients during hemodialysis; HIV-related kidney disease; Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
Clinical Interests:Drug-induced kidney disease; toxic nephropathies; potassium disorders; acute kidney injury; urine microscopy; critical care nephrology; nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; chronic kidney disease; hypertension; HIV-associated renal disease; hemodialysis
Kitt Petersen
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Professor (Adjunct) Aarhus University, Denmark
Honorary Professor of Medicine and Clinical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Research Interests:Liver Metabolism; Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Insulin Resistance; Aging; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Insulin Clamp Technique; Stable Isotopes
Steven Pfau
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, VA Connecticut
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology
Kim-Thu Pham
Clinical Instructor in Medicine (General Medicine)
William Philbrick
Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Director, Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center Molecular Core
Research Interests:Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP)
Margaret Pisani
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Associate Director, Winchester Chest Clinic
Clinical Interests:General pulmonary medicine; respiratory failure; bronchiectasis; sarcoidosis; critical care; care of older pulmonary patients;
Patricia Preisig
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Elucidation of the acid-activated pathway that mediates the physiological response of the renal proximal tubule to the need for the kidney to excrete acid
Christina Price
Instructor in Medicine (Immunology) and in Pediatrics (Immunology)
Clinical Interests:immunodeficiency including common variable immune deficiency (CVID); selective antibody deficiency and secondary immune deficiency; urticaria (hives); allergic rhinitis and asthma; systemic anaphylaxis; food allergy; drug allergy.
Deborah Proctor
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Medical Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
Research Interests:Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Clinical Interests:Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease; Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangectasia (HHT)
Petr Protiva
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Adjunct Faculty at Breslow Lab, Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Research Interests:Colorectal Cancer Prevention; Colorectal Cancer Biology and Therapy; Translational Clinical Trials; Experimental Therapeutics
Clinical Interests:General gastroenterology
Jonathan Puchalski
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Thoracic Interventional Program (TIP)
Clinical Interests:Interventional pulmonology; airway stents, laser therapy or airway tumor treatment; Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS); confocal microscopy for the lungs; electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy; bronchoscopy; pleural disease; Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP); pediatric bronchoscopy
Vincent Quagliarello
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Clinical Chief, Infectious Diseases
Research Interests:Observational research methods for understanding infectious disease
Clinical Interests:Inpatient management of and consultation for infectious diseases; central nervous system infections; endocarditis; pneumonia
Timothy Quan
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Research Interests:viruses; autoimmune pathology; biology of fibrocytes
Tracy Rabin
Instructor in Medicine (General Medicine)
Assistant Director, Office of Global Health (Department of Internal Medicine)
Clinical Interests:Primary Care; Pediatrics; Adult Internal Medicine; Diabetes
Peter Rabinowitz
Associate Professor of Medicine (Occupational Medicine)
Director of Electives, Yale School of Medicine
Director, Yale Human Animal Medicine Project
Research Interests:Zoonoses; diseases of animal workers; zoonotic influenza infections; emerging infectious disease; animal sentinels of environmental health hazards; noise and hearing loss
Clinical Interests:Occupational and environmental diseases; occupational infectious disease exposures; zoonotic disease exposures; occupational health of animal workers; noise-induced hearing loss
Asghar Rastegar
Professor of Medicine
Research Interests:Acid-base and electrolyte disorders
Clinical Interests:General nephrology; tubulointerstitial and glomerular disease; amyloidosis; acid-base and electrolyte problems
Carrie Redlich
Professor of Medicine (Occupational Medicine)
Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program
Research Interests:Occupational lung diseases; isocyanate exposure and asthma; biomarker research
Clinical Interests:Occupational and environmental medicine; occupational and environmental lung diseases; work-related asthma, asthma, health effects of polyurethanes (isocyanates)
Anamika Reed
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Anna Reisman
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Director, Yale Internal Medicine Residency Writers' Workshop
Director, Standardized Patients Program, Teaching and Learning Center
Research Interests:Literature and medicine; Home visits; Telephone medicine; Doctor–patient communication; Writing and medicine; Writing and advocacy
Michael Remetz
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Goodyer Cardiology Teaching Firm
Medical Director
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; carotid interventions; peripheral vascular interventions; Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) screenings; angina; cardiac catheterization; renal vascular disease
James Revkin
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Attending Physician: Center for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation
Research Interests:My clinical research efforts have focused on a broad range of areas in cardiovascular medicine, including heart failure, heart transplantation, myocardial metabolism and, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis.
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; heart failure/cardiac transplantation; dyslipidemia; hypercholesterolemia; coronary artery disease; hypertension; shortness of breath; valvular heart disease
Henry Rinder
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Medicine (Hematology)
Associate Director, Yale Pathology Residency Program
Director, Clinical Hematology Laboratory
Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs (Diagnostic)
Research Interests:Biomaterials; Blood Or Blood Products Or Transfusions; Cardiopulmonary Chest Medicine; Cytokines; Hematology; Inflammation; Laboratory Practice Or Procedure; Thrombosis Adhesion Molecules; Blood Platelets; Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Coagulation; Hematology; Hemostasis; Reticulated Platelets
Clinical Interests:Hematology; coagulation; molecular diagnostics; bone marrow transplant; cancer
Carolyn Rochester
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
Medical Director, Yale COPD Center
Clinical Interests:Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); emphysema; pulmonary rehabilitation
Michal Rose
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Director, VA Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chair, Data and Safety Monitoring Committee, Yale Cancer Center
Clinical Interests:Blood disorders; myelodysplasia; lymphoma; chronic leukemia, general hematology and oncology.
Julie Rosenbaum
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Evaluation of efforts to improve ethics or professional education; education to improve end of life communication; clarification of appropriate relationships between physicians and pharmaceutical industry
Clinical Interests:General internal medicine; clinical ethics
Lynda Rosenfeld
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Pediatrics
Research Interests:Bradycardia and tachycardia device therapy; Remote monitoring of implanted devices; Atrial fibrillation; Intraoperative determinants of post operative atrial fibrillation; Therapy of patients with post operative AF; Arrhythmias in patients with post operative adult congenital heart disease
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; electrophysiology; cardiac arrhythmias; cardiac sarcoidosis; adult congenital heart disease, cardiac disease after cancer therapy
Joseph Ross
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Clinical Interests:Primary care - general medicine
Francoise Roux
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Sleep Study Services at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Haven
Research Interests:Cardiovascular consequences of obstructive sleep apnea
Clinical Interests:Sleep medicine; asthma; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
Christopher Ruser
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Obesity and Residency Education
Kerry Russell
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Signaling pathways in vascular function and heart failure
Clinical Interests:General Cardiology; Echocardiography; Cardiac complications of Cancer and its treatment (CardioOncology)
Raymond Russell
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Diagnostic Radiology
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Training and Education Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:Regulation of cardiac metabolism in the setting of ischemia; heart failure and diabetes
Clinical Interests:Cardio-oncology; coronary artery disease; heart failure; stress testing; exercise physiology; noninvasive cardiac imaging
Mark Russi
Professor of Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Director, Occupational Health Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests:Occupational and environmental epidemiology; Infectious disease epidemiology; Healthcare workers' health issues
Clinical Interests:Occupational and environmental health problems; cancers and carcinogenic effects; exposures among healthcare workers
Mehran Sadeghi
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Molecular imaging; Nuclear imaging; Vascular biology; Molecular biology; Vascular remodeling; Atherosclerosis; Aneurysm; Transplantation; Valvular biology and imaging
Clinical Interests:Cardiovascular Medicine, Noninvasive Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology, Coronary CT Angiography
Varman Samuel
Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Research Interests:Fat Induced Hepatic Insulin Resistance; in vivo metabolism core of the mouse metabolic phenotyping center at YSM
Mayra Sanchez
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Clinical Interests:Achalasia; dysphagia; GERD; fecal incontinence; dyssynergic defecation; gastroparesis; general liver disease disorders.
Lisa Sanders
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:obesity; clinical decision making; how diagnostic decisions and errors are made
Christopher Sankey
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Academic Hospitalist
Research Interests:Clinical vignettes; Rapid response teams
Clinical Interests:Medical education; Clinical coaching; Clinical vignette writing; End of life care; Resource utilization; Rapid Response Teams
Jacqueline Satchell-Jones
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Hope to eventually do some clinical research in Herbal Medicine in terms of its complementary benefit with traditional medical therapy.
Michael Schilsky
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Surgery (Transplant)
Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplant at Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center
Research Interests:Liver Transplantation; Acute Liver Failure; Wilson disease; Disorders of metal metabolism
Clinical Interests:Liver transplant; acute liver failure; cirrhosis; inherited metabolic disorders of the liver; Wilson disease; iron overload disorders; hemochromatosis; alpha-1 antitrypsin disease
Jeremy Schwartz
Instructor in Medicine (General Medicine)
Assistant Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program
Martin Schwartz
Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Cell Biology
Research Interests:Integrin signaling; mechanotransduction; atherosclerosis; vascular remodeling; heart disease; extracellular matrix; cell adhesion; cytoskeleton; cell-cell junctions; fluid shear stress
Stuart Seropian
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology)
Clinical Interests:Hodgkin's disease; Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL); multiple myeloma; bone marrow transplant; stem cell transplant
John Setaro
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; interventional cardiology; preventive cardiology
Albert Shaw
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Research Interests:Mechanisms underlying the functional decline of the immune system with aging
Clinical Interests:Inpatient management of and consultation for infectious diseases
Sheela Shenoi
Assistant Professor of Medicine (AIDS)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests:HIV/AIDS; Tuberculosis; Screening; Improving Clinical Outcomes
Clinical Interests:Aids.
Robert Sherwin
C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Section Chief, Endocrinology
Director, YCCI
Research Interests:glucose counterregulation; brain fuel metabolism; effect of insulin on brain function; immune mechanisms leading to type 1 diabetes
Clinical Interests:Diabetes; hypoglycemia
Warren Shlomchik
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology), of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Hematology)
Research Interests:Mechanisms of antigen presentation; T cell effector function and regulation of Graft-vs.-Host Disease and Graft-vs.-Leukemia
Clinical Interests:Bone marrow transplant
Gerald Shulman
George R. Cowgill Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Research Interests:Molecular mechanisms responsible for insulin resistance
Clinical Interests:Diabetes
Mark Siegel
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Co-Chair, Ethics Committee, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Program Director, Traditional Internal Medicine Residency
Research Interests:Sepsis and ARDS treatments; chronic illness; ethics; end-of-life decision making
Clinical Interests:Intensive care medicine; respiratory failure; ventilator dependency; asthma; lung disease; pneumonia; pulmonary disease
Michael Simons
Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Cell Biology
Section Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center
Research Interests:Angiogenesis; Arteriogenesis; Lymphangiogenesis; Endothelial Signaling; tyrosine kinase signaling; vascular development; FGF; VEGF; endocytosis
Clinical Interests:Coronary artery disease; acute myocardial infarction
Jonathan Siner
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Medical Director - Medical Intensive Care Unit, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests:Vascular Growth Factors; Sepsis pathophysiology; Host Response to Viral Infections
Clinical Interests:Intensive Care Medicine (Critical Care); Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS); Sepsis; Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD); Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Albert Sinusas
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Diagnostic Radiology
Director, Translational Research Imaging Center
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging
Research Interests:Advanced cardiovascular and molecular imaging
Clinical Interests:Cardiovascular imaging; stress testing; ischemic heart disease
Martin Slade
Lecturer in Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Brian Smith
Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Biomedical Engineering, of Medicine (Hematology) and of Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine
Research Interests:Inflammation-Coagulation Interface; Hematology; Bioethics; Biomedical Engineering; Laboratory Medicine Education; Therapeutic Pathology
Clinical Interests:Hematologic diagnostics; clinical pathology; hematopathology; hematology; pediatrics; laboratory medicine
Andre Sofair
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:Emerging infectious diseases
Clinical Interests:General internal medicine; Hepatitis C
Lawrence Solomon
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology and Hematology)
Staff Physician, Palliative and End-of-Life Care Education
Research Interests:Palliative care; Vitamin B12-related disorders
Clinical Interests:Palliative care; vitamin B12-related disorders
Stefan Somlo
C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Professor of Genetics
Chief, Section of Nephrology
Research Interests:Genetic kidney and liver disease; Cilia function in tissue homeostasis; Polycystin function
Clinical Interests:Polycystic kidney disease; inherited or familial kidney disease; genetic aspects of kidney disease; polycystic liver disease
Carol Soroka
Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Technical Director, Liver Center Morphology Core
Research Interests:Cholestatic liver diseases; hepatocyte; membrane transporters
Robert Soufer
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine VACT Healthcare Systems
Research Interests:Neurobehavioral Correlates of Mental Stress in Cardiovascular Disease: Neuro-Cardiac Interaction, Mental Stress and Myocardial Blood Flow
Judith Sparer
Lecturer in Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Research Interests:workplace exposures; exposure to isocyanates, noise and exposure to dust and bacteria in poultry farming
Juliette Spelman
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Carlo Spirli
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Geralyn Spollett
Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing
Associate Director, Yale Diabetes Center
Clinical Interests:type 2 diabetes; metabolic syndrome; diabetes self-management education; nutrition counseling
Sandra Springer
Assistant Professor of Medicine (AIDS)
Director, Infectious Disease Outpatient Clinic, Veterans Administration Healthcare Services, Newington
Research Interests:Adherence Interventions for HIV+ prisoners with substance use disorders and mental illness. Specifically the use of Directly observed antiretroviral therapy (DAART), buprenorphine/naloxone and naltrexone.
Clinical Interests:HIV/AIDS; substance abuse treatment - buprenorphine and naltrexone for opiate dependency and naltrexone for alcohol dependency; general infectious diseases
Meredith Stowe
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Research Interests:Epidemiology of isocyanates and other occupational or environmental exposures.
Mario Strazzabosco
Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Director, Transplant Hepatology
Research Interests:Epithelial Cell Biology, Pathophysiology of Diseases of the Biliary Tree, Liver Cell Therapy, Treatment of Liver Cancer
Clinical Interests:liver transplantation; liver cancer; liver cirrhosis; biliary tract diseases and cholestasis; primary biliary cirrhosis; primary sclerosing cholangitis
Lissa Sugeng
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) is a natural evolution in the development of echocardiography. My interests in 3DE stems back to 1993, which was mainly focused on validating and comparing 3D techniques to other imaging modalities such as CMR and CT imaging. As new developments in probe technology brought a true “real-time” 3D fully-sampled matrix array transducer it has become the main imaging modality in valvular disease.
Clinical Interests:Echocardiography and Valvular Heart Disease
Lynn Sullivan
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Clinical Interests:HIV prevention and care; Substance abuse; Primary care; General internal medicine;
Ben-Hua Sun
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Lisa Suter
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Associate Director, Quality Measurement Program, Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE)
Research Interests:Quality measurement; Quality improvement; Technology assessment
Clinical Interests:Inflammatory arthritis; vasculitis
Richard Sutton
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:HIV replication and the development of small animal models of HIV; HIV vectors; HIV replication and gene transfer into non-dividing cells
Clinical Interests:HIV and general infectious diseases
Scott Swenson
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Associate Director, Fellowship Training Program in Digestive Diseases
Research Interests:Stem and progenitor cells; Liver; Liver injury; Pancreatic acinar cells; Exocrine function; Secretion
Tamar Taddei
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Research Interests:Clinical, translational, and outcome research on hepatocellular carcinoma
Clinical Interests:Liver cancer; benign and malignant neoplasms of the liver, cirrhosis and its complications; transplant hepatology
Ningwen Tai
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology and Oncology)
Oyebode Taiwo
Associate Professor of Medicine (Occupational Medicine)
Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Fellowship Training
Clinical Interests:Diagnosis and treatment of occupational and environmental diseases; impairment and disability evaluation
Jaideep Talwalkar
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Director, Yale Cystic Fibrosis Adult Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Yale Combined Med-Peds Residency Program
Director, Yale School of Medicine Physical Examination Course
Research Interests:medical education; curriculum development and evaluation; cystic fibrosis; transition of care
Clinical Interests:primary care pediatrics; primary care internal medicine; cystic fibrosis; transition of care
Lynn Tanoue
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Winchester Chest Clinic
Medical Director, Yale Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology Program
Associate Medical Director, Respiratory Care, YNHH
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Interim Section Chief (7/1/12 - present)
Research Interests:Lung Cancer
Clinical Interests:Pulmonary disease; lung cancer; sarcoidosis; tuberculosis; thoracic cancer
Janet Tate
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (General Medicine)
Jeanette Tetrault
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:Substance abuse; HIV; Hepatitis C
Clinical Interests:Substance abuse, HIV, Hepatitis C
Craig Thompson
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Cardiovascular Catheterization and Intervention
Director, Invasive Cardiology and Vascular Medicine
Clinical Interests:Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) (chronic 100% arterial blockages); multivessel coronary disease; left main coronary disease; complex coronary Intervention; peripheral vascular diseases; heart surgery Transcatheter Aortic Vavle Implanation (TAVR) Peripheral Arterial Diseases Cardiovascular Device Development
Robert Thomson
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Nephrology)
Edwin Thrower
Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and Lecturer in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Research Interests:pancreatitis
Xin Tian
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Nephrology)
Mary Tinetti
Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Section Chief, Geriatrics
Research Interests:Falls and injuries; Mobility; Clinical decision-making in the face of multiple health conditions; Harms and benefits of medications
Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; Falls and injuries; Dementia; Cognitive impairment
Daniela Tirziu
Research Scientist in Medicine (Cardiology)
Daniel Tobin
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Medical Director, Chase Outpatient Center
Research Interests:Quality Improvement; Prescription Drug Abuse
Clinical Interests:Hypertension; diabetes; cardiac disease; primary care
Terence Trow
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Research Interests:Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Combination Therapy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Biomarkers to follow treatment success in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Clinical Interests:Diseases of the pulmonary circulation, including pulmonary arterial hypertension; critical care medicine; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Elisabetta Ullu
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Cell Biology
Research Interests:eukaryotic cells
Joshua Van Houten
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Associate Director, MicroCT Facility, Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders
Peter Van Ness
Research Scientist in Medicine (Geriatrics) and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Co-Director, Biostatistics Core, Yale Program on Aging
Research Interests:analysis of categorical and longitudinal data; techniques for handling missing data; qualitative data analysis; measurement issues; gerontologic biostatistics
Luz Vasquez
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Carlos Vaz Fragoso
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:Pulmonary function and sleep disorders in older adults
Heino Velazquez
Research Scientist in Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Electrolyte transport in the distal nephron; Diuretic action in the distal nephron; In vivo micropuncture and microperfusion methods; Biology of renalase
Merceditas Villanueva
Associate Professor of Medicine (AIDS)
Clinical Interests:infectious disease; HIV care
Catherine Viscoli
Research Scientist in Medicine (General Medicine)
Masha Volkova
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Pulmonary)
Research Interests:Molecular Basis of Cardiac Aging; Molecular Basis of Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Physiology; Cardiovascular System; Heart Diseases;
Frans Wackers
Professor Emeritus of Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Computer Quantification; Heart Disease; Myocardial Perfusion; Radionuclide Imaging; Ventricular Function; Diabetes and heart disease
Clinical Interests:nuclear cardiology; stress testing; clinical cardiology; exercise testing
Lisa Walke
Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs (Geriatrics)
Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; functional assessment; memory loss; depression; dementia; pre-operative geriatric assessment
Peili Wang
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Carolyn Wells
Research Interests:Clinical Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Multivariable Analysis; Cancer Screening; Prognostic staging in solid tumors, stroke.
Li Wen
Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Director of Core Laboratory of Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)
Kathleen White
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Wednesday Evening Clinic, Primary Care Center, Yale- New Haven Hospital
Laura Whitman
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Program Director, Traditional Residency Program
Clinical Interests:Primary care medicine
Donna Windish
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Program Director, Primary Care Residency Program
Research Interests:Quality improvement
Clinical Interests:primary care, general internal medicine
Adam Wisnewski
Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Occupational Medicine)
Roger Worthington
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests:ethics; professionalism; public policy; medical education
Fred Wright
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Renal Physiology
John Wysolmerski
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Research Interests:Parathyroid hormone-related protein; calcium sensing receptor; breast development; lactation; osteoporosis; bone metastases
Clinical Interests:Osteoporosis; metabolic bone diseases; osteomalacia; Paget's disease; disorders of calcium metabolism; disorders of vitamin D metabolism; hyperparathyroidism; hypoparathyroidism; parathyroid adenomas; parathyroid cancer; endocrine cancers
Henry Yaggi
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Clinical Interests:Sleep-disordered breathing and its relationship to cardiovascular disease, stroke and risk factors; lung and pulmonary disease
Lawrence Young
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Vice-Chairman, Department of Medicine
Research Interests:Myocardial ischemia; metabolic adaptation to hypoxic stress; cardio-protection; cardiomyopathy; LKB1-AMPK pathway; diabetes
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; angina; diabetes; heart disease; valvular heart disease: HHT and heart disease
Jun Yu
Instructor in Medicine (Cardiology)
Mona Zain
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Barry Zaret
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; nuclear cardiology; stress testing; angina; heart disease
Jiasheng Zhang
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Cardiology)
Xian-Man Zhang
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
