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

Rafaz Hoque

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Clinical Interests:Gastroenterology

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;

Chandrika Kumar

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)

Clinical Interests:geriatric medicine

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)

Mark Mamula

Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)

Research Interests:Autoimmune diseases

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)