Basile Njei, MD, MPH, PhD
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Dr. Njei is a graduate of the Yale Ph.D. in Investigative Medicine and Harvard Global Clinical Scholars programs. He received his medical doctorate with honors from The University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon, and was awarded the coveted British Chevening scholarship to pursue public health training at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. After earning a Master's in Public Health, his journey continued with residency training at the University of Connecticut and a Gastroenterology Fellowship at Yale University. During residency and fellowship training, Dr. Njei was recognized with several awards, including the Howard Levine-MD Science Award, ACG Fellow-in-Training Award, AASLD Fellow Travel Award, AASLD Young Investigator Award, Dr. James Boyer Fellow Travel Award, and Samuel Kushlan Award for Excellence in Research. After Yale Fellowship training, he was appointed adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine in July 2017. While in active clinical practice for five years, Dr. Njei served as a gastroenterologist in underserved Maryland, Delaware, and Ohio community hospitals. He has performed thousands of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies/colonoscopies in minority and underserved populations. Dr. Njei has also collaborated with the US Embassy in Cameroon and the Ministry of Public Health to promote medical education. In addition to co-leading the International Medicine Program in the Section of Digestive Diseases at Yale, Dr. Njei is a gastroenterologist at the West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital in Connecticut. His research focuses on using artificial intelligence and genetics to improve the diagnosis of chronic liver diseases.
Education & Training
- Postgraduate Medical EducationHarvard Medical School (2023)
- PhDYale University, Investigative Medicine (2022)
- Post-Doctoral Research FellowVA Connecticut Healthcare System (2022)
- Gastroenterology FellowYale University School of Medicine (2017)
- Resident PhysicianUniversity Of Connecticut School of Medicine (2014)
- MPHUniversity of Edinburgh, Epidemiology/Biostatistics (2009)
- MDUniversity of Yaounde I, Medicine (2008)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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2024 VA DEI Research Supplement Award | US Veterans Affairs Office of Research & Development | 2024 |
EASL-AASLD Masterclass | European Association for the Study of the Liver/American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases | 2023 |
Early Career Investigator Abstract Award in Healthcare Disparities Research | AASLD Foundation | 2023 |
ACG 2023 Presidential Poster | American College of Gastroenterology | 2023 |
Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (Semifinalist) | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 2023 |
Poster of Distinction | Digestive Disease Week | 2023 |
Artificial Intelligence Scholar | Saïd Business School, University of Oxford | 2022 |
America's Most Honored Doctors 2021 | American Registry | 2021 |
Samuel Kushlan Award for Excellence in Research During Digestive Diseases Fellowship | Yale University | 2017 |
AASLD Fellow Travel Award | American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases | 2017 |
AASLD Young Investigator Award | The Liver Meeting | 2016 |
Presidential Poster Award | Digestive Disease Week | 2016 |
ACG Fellow-in-Training Award | American College of Gastroenterology | 2015 |
Howard Levine-MD Science Award | University of Connecticut | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
British Chevening scholarship | United Kingdom | 2008 |
Departments & Organizations
- Digestive Diseases
- Internal Medicine
- Orange College Affiliates
- Yale Institute for Global Health