Alumni News

Jessica Gold, MD ’14, serves as the Chief Wellness Officer for the University of Tennessee System and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Cardiac surgeon and Harvard Medical School (HMS) professor John E. Mayer Jr., YC ’68, MD ’72, was troubled by a trend among the medical students he taught in recent years.

Reginald J. Sanders, MD ‘85, was recently named president of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS). The ASRS is the world’s largest organization for retina specialists, serving as a national advocate and primary source of clinical and scientific information and education for its members.

Koo recounts a time when, as a medical student, he found himself in a distressing situation in the OR.

For over 40 years, Dr. Richard F. Mollica ‘79 M.A.R. has pioneered the field of refugee trauma. In 1981, he opened one of the first clinics in the country for survivors of mass violence and torture.

The Yale School of Medicine Physician Assistant Online Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony was held on March 15, 2024.

A career in the sciences was destined for Mitesh Rao, MD, MHS ’09, but his pivot into entrepreneurship was inspired and made possible by time spent at Yale.

In January, Yale School of Medicine’s six new colleges held inaugural dinners in Café Med, with MD and MD-PhD students, residents, fellows, faculty, and alumni gathering for socializing and networking. The colleges already are enhancing community and mentorship.

Dr. Moffic has been named the twelfth recipient of the Abraham L. Halpern, MD Humanitarian Award of the American Association for Social Psychiatry. He will pre at the 2024 Humanitarian Forum on Monday, May 6th in New York during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.