Alumni News

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.

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

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.

Dr. Gold, a nationally recognized expert on student mental health and wellness, started as the inaugural chief wellness officer for the University of Tennessee (UT) System and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) on Feb. 1, 2024.

Dr. Adimora was a trailblazing infectious diseases physician, researcher, and mentor.

After four decades of clinical and academic cardiology, Dr. Wesley has authored his first novel, The Well, the paradox of a scientific discovery resulting in either "A Fountain of Life, or A Pool of Death." He currently works part-time at the Las Vegas VA Medical Center.

Deborah Dyett Desir, MD, was inducted president of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) during its annual meeting on November 14, 2023.

On October 25, Yale School of Medicine honored Dr. Yan Fuqing, the first Asian to graduate YSM, in the Class of 1909. Donated by members of his family, and Xiangya Hospital, which Dr. Yan helped to build, the bust serves as a testament to his tireless work as a medical practitioner, public health advocate, and civil servant.