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    Joseph Canterino, MD, MHS

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    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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    Medical Director for Ambulatory Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine

    Donaldson Firm Chief, Internal Medicine

    Curriculum Director: Medical Informatics in Infectious Diseases Training Track, Infectious Diseases

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    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

    Medical Director for Ambulatory Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine; Donaldson Firm Chief, Internal Medicine; Curriculum Director: Medical Informatics in Infectious Diseases Training Track, Infectious Diseases

    Biography

    Joe Canterino (he/him) received his bachelor's degree from Colgate University and MD from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency and Chief residency at Yale and stayed at Yale for his fellowship in Infectious Diseases. During his fellowship he concentrated in chronic viral infections, specifically HIV and Hepatitis C. Following fellowship he has remained at Yale on the faculty and served as Co-director of the Hepatitis C-Primary Care Clinic from 2015-2022, teaching house staff to treat HCV in a primary care setting. He currently serves as the General ID Ambulatory Medical Director. He recently completed a fellowship and masters in Medical Informatics and combines this interest and his ID training to improve quality of care for patients with infections and demonstrate the value of Infectious Diseases providers through electronic medical record builds and data analytics .

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    Education & Training

    Rising Leaders Academy
    Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
    MHS
    Yale University School of Medicine (2023)
    Fellow
    VA Connecticut Healthcare System (2023)
    Physician Builder-Analytics
    Epic (2021)
    Fellowship
    Yale-New Haven Hospital (2015)
    Chief Resident
    Yale-New Haven Hospital (2013)
    Residency
    Yale-New Haven Hospital (2012)
    MD
    SUNY Downstate College of Medicine (2009)
    BA
    Colgate University, Neuroscience (2004)

    Research

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    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Joseph Canterino's published research.

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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      Infectious Diseases Society of America

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      Infectious Diseases Society of America

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      American Medical Informatics Association

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      Musculoskeletal Infection Society

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      Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Tools to Improve the Practice of OPAT

    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Joe Canterino, MD, MHS, specializes in infectious diseases and medical informatics. He treats patients with chronic hepatitis C infection and also cares for patients who receive intravenous antibiotic therapy on an outpatient basis. Dr. Canterino serves as the medical director for General Infectious Diseases at the Yale Center for Infectious Diseases.

    Dr. Canterino says "I chose be become an infectious diseases physician because I’ve always been fascinated by how the human body interacts with the world around it”.

    His research interests include combining the fields of infectious diseases and informatics to advance our health system’s ability to deliver sustainable improvement in the care for patients with infections. For example, he developed an electronic system to track the outcomes of patients receiving outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy.

    Dr. Canterino is an assistant professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

    Clinical Specialties

    Infectious Diseases

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    Board Certifications

    • Infectious Disease

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2015
    • Internal Medicine

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2013

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