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Thomas Durant, MD

Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine
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Additional Titles

Medical Director, Chemical Pathology, Laboratory Medicine

Medical Director, Laboratory IT Services, Laboratory Medicine

Associate Director, ACGME Chemical Pathology Fellowship, Laboratory Medicine

Contact Info

Laboratory Medicine

55 Park Street

New Haven, CT 06510

United States

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Titles

Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine

Medical Director, Chemical Pathology, Laboratory Medicine; Medical Director, Laboratory IT Services, Laboratory Medicine; Associate Director, ACGME Chemical Pathology Fellowship, Laboratory Medicine

Biography

Dr. Thomas Durant is an Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at the Yale School of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of Chemical Pathology and Laboratory Informatics at Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Associate Director for the ACGME Chemical Pathology Fellowship. Dr. Durant's research embodies a practical approach, concentrating on quality care initiatives, laboratory outcomes, statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence applications in pathology and clinical laboratory medicine. His primary research interests lie in clinical informatics and the innovative use of data management technology to extract valuable insights into laboratory quality and overall operations for enhanced patient care. Among his ongoing projects are investigations into stream processing of interface data for automated sample identification for subsequent biobanking, as well as machine learning endeavors such as the utilization of 'very deep' convolutional neural networks for the automated classification of digital images obtained in clinical laboratories, graph neural networks, and quantum machine learning.

Appointments

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Education & Training

Winchester Clinical Microbiology Fellow
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2019)
Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2018)
Chief Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2018)
MD
University of Connecticut, School of Medicine (2015)
MA
Quinnipiac University, Physical Therapy
BA
Quinnipiac University, Health Sciences (2008)

Board Certifications

  • Clinical Informatics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pathology
    Original Certification Date
    2022
  • Medical Microbiology Pathology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pathology
    Original Certification Date
    2019
  • Clinical Pathology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pathology
    Original Certification Date
    2018

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Thomas Durant's published research.

Publications

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2023

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Laboratory Medicine

55 Park Street

New Haven, CT 06510

United States