Skip to Main Content
Directory of Faculty Research Interests
YSM Home

INFORMATION FOR

Bubu Banini, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
DownloadHi-Res Photo

Are You a Patient?

View this doctor's clinical profile on the Yale Medicine website for information about the services we offer and making an appointment.

View Doctor Profile

Additional Titles

Translational Research Director of the Metabolic Health and Weight Loss Program, Digestive Diseases

Contact Info

bubu.banini@yale.edu
203.737.6063

Yale School of Medicine

Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), P.O. Box 208019

New Haven, CT 06520-8019

United States

About

Titles

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Translational Research Director of the Metabolic Health and Weight Loss Program, Digestive Diseases

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Fellowship
Virginia Commonwealth University (2020)
Clinical Fellowship
Virginia Commonwealth University (2019)
Research Fellowship
Virginia Commonwealth University (2017)
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship
Mayo Clinic (2015)
Chief Residency
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital (Sound Shore Medical Center), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2013)
Residency
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital (Sound Shore Medical Center), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2012)
Internship
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2010)
MD
Sidney Kimmel Medical College (Jefferson Medical College), Thomas Jefferson University (2009)
PhD
College of Graduate Studies, Thomas Jefferson University, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2009)
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College (Jefferson Medical College), Thomas Jefferson University (2009)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
College of Graduate Studies, Thomas Jefferson University (2009)
BA
Swarthmore College, Biology Major; Chemistry Minor (2002)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Clinical Trials as Topic; Fatty Liver, Alcoholic; Health Disparate Minority and Vulnerable Populations; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Obesity

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Bubu Banini's published research.

Publications

2025

2024

See All Publications

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

  • activity

    Clinical Liver Disease

    2023 - PresentJournal ServiceEditorial Board Member
  • activity

    Connecticut State Medical Society Committee on Advancement of Women in Medicine

    2022 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsCo-Chair
  • activity

    Women's Health Education Champion (Digestive Diseases)

    2023 - PresentCommitteesLead
  • activity

    Research Operations Committee, Digestive Health North Haven Facility

    2022 - PresentCommitteesChair
  • activity

    American Association for Study of the Liver

    2023 - PresentPeer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsCommittee Member
View full list of activities

Honors

  • honor

    Public Voices Fellow

    10/01/2023Yale University AwardYale University
  • honor

    Early Investigator Career Enhancement Program Award

    12/21/2022National AwardNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the Office of Research on Women’s Health
  • honor

    Best Poster Award

    10/21/2022Regional AwardAmerican College of Physicians
  • honor

    AGA FORWARD Scholar

    03/01/2022National AwardAmerican Gastroenterology Association
  • honor

    ACG Young Physician Leadership Program

    12/01/2021National AwardAmerican College of Gastroenterology
View full list of honors

Clinical Care

Overview

Bubu Banini, MD, PhD, specializes in digestive diseases, treating various liver conditions, such as hepatitis A, B, and E, alcoholic cirrhosis, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

As the Translational Research Director of the Metabolic Health and Weight Loss Program, Dr. Banini's research interests include NAFLD, decompensated cirrhosis and hepatic hydrothorax, liver cancer, portal hypertension and transient elastography, and the role of genes in alcoholic hepatitis.

Dr. Banini has received various awards, including the Young Scientist Travel Award, the Fellow Travel Awards for AASLD, DDW, ACG, and EASL, and the Early Investigator Career Enhancement Program Award.

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

Clinical Specialties

Hepatology; Obesity Medicine

Fact Sheets

See All Fact Sheets On Yale Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Obesity Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Obesity Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2021

Yale Medicine News

See All News On Yale Medicine

Are You a Patient?

View this doctor's clinical profile on the Yale Medicine website for information about the services we offer and making an appointment.

View Doctor Profile

Get In Touch

Contacts

Email
Academic Office Number
Appointment Number
Clinic Fax Number
Mailing Address

Yale School of Medicine

Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), P.O. Box 208019

New Haven, CT 06520-8019

United States

Administrative Support

Locations

  • Patient Care Locations

    Are You a Patient? View this doctor's clinical profile on the Yale Medicine website for information about the services we offer and making an appointment.

    See Patient Care Locations

Events

Sep 20255Friday