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Yale School of Medicine’s newest MD elective extends the school’s efforts to prepare future physician leaders by providing students practical skills to engage with the conditions and systems that shape the health of their patients and communities.

Students have several options to further develop their skills as scholars, researchers, and educators through scholarly concentrations, certificate programs, and tracks.

This year’s Lindenthal Lecture on Holocaust and Genocide was given by David Goldman, JD, founder and chairman of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). Goldman’s lecture, “Nazi Doctors: Learning from Complicity” explored ethics, power, and the commercialization of medicine.

Dr. Fumiko Chino welcomes Dr. Jennifer Miller and breast cancer survivor Megan-Claire Chase to discuss Dr. Miller's recent article, "Representation of Women, Older Adults, and Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Patients in Pivotal Trials for U.S. Food and Drug Administration Novel Oncology Therapeutic Approvals, 2012-2021: Bright Spot Trials and Trends Over Time," highlighting new research about how we are doing with diversity in key cancer clinical trials.

Driven in part by frustrations with the medical system, more and more Americans are seeking advice from AI. Last year, about 1 in 6 adults — and about a quarter of adults under 30 — used chatbots to find health information at least once a month, according to a survey from KFF, a health policy research group.

Matthew Ellman, MD, teaches budding doctors how to practice engaged end-of-life care. It can mean everything to their patients.

The 13th annual Medical Education Day at Yale was held on June 5, 2025.

On May 9, the Yale School of Medicine Physician Assistant Online Program Class of 2025 celebrated their graduation from the 28-month program. Family and friends filled Yale's Battell Chapel for the ceremony, while others watched remotely.

Ignoring the soggy weather on May 4, about 200 Yale School of Medicine (YSM) MD, MD-PhD, and Physician Associate (PA) program students, along with heads of advisory houses, PA advisors, and a number of house community and YSM affiliates, gathered on Harkness Lawn and in Café Med and Harkness Ballroom for second annual Kalanithi Cup.