Dana Dunne, MD, MHS, FACP, FIDSA
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Professor Emeritus of Medicine
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Dr. Dunne has spent the majority of her career focusing on the care of patients with sexually transmitted diseases and on the education of clinicians who also care for these patients. From 2013 until 2025, she was a founding and core faculty member for the Yale Primary Care HIV Training Track.
Dr Dunne also enjoys medical education and faculty development. She served as the Inpatient Internal Medicine Clerkship Director from 2011-2023 and then became the inaugural Director of the YSM Coaching program until her retirement in July 2026. She directed many educator development projects for GME, UME, and faculty.
Last Updated on September 15, 2026.
Appointments
Infectious Diseases
EmeritusPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- AIDS Care Program
- Dean's Workshops
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine Clerkship
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- MHS
- Yale School of Medicine, Medical Education (2020)
- Fellow
- Yale School of Medicine (1992)
- Chief Resident
- Yale School of Medicine (1990)
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital (1989)
- MD
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center (1986)
- BA
- University of Washington, Zoology (1981)
Board Certifications
Infectious Disease
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Latest Certification Date
- 2013
- Original Certification Date
- 1992
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 1989
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Medical Research Interests
Chlamydia Infections; Global Health; Gonorrhea; Infectious Disease Medicine; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial; Syphilis; Vaginosis, Bacterial
ORCID
0000-0002-1148-9361
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Frequent collaborators of Dana Dunne's published research.
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A big-picture view of Dana Dunne's research output by year.
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Research topics Dana Dunne is interested in exploring.
Erol Fikrig, MD
Janet Hafler, EdD
Jeanette Tetrault, MD, FACP, FASAM
Lydia Aoun-Barakat, MD
Martin Slade, MPH, PhD
Michael Green, MD
20Publications
307Citations
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Syphilis
Publications
2026
Teaching the Learner to Teach: An Effective and Reproducible Curriculum to Engage Junior Residents as Educators
Freedman-Weiss M, Coppersmith N, Slade M, Dunne D, Encandela J, Ahle S, Hafler J, Yoo P. Teaching the Learner to Teach: An Effective and Reproducible Curriculum to Engage Junior Residents as Educators. The American Surgeon 2026, 92: 2442-2451. PMID: 41887182, DOI: 10.1177/00031348261433637.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Syphilitic Hepatitis: An Atypical Presentation of an Uncommon Disease
Gleason-Vergados J, Cao Y, Chipkin B, Mezzacappa C, Zhang X, Dunne D. Syphilitic Hepatitis: An Atypical Presentation of an Uncommon Disease. Annals Of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases 2025, 4 DOI: 10.7326/aimcc.2024.1364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricProcedural Entrustment Alignment Between Pediatric Residents and Their Preceptors in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Goldman M, Slade M, Gielissen K, Hirsch A, Prabhu E, Dunne D, Auerbach M. Procedural Entrustment Alignment Between Pediatric Residents and Their Preceptors in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Care 2025, 41: 348-353. PMID: 39841101, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000003330.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Developing CLOUT: A Longitudinal, Cross-Program Chief Resident Curriculum to Increase Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment
Dunne D, Asnes A, Berg D, Chen A, Dewey J, Gupta S, Fernandes C, Huot S. Developing CLOUT: A Longitudinal, Cross-Program Chief Resident Curriculum to Increase Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment. Academic Medicine 2024, 99: s87-s91. PMID: 39601612, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsHow Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors Are Using Entrustable Professional Activities: A National Survey Study
Gielissen K, Foust A, Weinstein A, Duca N, Jenkins M, Kisielewski M, Misra S, Dunne D. How Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors Are Using Entrustable Professional Activities: A National Survey Study. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2024, 40: 46-53. PMID: 39147939, PMCID: PMC11780069, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08991-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsTeaching Sideways: Implementing a Peer-Led Medical Student Orientation Bootcamp and Survival Guide for Internal Medicine Clerkship
Ramakrishnan D, Ilagan-Ying Y, Bollinger B, Dunne D. Teaching Sideways: Implementing a Peer-Led Medical Student Orientation Bootcamp and Survival Guide for Internal Medicine Clerkship. Southern Medical Journal 2024, 117: 1-6. PMID: 38151243, DOI: 10.14423/smj.0000000000001638.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2022
Comparison of traditional instruction versus nontraditional learning to improve trainee knowledge of urine culture practices in catheterized patients
Gao CA, Datta R, Dunne D, Dembry LM, Martinello RA, Juthani-Mehta M, Advani SD. Comparison of traditional instruction versus nontraditional learning to improve trainee knowledge of urine culture practices in catheterized patients. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology 2022, 2: e81. PMID: 35647610, PMCID: PMC9139028, DOI: 10.1017/ash.2022.225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2019
Development of a Novel Competency-Based Evaluation System for HIV Primary Care Training: the HIV Entrustable Professional Activities
Dunne D, Green M, Tetrault J, Barakat LA. Development of a Novel Competency-Based Evaluation System for HIV Primary Care Training: the HIV Entrustable Professional Activities. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2019, 35: 331-335. PMID: 31667752, PMCID: PMC6957645, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-04956-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricSpecialty and Lifestyle Preference Changes during Medical School
Fischer J, Clinite K, Sullivan E, Jenkins T, Bourne C, Chou C, Diemer G, Dunne D, Hartung P, Paauw D, Reddy S. Specialty and Lifestyle Preference Changes during Medical School. Medical Science Educator 2019, 29: 995-1001. PMID: 34457576, PMCID: PMC8368833, DOI: 10.1007/s40670-019-00790-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricViews of institutional leaders on maintaining humanism in today’s practice
Gilligan MC, Osterberg LG, Rider EA, Derse AR, Weil AB, Litzelman DK, Dunne DW, Hafler JP, Plews-Ogan M, Frankel RM, Branch WT. Views of institutional leaders on maintaining humanism in today’s practice. Patient Education And Counseling 2019, 102: 1911-1916. PMID: 31097330, DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.04.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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activity Infectious Diseases Society of America
06/30/1992 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsFellowactivity American College of Physicians
06/01/2009 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsFellowactivity Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM)
02/28/2011 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMember
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honor Fellow
05/09/2024Other AwardInfectious Diseases Society of AmericaDetailsUnited Stateshonor The Steven Huot Award for Dedication and Excellence
06/05/2023Yale School of Medicine AwardYale School of Medicine Primary Care Residency ProgramDetailsUnited Stateshonor Fred Kantor, MD award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching
06/05/2019Yale School of Medicine AwardTraditional Internal Medicine Residency ProgramDetailsUnited Stateshonor Edwin C Cadman, MD Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching
06/05/2019Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Primary Care Residency ProgramDetailsUnited Stateshonor Charles W. Bohmfalk Prize for teaching in the clinical sciences
05/20/2019Yale School of Medicine AwardYale School of MedicineDetailsUnited States
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- September 22, 2026
Residents Role-Play As Infectious Diseases Doctors In “Viral” Video Game
- June 25, 2026
Dana Dunne Retires After Decades of Leadership in Medical Education
- March 16, 2026
Yale Pediatrics 2026 Junior Faculty Retreat
- May 09, 2025
Margaret Fikrig, Longtime Educator and Clinician in the Yale HIV/AIDS Program, Retires
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