Internal Medicine

The Department of Internal Medicine at Yale is among the nation's premier departments, bringing together an elite cadre of clinicians, investigators and educators in one of the world's top medical schools.

The Department has 450+ full-time faculty members and a voluntary faculty of over 500, and its training ranks include approximately 400 residents and fellows. Among the faculty are members of the Institute of Medicine, the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. The Department is embedded in a remarkable basic science environment at Yale, with a collaborative culture that affords numerous opportunities for interdisciplinary and translational research. Read more...

I am pleased to announce that Gary V. Desir, M.D., professor of medicine (nephrology), will lead the Department of Internal Medicine as interim chair, pending a search for a permanent chair. He fills the vacancy left by Jack A. Elias, M.D., who is the new dean at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School.  Read more...