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Walter Kernan, MD, professor of medicine (general medicine) retired on October 1, 2022, from his position as professor of medicine and transitioned to emeritus status with an appointment as senior research scientist.

Patient engagement in advance care planning (ACP) is an important and yet challenging goal for clinicians. Several tradeoffs exist between facilitator-led ACP interventions and their required resources compared with self-administered tools.

In 2012, Yale’s Department of Internal Medicine established an annual Physician-Scientist Trainee Award in memory of Iva Dostanic, MD, PhD, whose intelligence, creativity, work ethic, accomplishments, and passion for the science of medicine exemplified the highest ideals of the physician-scientist.

In a new paper, Pramod Mistry and colleagues describe a thriving program that provides therapies to people with rare diseases.

Short sleep duration has been associated with higher risk of adverse medical events, according to Dr. César Caraballo-Cordovez.

For the burgeoning population of covid long haulers, debilitating symptoms and fatigue has kept them from returning to work — and in return, struggling to navigate their new normal.

‘Mass incarceration is one of the greatest health challenges of our time’: MacArthur ‘genius’ Emily Wang on building solutions

Jessica M. Stempel, MD, a second-year fellow in the Yale Medical Oncology-Hematology Fellowship Program, has received the Patterson Trust Mentored Research Award.