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Joseph Canterino, MD, MHS

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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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Medical Director for Ambulatory Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine

Donaldson Firm Chief, Internal Medicine

Curriculum Director: Medical Informatics in Infectious Diseases Training Track, Infectious Diseases

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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Medical Director for Ambulatory Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine; Donaldson Firm Chief, Internal Medicine; Curriculum Director: Medical Informatics in Infectious Diseases Training Track, Infectious Diseases

Biography

Joe Canterino (he/him) received his bachelor's degree from Colgate University and MD from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency and Chief residency at Yale and stayed at Yale for his fellowship in Infectious Diseases. During his fellowship he concentrated in chronic viral infections, specifically HIV and Hepatitis C. Following fellowship he has remained at Yale on the faculty and served as Co-director of the Hepatitis C-Primary Care Clinic from 2015-2022, teaching house staff to treat HCV in a primary care setting. He currently serves as the General ID Ambulatory Medical Director. He recently completed a fellowship and masters in Medical Informatics and combines this interest and his ID training to improve quality of care for patients with infections and demonstrate the value of Infectious Diseases providers through electronic medical record builds and data analytics .

Appointments

  • Infectious Diseases

    Assistant Professor
    Primary
  • Biomedical Informatics & Data Science

    Assistant Professor
    Secondary

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Rising Leaders Academy
Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
MHS
Yale University School of Medicine (2023)
Fellow
VA Connecticut Healthcare System (2023)
Physician Builder-Analytics
Epic (2021)
Fellowship
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2015)
Chief Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2013)
Residency
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2012)
MD
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine (2009)
BA
Colgate University, Neuroscience (2004)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Joseph Canterino's published research.

Publications

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2023

2020

2017

2012

2008

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Infectious Diseases Society of America

  • activity

    Infectious Diseases Society of America

  • activity

    American Medical Informatics Association

  • activity

    Musculoskeletal Infection Society

  • activity

    Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Tools to Improve the Practice of OPAT

Clinical Care

Overview

Joe Canterino, MD, MHS, specializes in infectious diseases and medical informatics. He treats patients with chronic hepatitis C infection and also cares for patients who receive intravenous antibiotic therapy on an outpatient basis. Dr. Canterino serves as the medical director for General Infectious Diseases at the Yale Center for Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Canterino says "I chose be become an infectious diseases physician because I’ve always been fascinated by how the human body interacts with the world around it”.

His research interests include combining the fields of infectious diseases and informatics to advance our health system’s ability to deliver sustainable improvement in the care for patients with infections. For example, he developed an electronic system to track the outcomes of patients receiving outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy.

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

Clinical Specialties

Infectious Diseases

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Board Certifications

  • Infectious Disease

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2015
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2013

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