Lou Hart, MD
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Biography
Lou Hart, MD, hospitalist, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Yale University School of Medicine, and medical director of health equity for Yale New Haven Health is on a mission. His goal is to improve the health and health care of all patients.
In his role at Yale New Haven Health, Dr. Hart leads efforts to improve the equity, quality & safety of care by highlighting and eliminating costly, unwanted and unnecessary variations in clinical operations and management. These unjust disparities harm the health and prosperity of all Americans.
Dr. Hart studied financial economics, medicine health & society, and philosophy while at Vanderbilt University. He attended medical school at the University of California-San Diego and completed his residency training in Pediatrics at NYU. He was an inaugural Clinical Leadership Fellow in Quality & Safety at NYC Health + Hospitals and is now a Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellow & MBA ’25 candidate at the Yale School of Management.
Education & Training
- MBAYale School of Management (2025)
- Emerging Leaders ProgramYale School of Management (2023)
- Clinical Leadership FellowNYC Health + Hospitals (2020)
- ResidencyNew York University, Pediatrics (2019)
- MDUniversity of California, San Diego, Doctor of Medicine (2016)
- BAVanderbilt University, Medicine, Health & Society / Philosophy / Financial Economics (2010)
- International Business & Economics CertificateUniversity of Copenhagen (2008)
Certifications
- Board CertificationAmerican Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics (2019)
Activities
- Health: Health Equity 2.0: From Aspiration to Sustained ActionNew Haven, CT, United States 2024Yale Innovation Summit 2024
- The Emergence and Empowerment of Executive Roles to Address Health EquityToronto, ON, Canada 2024Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting 2024
- Leveraging Systems to Advance Equity, Quality & SafetyZoom 2024Addressing Health Disparities and Inequity in Healthcare - Social Work Oncology Group
- Leveraging Systems to Advance Equity, Quality & SafetyNew Haven, CT, United States 2024Yale Health Grand Rounds
- Leveraging Systems to Advance Equity, Quality & SafetyNew Haven, CT, United States 2024Yale School of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
- The Forgotten Aim No Longer: Advancing Equity through Safety, QI Analytics and Patient AdvocacyOrlando, FL, United States 2023Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) National Forum
- Understanding the Business Case for Health EquityZoom 2023Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - Health Equity Officer Training Program
- Leveraging Systems to Advance Equity, Quality & SafetyWebEx; Portland, OR, United States 2023Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) - Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds
- Lessons Learned from our REaL Data JourneyZoom 2023Toward Consensus and Action on Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data Collection in CT
- Leveraging Systems to Advance Equity, Quality & SafetyZoom 2023Harvard Medical School - HQS700 Master's Healthcare Safety Course Intensive
- An Overview of Health Disparities and Health EquityZoom 2023CT NASW Conference
- Leveraging Systems to Advance Equity, Quality & SafetyZoom 2023Health Equity as Quality: Heart of Safety Learning Community Insights Huddle
- REL Data Collection – Technical OptimizationsNew Haven, CT, United States 2023Toward Consensus and Action on Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data Collection in CT
- Managing Technology in Healthcare: Personalization or Standardization?New Haven, CT, United States 2023Yale Healthcare Conference
- Achieving Health Equity – Our Call to ActionNew Haven, CT, United States 2023YNHHS: Let's Talk
- The Use of Race in Patient ID / One-LinersPittsfield, MA, United States 2023Department of Medicine Grand Rounds - Berkshire Medical Center
- Race Medicine - Our Call to ActionNew Haven, CT, United States 2023African American Studies 170: “Sickness and Health in African American History
- Clinical Moral Injury - Lessons Learned from Equity, Quality & SafetyBoston, MA, United States 2023HRSA Workforce Change Collaborative Learning Session
- Leveraging Systems to Advance Equity, Quality & SafetyKansas City, MO Kansas City, KS 2023Redesigning Healthcare Delivery to Improve Value
- Medical Racism: Abolishing Race-Based MedicineNew Haven, CT 2023Southern Connecticut State University MPH Invited Lecture Series
- Integrating Equity into Quality & SafetyBoston, MA, United States 2022Healthcare Equity Innovations Summit
- Pursuing Health Equity: Lessons LearnedBridgeport, CT, United States 2022NAACP CT State Health Conference
- Health(care) Equity: It’s Everyone's JobChicago, IL 2022Advancing Equity Through Quality & Safety Peer Network
- Pursuing Health Equity: Our Collective Call to ActionConnecticut 2022REL Data CT Statewide Convenings
- Health Equity & Considerations from the NICUWorldwide 2022IABLE International Breastfeeding Conference
- Abolishing Racial Biology in MedicineMt Sinai Hospital, NYC 2022Mount Sinai Pediatrics Health Equity Journal Club
- Pursuing Health Equity: Our Collective Call to ActionConnecticut 2022Racial Justice Workgroup
- Pursuing Health Equity: Our Collective Call to ActionWaterbury, CT 2022Department of Internal Medicine Noon Conference
- Pursuing Health Equity: Our Collective Call to ActionNew Haven, CT, United States 2022Business Students for Racial Equity
- Pursuing Health Equity - A Call to ActionIowa City, IA 2022Black History Month Lecture
- From Theory to Impact: Ingraining Health Equity Into Quality & Safety at NYC Health + HospitalsOrlando, FL 20212021 IHI Forum - General Conference
- Medical Eracism: Ending Race-Based Medicine at NYC H+HNew York City 2021NYC Coalition to End Racism in Clinical Algorithms (CERCA)
- Health Equity in Health SystemsChesterfield, MO 2021American College of Lifestyle Medicine Health Systems Council Board Meeting
- Overcoming Racial Injustices in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Considerations of Equity, Quality & SafetyNew York City 2021Health Law Section Fall Meeting 2021
- Overcoming Health Injustices - Considerations of Equity, Quality and SafetySouthern California 2021Advancing Health Equity Training
- Health Equity & Social JusticeSeattle, WA 2021Women’s Health Summit
- Healthcare Inequities in Communities of ColorNew York City & Connecticut 20212021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit
- Ingraining Equity in Quality & SafetyLos Angeles County 2021Cherished Futures Collaborative Workshop
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Pediatric Senior Resident Clinical Teacher of the Year Award | NYU School of Medicine | 2019 |
Pediatric Junior Resident Clinical Teacher of the Year Award | NYU School of Medicine | 2018 |
Pediatric Intern Clinical Teacher of the Year Award | NYU School of Medicine | 2017 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Standards Review Panel (SRP) , The Joint Commission (TJC) | New Requirements to Reduce Health Care Disparities - Standard LD.04.03.08 & National Patient Safety Goal 16.01.01 | 2022 |
Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) Pride Health Network | Founder | 2022 - Present |
YNHHS Ending Racial Biology in Medicine Taskforce | Director | 2022 - Present |
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) | IHI Leadership for Health Equity Professional Development Program | 2022 - Present |
Stratford Walk & Talk with a Doc Community Health Series | Volunteer | 2022 - Present |
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, NHS of New Haven | Volunteer Board Director | 2022 - Present |
YNHHS Health Equity Steering Committee | Co-Director | 2021 - 2023 |
YNHHS Health Equity Patient Data Workgroup | Director | 2021 - 2022 |
American Medical Association (AMA) | AMA Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network | 2021 - 2022 |
National Organization for Arts in Health, (NOAH) | Volunteer Board Director & Chair of Governance Committee | 2020 - 2023 |
Departments & Organizations
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Pediatric Hospitalist Program
- Pediatrics