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Michelle Hughes, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
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Medical Chief of Quality and Safety, Digestive Health, Yale New Haven Health

Contact Info

Yale School of Medicine

Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), PO Box 208019

New Haven, CT 06520-8019

United States

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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Positions outside Yale

Medical Chief of Quality and Safety, Digestive Health, Yale New Haven Health

Biography

Michelle Hughes, MD is a gastroenterologist at Yale Medicine specializing in the practice of gastroenterology in the inpatient setting. She is dedicated to providing comprehensive and compassionate care of acute conditions involving the gastrointestinal system for patients admitted to the hospital. She is interested in quality improvement and clinical research on inpatient-focused and general GI issues. She works closely with trainees and is heavily involved in medical education at the student, resident, and fellow level.

Dr. Hughes earned her M.D. with honors from Albany Medical College. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Boston Medical Center then went on to complete her Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY.

She treats a variety of conditions including GI bleeding, inflammatory bowel diseases, evaluation and management of nutritional disorders, removal of foreign bodies, and diagnostic workup of malignancies of the GI tract. She performs the following procedures: esophagogastroduodenoscopy (a diagnostic endoscopic procedure for the upper digestive tract, also known as EGD), colonoscopy, feeding tube placement and removal, and video capsule endoscopy.

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Education & Training

Fellow
University of Rochester Medical Center (2019)
Resident
Boston Medical Center (2016)
Intern
Boston Medical Center (2014)
MD
Albany Medical College (2013)
BA
Boston College (2008)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Quality Improvement

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Michelle Hughes's published research.

Publications

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2023

2022

2021

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    American College of Gastroenterology

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    American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy GI Hospitalist SIG

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    American College of Gastroenterology Practice Management Summit

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    Yale New Haven Health Digestive Health Care Signature Council

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    Hemostasis Hands-on Session

Clinical Care

Overview

Michelle Hughes, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Yale Medicine specializing in the practice of gastroenterology in the inpatient setting. She is dedicated to providing comprehensive and compassionate care of acute conditions involving the gastrointestinal system for patients admitted to the hospital. She is interested in quality improvement and clinical research on inpatient-focused and general GI issues. She works closely with trainees and is heavily involved in medical education at the student, resident, and fellow level.

Dr. Hughes earned her MD with honors from Albany Medical College. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Boston Medical Center then went on to complete her Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY.

She treats a variety of conditions including GI bleeding, inflammatory bowel diseases, evaluation and management of nutritional disorders, removal of foreign bodies, and diagnostic workup of malignancies of the GI tract. She performs the following procedures: esophagogastroduodenoscopy (a diagnostic endoscopic procedure for the upper digestive tract, also known as EGD), colonoscopy, feeding tube placement and removal, and video capsule endoscopy.

Clinical Specialties

Gastroenterology

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Board Certifications

  • Gastroenterology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2019
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2016

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Yale School of Medicine

Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), PO Box 208019

New Haven, CT 06520-8019

United States

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