Hun Millard, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and the Child Study Center and interim vice chief of psychiatry and behavioral health for Yale New Haven Hospital (YNNH) has accepted the “permanent” position of vice chief of psychiatry and behavioral health for YNHH, deputy chair of psychiatry for the Yale New Haven Health System, and medical director of Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital.
Millard was selected after a highly competitive search process that considered several outstanding candidates. She graduated from Howard University College of Medicine, did psychiatry residency training at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and then completed her child psychiatry fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center.
Millard stepped into her interim role during the advancing illness of her predecessor, Dr. Frank Fortunati. This year, the Department of Psychiatry recognized her exceptional dedication and accomplishments in this role when it awarded her the Frank Fortunati Award.
Millard is trained in both adult and child/adolescent psychiatry. She previously served in a number of roles within YNHH that enabled her to develop a deep understanding of the service including deputy medical director, inpatient section chief, chief of the Transitional Age Youth Inpatient Unit, and medical director of the Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program.
Millard is also a dedicated and accomplished psychiatric educator who has twice received the Yale Psychiatry Residents' Association Teaching Award, and the Melvin Lewis Medical Student Teacher of the Year Award. She also previously served as the YNHH co-site director of residency.
She is a visible contributor to the Yale Department of Psychiatry, where she serves in a number of roles including the Steering Committee of the department’s Anti-Racism Task Force. She is also active in national organizations such as the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, where she has served on committees and presented her academic work.
In assuming this important role, Millard joins the ranks of leaders who previously served in this role including Drs. Thomas Detre, Malcolm Bowers, William Sledge, and Frank Fortunati. To the department's knowledge, she becomes the first female to serve in this role.