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Admissions Committee

The mission of the Admissions Committee is to admit a diverse class of outstanding students who show great promise for becoming creative leaders in medicine and science. The committee has direct responsibility and final authority for determining who is admitted to Yale School of Medicine for both the MD and the Medical Scientist Training Program. (MD/PhD program).

If you would like to share input or are interested in the work of this committee, please contact the chair, Laura Ment.

Admissions Committee

  • MD Admissions Committee Chair

    Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology); Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid; Director, START Program

  • Professor of Dermatology; Director of Dermatology, Yale University Health Services, Dermatology; Director of Dermatology Service, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Dermatology

  • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director, Emergency Medicine Clerkship; Head of Advisory House, Creed House, Office of Student Affairs

  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary); Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

  • Associate Professor of Surgery (Oncology); Section Chief, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) and Mixed Tumors, Surgery; Co-Director of Team Science, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI); Co-Program Leader, Advanced Hepatobiliary Disease, Yale Cancer Center

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery; Associate Program Director, Neurosurgery Residency, Neurosurgery; Chief of Neurosurgery, VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Director, Neurosurgical Outcomes Research, Neurosurgery

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology); Director of Neurosciences and Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Units; Director of Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Pediatrics

  • Wayne O. Southwick Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation; Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; with Tenure in Traditional Track; Professor in Department of Pathology, Secondary Appointment; Biological and Biomedical Science Program, YSM Postgraduate School; Wayne O. Southwick Endowed Professor in Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Presidential Line Officer (Treasurer in 2023-Secretary in 2024-President-Elect in 2025-President in 2026), Executive Committee, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society

  • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Vice Chair for Education, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

  • Associate Professor Adjunct; Director, Cardiology Clinical Trial Unit; Director, Cardiac Imaging (Nuclear, MR, CT), Division of Cardiology; Director, Cardiometabolic Prevention Clinic, Division of Cardiology; Associate Director, Preventive Cardiovascular Health Program (PCHPY); Director, Nuclear Cardiology, VHA-Connecticut

  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Vice-Chief (Endoscopy), Digestive Diseases; Director of Advanced Endoscopy, YNHHS; Associate Chief of Endoscopy, Digestive Health; Director, Yale Center for Pancreatitis; Director, Bariatric Endoscopy