MD Admissions Committee Chair
Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology); Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid; Director, START Program
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.
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
Jean McLean Wallace Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Cellular And Molecular Physiology
Associate Professor of Surgery (Trauma); Director, Surgery Clerkship Program, Yale School of Medicine
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Neurosurgery
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; Vice-Chair of Education, Neurology; Neurology Residency Program Director, Neurology
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
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery (Colon and Rectal); Head of Advisory House, Slayman House, Office of Student Affairs
Associate Professor of Medicine (AIDS) and of Pharmacology; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health