Lydia Aoun-Barakat, MD, has been named associate chair of ambulatory clinical affairs for the Yale School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine. The new position will help address the significant ambulatory growth in the department during the past several years.
In her new role, Aoun-Barakat will work closely with Lynn Tanoue, MD, MBA, professor of medicine (pulmonary) and vice chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Internal Medicine to run, improve, and centralize operations and processes across the department’s dozens of clinic sites.
This new role will allow me to grow and serve the department to the best of my capabilities.
Lydia Aoun-Barakat, MD
“I am excited for the opportunity to work alongside Dr. Tanoue in optimizing and standardizing the clinical operations in our ambulatory sites to improve the care of our patients and the wellness of our faculty and providers,” Barakat said. “This new role will allow me to grow and serve the department to the best of my capabilities.”
From FY 2019 to FY 2023, clinical work generated by Department of Internal Medicine faculty in the ambulatory space increased by 44%. While growth has also occurred in the inpatient and procedural areas, the magnitude of the department’s ambulatory footprint requires additional leadership oversight, according to Tanoue.
Aoun-Barakat first came to Yale as a clinical fellow in infectious diseases in 1998. A nationally recognized leader in quality improvement and HIV care, she is currently the medical director of the Yale Center for Infectious Diseases, where she oversees the infectious diseases ambulatory services at Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale Medicine, including the care of over 1,600 patients living with or at risk of HIV, general infectious diseases, and transplant infectious diseases, with plans to begin offering travel medicine.
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