Six Yale School of Medicine (YSM) faculty members have been recognized for their significant career accomplishments and contributions to medical practice, science, medicine, and the community. At a ceremony on Monday, June 22, the following individuals were honored for receiving the David J. Leffell, MD, Prize for Clinical Excellence and the Distinguished Clinical Career Award.
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Yale Medicine Honors Six Faculty Members for Clinical Excellence & Distinguished Careers
David J. Leffell, MD, Prize for Clinical Excellence
In 2008, Cindy and David Leffell made a generous gift in honor of David’s 30th reunion at Yale College. Since then, annually, the David J. Leffell, MD, Prize for Clinical Excellence has recognized a Yale Medicine faculty member who best exemplifies clinical expertise, a commitment to teaching, and the highest standards of care and compassion for patients. A single recipient is selected each year.
2026 Recipient: Peter J. Ellis, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine), YSM
Clinical Coordinator, Mental Health Collaborative Care Program, Yale Internal Medicine Associates
Yale Medicine Distinguished Clinical Career Award
The Yale Medicine Distinguished Clinical Career Award honors physicians who have contributed to Yale Medicine for at least 20 years since completing their fellowship training and whose careers are marked by significant accomplishments, exemplary dedication, and important contributions to advancing the practice, the overall medical profession, and the community. The award is intended to honor faculty members who are widely recognized as distinguished clinicians and who have devoted the main part of their careers to Yale. For 2026, the following five individuals were selected to receive this award.
Awardees:
Kirsten Bechtel, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) and of Emergency Medicine, YSM
Medical Director, Pediatric Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
Pei Hui, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology, and of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, YSM
Director, Gynecologic Pathology, YSM
Clinical Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories, YSM
Founding Director, Center for the Precision Medicine of Trophoblastic Disease, YSM
William H. Rosenblatt, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology, YSM
Director, Section of Otolaryngologic Anesthesia, YSM
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Joseph L. Schindler, MD
Professor of Neurology and of Neurosurgery, YSM
Clinical Chief of Vascular Neurology, Yale New Haven Hospital
Director, Yale New Haven Telestroke Service
Director, Yale New Haven Comprehensive Stroke Center
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Dorothy Stubbe, MD
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, YSM
Program Director, Albert J. Solnit Integrated Residency Training Program, Yale Child Study Center