Benjamin Doolittle, MD, MA Div
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Professor of Medicine (General Medicine), Pediatrics and Divinity; Director, Int Med-Pediatrics Residency Program
Director, Int Med-Pediatrics Residency Program; Professor, Religion and HealthBiography
Ben Doolittle is the Program Director of the Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. He is also the Medical Director of the Faculty-Resident Continuity Clinic. His practice focuses on addiction, Hepatitis C, HIV, and primary care. His research interests explore the intersection of medicine and spirituality, wellness and burnout. Ben is also an ordained minister, holding a MDIV from Yale Divinity School, and serves a local urban congregation.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
ProfessorPrimaryGeneral Pediatrics
ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
- Blue College Affiliates
- General Internal Medicine
- General Pediatrics
- Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Program for Biomedical Ethics
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital (2002)
- MD
- Yale University School of Medicine (1997)
- MA Div
- Yale Divinity School (1994)
- BS
- Yale University (1991)
Research
Overview
I am interested in the interface between medicine and spirituality, wellness and burnout, as well as medical education and primary care. I have several on-going projects about emotional coping and job stress, as well as the influence of religion on chronic disease.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Benjamin Doolittle, MD, is board-certified in internal medicine and pediatrics but primarily focuses on taking care of adults struggling with addiction and HIV.
In addition to treating patients, Dr. Doolittle is an ordained minister, holding an MDiv (master of divinity) from Yale Divinity School, and serves a local urban congregation. He is a professor of religion and health at Yale Divinity School and a professor of general medicine and pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine.
Dr. Doolittle’s research interests explore the relationship between medicine and spirituality, wellness, and physician burnout. Dr. Doolittle has several ongoing projects about the influence of religion on chronic disease as well as emotional coping and job stress, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Doolittle has earned many accolades during his career, including the Courage to Teach award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Leonard Tow Humanism and Leah Lowenstein awards from Yale School of Medicine. He is also the program director of the Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Pediatrics
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pediatrics
- Latest Certification Date
- 2018
- Original Certification Date
- 2003
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2002
Links & Media
Media
News
- June 26, 2024
Yale Med/Peds Residents Explore Role as Healers in New Arts-Healing Workshop
- March 15, 2024
Announcing the New Residents in the Internal Medicine Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program!
- November 03, 2023Source: Darwin College, University of Cambridge
A life of faith and science
- July 17, 2023
Internal Medicine Med/Peds Residency Program Celebrates Graduation
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General Internal Medicine
PO Box 208056, 333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8056
United States
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