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Aba Black, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
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Associate Program Director for Diversity & Inclusion, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program

Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, General Internal Medicine

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Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)

Associate Program Director for Diversity & Inclusion, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program; Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, General Internal Medicine

Biography

Aba (Osseo-Asare) Black received her Bachelors from Princeton and went on to graduate from medical school at the University of Rochester. She completed her residency at the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Program, where she also served as chief resident. She currently works as a faculty member in the Yale Section of General Internal Medicine. Many of her career and research interests focus on enhancing workplace diversity and inclusion, including participating in minority recruitment efforts, facilitating workshops on bias, and researching the effects of race on minority physicians. Her clinical work is devoted to working with underserved patient populations in a primary care setting. In her role as a clinician-educator, she also works towards supporting residents who identify with minority affinity groups and developing curricula designed to enhance cross-cultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

MHS
Yale University (2019)
Chief Resident
Yale University (2017)
Resident
Yale University (2016)
MD
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2013)
BA
Princeton University, Sociology (2009)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Aba Black's published research.

Publications

2022

2021

2018

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    CT American College of Physicians Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

  • honor

    Yale Primary Care Faculty Teaching Award

  • honor

    Leonard Tow Humanism Award

  • honor

    Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society

Clinical Care

Overview

Aba Black, MD, MHS, specializes in internal medicine. She is the associate program director for Diversity & Inclusion at the Yale primary care internal medicine residency program and the vice chief of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Black’s research examines support provided by medical training programs for diversity and the experiences of minority doctors during their training.

Dr. Black's work has been recognized through awards such as the Leonard Tow Humanism Award, the Yale Primary Care Faculty Teaching Award, the Connecticut American College of Physicians Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award, and induction into the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society.

Dr. Black is an assistant professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Internal Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2016

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