Deborah Dyett Desir, MD
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Dr. Desir is a graduate of Harvard University (cum laude) and Yale University School of Medicine (cum laude, AOA). She completed residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and fellowship in rheumatology at Yale University School of Medicine. She is founder of the Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, PC, in Hamden, Branford, and Milford, CT, and served as its medical director for 27 years. She is currently associate professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Yale School of Medicine, and medical director of Yale Medicine Rheumatology, Hamden.
Dr. Desir has served as ACR alternate advisor to the AMA RUC Committee. She was a member of the ACR Government Affairs Committee, Committee on Rheumatologic Care, RheumPAC, and Finance Committee. She was a member of the State of Connecticut Partnership Advisory Panel on Lupus. She has served on the Ethics & Judicial Affairs Committee of the New Haven County Medical Association. She is on the Finance & Legislative Committees for the Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS) and served as CSMS Council representative from the Elizabeth Blackwell Woman’s Section. She is a past president of the New Haven County Medical Association
She is on the Board of the Cornell Scott Hill Health Center Foundation, the Board of Trustees of Quinnipiac University and the Board of Directors of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. She is a member of the New Haven Chapter of The Links, Inc., the New Haven Chapter of Girlfriends, Inc., the Theta Epsilon Omega chapter of AKA Sorority, Inc., and the Garden Club of New Haven. She was a member of the Garden Club of America’s Ad Hoc Committee on Cultivating Common Ground and Building Diversity. She currently serves on the Police Commission for the Town of Woodbridge, CT, along with the Democratic Town Committee. She is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green in New Haven, CT.
She is the wife of Dr. Gary Desir and the daughter of the late Dr. Benjamin I. Dyett and Mrs. Betty M. Dyett. She is the mother of Carl (Reema), Matthew (Cortni), Chrysanthemum (Camille Seaberry), and Alexandra (Maurice Clarke), and the grandmother of Elodie, Amari, Zaydee and Lexington.
Education & Training
- FellowYale University School of Medicine (1987)
- ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital (1983)
- InternYale-New Haven Hospital (1981)
- MDYale University School of Medicine (1980)
- BAHarvard University, Biochemistry (1976)
Certifications
- Board CertificationAmerican College of Physicians, Rheumatology (1994)
- Board CertificationAB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1983)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Leadership Award from New Haven County Medical Association | New Haven County Medical Association | 2022 |
Woman in Motion | CT Arthritis Foundation | 2022 |
Connecticut Magazine Top Doctors for 2022 | Connecticut Magazine | 2022 |
Castle Connolly Top Doctors 2022 | Castle Connolly | 2022 |
Connecticut Magazine Top Doctors for 2021 | Connecticut Magazine | 2021 |
Community Service Award | Southern Connecticut Black Nurses Association | 2019 |
Connecticut Magazine's Top Doctors for 2017 | Connecticut Magazine | 2017 |
Community Service Award | West Haven Black Coalition | 2014 |
Business Award | New Haven Club of the National Assoc. of Negro Business & Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. | 2013 |
Citizen of the Year | Chi Omicron Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc | 2012 |
Community Service Award | New Haven Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women | 1993 |
Woman of the Year | The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. | 1993 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Minority Medical Faculty Development Grant | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 1985 |
Arthritis Foundation Fellow | Arthritis Foundation | 1984 |
National Medical Fellowships, Merit Graduation Award | Henry Kaiser Family Foundation | 1980 |
Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society | Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society | 1980 |
John P. Peters Prize for an Outstanding Thesis | Yale University School of Medicine | 1980 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Quinnipiac University | Board of Directors | 2022 - Present |
Garden Club of America | GCA Ad hoc Committee on Cultivating Common Ground and Building Diversity | 2021 - Present |
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter | Covid-19 Pandemic Relief Committee | 2020 - Present |
American College of Rheumatology | Committee on Corporate Relations | 2020 - 2022 |
American College of Rheumatology | Executive Committee | 2020 - Present |
American College of Rheumatology | Board of Directors | 2020 - Present |
American College of Rheumatology Foundation | Secretary | 2020 - Present |
The New Haven (CT) Chapter of Links, Inc. | Covid-19 Pandemic Rapid Response Committee | 2020 - Present |
New Haven County Medical Association | President | 2019 - 2020 |
Yale-New Haven Hospital | Medical Executive Administrative Committee | 2019 |
Community Medical Group | Board of Directors | 2019 |
New Haven County Medical Association | President | 2019 - Present |
Connecticut State Medical Society | Legislative Committee | 2018 - Present |
American College of Rheumatology | Committee on Finance | 2017 - 2020 |
American College of Rheumatology | AMA Alternate Advisor to the RUC | 2017 - 2020 |
New Haven County Medical Association | President-elect | 2017 - 2019 |
American College of Rheumatology | Psoriatic Arthritis Guideline Project | 2016 - 2018 |
Connecticut State Medical Society | Finance Committee | 2016 - 2020 |
Yale-New Haven Hospital | Medical Executive Committee | 2016 - 2019 |
New Haven County Medical Association | Vice President | 2016 - 2017 |
Connecticut State Medical Society | Council Member | 2016 - Present |
Connecticut State Medical Society | Elizabeth Blackwell Women's Section | 2016 - Present |
The New Haven (CT) Chapter of Links, Inc. | Treasurer | 2015 - 2021 |
New Haven County Medical Association | Treasurer | 2015 - 2016 |
International Festival of Arts & Ideas | Board of Directors | 2014 - Present |
Community Medical Group | Compensation Committee | 2014 - 2019 |
American College of Rheumatology | Board of Directors | 2014 - 2017 |
New Haven County Medical Association | Board Member | 2013 - Present |
State of Connecticut Partnership Advisory Panel on Lupus | Committee Member | 2011 - 2015 |
American College of Rheumatology | Government Affairs Committee | 2010 - 2013 |
New Haven County Medical Association | Ethical and Judicial Affairs Committee | 2010 - 2013 |
American College of Rheumatology | Diversity Task Force | 2008 - 2009 |
New Haven County Medical Association | Board Member | 2004 - 2011 |
Community Medical Group | Credentialing Committee, Formerly YNHH-IPA Credentialing Committee | 1998 - 2019 |
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- Rheumatology
- Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology
- Spondyloarthritis Program
- Yale Medicine