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Sakena Abedin, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
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Assistant Clinical Professor

Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)

Assistant Clinical Professor; Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine

Biography

Sakena Abedin MD PhD is a primary care pediatrician who sees patients at Fair Haven Community Health Center. She is the co-director of the Clinic for Autism Diagnosis in Primary Care.

Dr. Abedin is also a lecturer in the history department at Yale, where she teaches undergraduates about the history of the American healthcare system and the history of race and disease in American medicine.

Last Updated on November 11, 2025.

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PhD
Yale University, History of Science and Medicine (2016)
MD
Washington University (2002)

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2009

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Sakena Abedin MD PhD is a primary care pediatrician who sees patients at Fair Haven Community Health Center. She is the co-director of the Clinic for Autism Diagnosis in Primary Care.

Dr. Abedin is also a lecturer in the history department at Yale, where she teaches undergraduates about the history of the American healthcare system and the history of race and disease in American medicine.

Sakena Abedin, MD, PhD is assistant professor of pediatrics for Yale School of Medicine

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Pediatrics

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