Victor Vaz

Victor graduated from Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, nestled among the mountains of his hometown of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He then moved to Boston as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, studying mechanisms of response and resistance to immunotherapy and targeted therapies in non-small cell lung cancer. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Mount Auburn Hospital/Harvard Medical School before joining Yale for fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

At Yale, Victor’s clinical interests have converged at the intersection of Interventional Pulmonology and Thoracic Oncology, particularly advanced bronchoscopy and minimally invasive approaches to diagnosing, staging, and treating thoracic malignancies. He plans to pursue advanced training in Interventional Pulmonology. His enthusiasm for procedures has also shaped his commitment to medical education, especially Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS). Victor is leading the development of a longitudinal curriculum at Yale that trains incoming Internal Medicine interns in ultrasound-guided vascular access, aiming to build procedural confidence and competence from the very first days of residency.

Outside the hospital, Victor is an amateur triathlete, high-altitude mountaineer, chess aficionado, and avid traveler. He enjoys playing guitar, tends to his orchids, and spend time with his Bengal cat, Samba.