Core Faculty
The Yale Department of Internal Medicine has a large and diverse faculty comprised of clinicians, physician-scientists, and clinician-educators who are leaders in their areas of expertise. Common to all faculty is a strong commitment to our educational programs. Our core faculty include Director and Associate Directors of the three residency programs in our Department, Firm Chiefs at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Waterbury Hospital and a group of full-time faculty who have ongoing contact with the houseofficers throughout all three years of training. This group of academic general internists are fulltime members of the Yale Section of General Internal Medicine. Their main offices are at the community hospital site where they attend on the wards and provide all of the continuity clinic precepting. These faculty have been hired by the Department because of their excellence as clinician-educators and their specific training in graduate medical education and curriculum development. Program faculty have developed published curriculam that are now used by many other Internal Medicine residency programs.
To assist each resident in his or her individual growth, we have developed a structured advisor program. Each houseofficer is assigned a member of the full-time faculty to serve as a primary advisor/mentor. For residents in the categorical program this is the individual who precepts the resident in their weekly continuity practice thus establishing a close working relationship early during internship that will grow throughout training. For interns in the preliminary program the Program Director and Associate Program Directors serve the role of academic advisor. The advisors are responsible for performing routine clinical evaluation exercises, reviewing biannual summary evaluations and developing an education action plan.
Stephen H. Huot, MD, PhD – Program Director, Primary Care Residency, Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Associate Chair for Education/Academic Affairs, stephen.huot@yale.edu, 203-785-5644
Michael Green, MD, MSc – Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Education, Associate Professor of Medicine, michael.green@yale.edu, 203-573-6510
Donna Windish, MD, MPH – Associate Program Director, Assistant Professor of Medicine, donna.windish@yale.edu, 203-573-6751
- Steven Aronin, DO – Clinician Educator, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Waterbury Hospital, saronin@wtbyhosp.org, 203-573-6574
- Lydia Barakat, MD – Clinician Educator, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Assistant Professor, Waterbury Hospital, lbarakat@wtbyhosp.org, 203-573-6574
- William Becker, MD – Clinician Educator, Assistant Professor of Medicine, william.becker@yale.edu, 203-573-6574
- Gretchen Berland, MD – Clinician Educator, Associate Professor of Medicine, gretchen.berland@yale.edu, 203-785-5644
- Jo-anne Cosgriff, MD, MPH – Clinician Educator, Pulmonary-Critical Care, Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit at Waterbury Hospital, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, jcosgriff@wtbyhosp.org, 203-573-6574
- Gary V. Desir, MD – Chief of Medical Services VAMC, Professor of Medicine and Nephrology, gary.desir@yale.edu, 203-932-5711
- Ben Doolittle, MD – Program Director of Medicine/Pediatrics Residency, Assistant Professor of Medicine, benjamin.doolittle@yale.edu, 203-785-7941
- Jack Elias, MD – Chair of Internal Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, jack.elias@yale.edu, 203-785-4119
- Rosemarie L. Fisher, MD– Associate Dean YSM, Director Graduate Medical Education, Professor of Medicine, and Digestive Diseases & Pediatrics, rosemarie.fisher@yale.edu, 203-688-1449
- Auguste Fortin VI, MD, MPH – Director of Psychosocial Curriculum, Clinician Educator, Associate Professor of Medicine, auguste.fortin@yale.edu, 203-573-6501
- Stephen Holt, MD, MPH – Clinician Educator, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, stephen.holt@yale.edu, 203-573-6580
- Cyrus Kapadia, MD – Program Director, Traditional Internal Medicine Residency, Professor of Medicine and Digestive Diseases, cyrus.kapadia@yale.edu, 203-785-7113
- Jock Lawrason, MD – Chair, Department of Medicine, Waterbury Hospital, Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit at Waterbury Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, jlawrason@wtbyhosp.org, 203-573-7636
- Rachel Lovins, MD – Director of Hospitalist Program, Waterbury Hospital, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, rlovins@wtbyhosp.org, 203-573-7686
- Ernesto Montesino, MD – Clinical Intructor of Medicine, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Medicine, Waterbury Hospital
- Patrick O'Connor, MD, MPH – Professor & Section Chief of General Internal Medicine, Director of Resident Research for Primary Care Residency, Firm Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital, patrick.oconnor@yale.edu, 203-688-6532
- David Podell, MD, PhD – Firm Chief, Waterbury Hospital, Clinical Professor of Medicine, dpodell@wtbyhosp.org, 203-573-6572
- Asghar Rastegar, MD – Firm Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital Peters/Fitkin Firm, Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, asghar.rastegar@yale.edu, 203-737-2078
- Julie Rosenbaum, MD – Clinician Educator, Assistant Professor of Medicine, julie.rosenbaum@yale.edu, 203-573-6143
- Majid Sadigh, MD – Clinician Educator, Key faculty for Yale-Uganda Program, Associate Professor of Medicine, majid.sadigh@yale.edu, 203-573-6574
- Lisa Sanders, MD – Clinician Educator, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, lisa.sanders@yale.edu, 203-573-6574
- Andre Sofair, MD, MPH – Firm Chief, Waterbury Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, andre.sofair@yale.edu, 203-573-6745
- Jeanette Tetrault, MD – Clinician Educator, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Waterbury Health Access Project, jeanette.tetrault@yale.edu, 203-573-6574
- Daniel Tobin, MD – Medical Director of Chase Outpatient Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, daniel.tobin@yale.edu, 203-573-7082
- Merceditas Villanueva, MD – Firm Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Director, AIDS Program, merceditas.villanueva@yale.edu, 203-688-6959