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Match Day 2025: Yale Internal Medicine Welcomes Incoming Residents
The Department of Internal Medicine announces its newest incoming class of residents for Match Day 2025.
21 Mar 2025
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Investigating Immune Cells in the Kidney
Yale School of Medicine's Irene Chernova, MD, PhD, combines her training in immunobiology and love of nephrology by investigating immune cells—particularly B cells—in the kidney. In a Q&A, she discusses the impact of lupus on the kidneys and the role of B cells in lupus nephritis.
18 Mar 2025
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How the New Weight Loss Medications Change Our Relationship With Food
Yale School of Medicine's Jorge Moreno, MD, specializes in treating obesity and obesity-related conditions. In a Q&A, he discusses the effectiveness of second-generation weight loss medications, their impact on other aspects of health, and how they change our relationship with food.
12 Mar 2025
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Yale Department of Internal Medicine Faculty Promotions and Appointments (March 2025)
Congratulations to the following Yale Department of Internal Medicine faculty members who were recently promoted, appointed, or reappointed.
11 Mar 2025
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Grants Awarded to the Department of Internal Medicine (March 2025)
Yale Department of Internal Medicine clinicians, researchers, educators, staff, and trainees were awarded $1.36 million in grants in February 2025.
10 Mar 2025
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Meet Yale Internal Medicine: Basile Njei, MD, PhD, MPH
Meet Basile Njei, MD, MPH, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (digestive diseases). Njei is combining genetics and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve clinical outcomes, detect liver disease, and identify genetic and clinical predictors of liver disease. Njei is currently the co-director of the International Medicine Program in the Section of Digestive Diseases, through which he collaborates with the U.S. embassy in Cameroon to improve medical education and integrate AI into health care in Africa.
6 Mar 2025
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Celebrating Clinical Educators: Residents and Fellows Receive Dr. Peggy Bia Teaching Awards
Each year, the Yale Department of Internal Medicine honors an intern, resident, and fellow with the Dr. Peggy Bia Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching. The award recognizes exceptional contributions to medical student education in the internal medicine clerkship rotation. The awardees are nominated by students they have worked with over the past year, reflecting the profound impact they have had on the students' medical training. This year's winners are Dorian Kaminski, MD (hospital resident), Sathvik Namburar, MD (hospital resident), and Israel Safiriyu, MBChB (clinical fellow, cardiovascular medicine).
5 Mar 2025
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The Role of Diet in Managing Obesity
Yale School of Medicine's Mireille Serlie, MD, PhD, loves fast food. Her research seeks to understand why.
3 Mar 2025
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Yale Researchers Use Large Language Models to Detect Gastrointestinal Bleeding
A team of Yale researchers demonstrated the effectiveness of a large language model (LLM)-based pipeline in identifying overt gastrointestinal bleeding in 1,108 patients seen between 2014 and 2023 in the Yale-New Haven Health System. The study showed a high accuracy of the model in detecting melena, hematochezia, and hematemesis, identifying recurrent bleeding, and catching more than 98% of cases. The algorithm also increased the average per-patient reimbursement.
28 Feb 2025
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Meet Mariana Gonzalez, Senior Administrative Assistant
Meet Mariana Gonzalez, senior administrative assistant in Yale School of Medicine's Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, who teaches others how to make impactful connections.
26 Feb 2025
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Celebrating Yale Cancer Center Faculty, Research Scientists
Three Research Scientists and four Yale School of Medicine faculty of the Yale Cancer Center were celebrated in mid-February 2025 during a celebration in downtown New Haven.
26 Feb 2025
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How Flaviviruses Use Mitochondrial Processes to Thrive
A team of Yale School of Medicine infectious diseases researchers recently conducted an in-depth review of the literature on how one genus of viruses, known as flaviviruses, manipulates mitochondria to evade immune responses.
24 Feb 2025
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New Study Finds Online Advertising for Compounded Diabetes and Weight-Loss Drugs May Mislead Consumers
Online advertising for compounded versions of a popular class of type 2 diabetes and weight-loss medications commonly includes practices that only partially inform or even misinform consumers, a team of Yale School of Medicine researchers has found. The work was published in January as a research letter in JAMA Health Forum.
19 Feb 2025
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Improving Ergonomics in Endoscopy to Prevent Injury and Improve Quality
Over the past decade, there has been a significant focus on reducing burnout to improve physicians' quality of life and retain a strong healthcare workforce. However, for proceduralists and other surgical specialists, disability is one of the most significant factors in determining if they leave the workforce early. Gyanprakash Ketwaroo, MD, MSc, associate professor of medicine (digestive diseases) and chief of endoscopy at the West Haven VA recently published a book, "Ergonomics for Endoscopy," with his colleagues. The book focuses on changes that can be put into place at every level to reduce strain and prevent injuries.
19 Feb 2025
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Fellow Focus in Four: Guy Sydney, MD, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Meet Yale School of Medicine clinical fellow Guy I. Sydney, MD, who plans to bridge the gap between bench and bedside to ensure that lab discoveries translate into real-world impact.
18 Feb 2025
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Voluntary Faculty Awards Honor Outstanding Educators
The Yale Department of Internal Medicine recently presented its second Voluntary Faculty Awards, which honored voluntary faculty who are involved in teaching medical students, physician associate students, residents, and fellows across Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) affiliated hospitals.
18 Feb 2025
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What Makes a Successful Heart Failure Drug Work?
Researchers across Yale School of Medicine published a new study in The Journal of Clinical Investigation that sheds light on how SGLT2 inhibitors work to protect the heart.
18 Feb 2025
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Nominate Internal Medicine Staff for the 2025 Service Excellence Award!
The Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine is accepting nominations for the Internal Medicine Service Excellence Award. The deadline for submitting nominations is 5 p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2025.
14 Feb 2025
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Can Type 2 Diabetes Be Reversed?
Research shows that most cases of type 2 diabetes can be prevented through lifestyle interventions. But if you already have the condition, can it be reversed? Yale School of Medicine experts weigh in.
12 Feb 2025
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Improving HIV Care for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
In a new Yale-led study, researchers showed that treatment with methadone in patients with HIV and opioid use disorder before they are released from prison resulted in substantially better HIV outcomes during the year following release.
12 Feb 2025