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Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians recognized as CT Magazine 'Best Doctors'
Connecticut Magazine has named 72 Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians to its 2019 Best Doctors guide. Published in the magazine’s June issue, the Best Doctors list consists of 782 Connecticut physicians from 78 medical specialties.
3 Jun 2019
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Meet Yale Internal Medicine: Merilyn Varghese, MD, MSC
Meet Merilyn Varghese, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine (cardiovascular disease), who recently received a two-year career development award to support her project on sex-based differences in cardiac rehabilitation among veterans.
4 Nov 2024
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Fellow Focus in Four: Emily Moss, Nephrology
Meet Yale clinical fellow Emily Moss, MD, who pursued a career in medicine to work with veterans.
17 Oct 2024
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Sellinger, Pietrzak Honored by VA Connecticut Healthcare System
John Sellinger, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, professor of psychiatry and of public health, have been honored with 2024 Distinguished Psychologist Awards by the Psychology Service of VA Connecticut Healthcare System.
1 Jul 2024
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What Causes the Aging Process?
Getting older can affect the heart, kidneys, and other important organs, leading to health problems and a decreased quality of life. Although aging is a natural process that every living person goes through, little is known about what causes our bodies to age. Daniel Jane-Wit, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine) and immunobiology, is investigating what causes our bodies to age and how we might be able to one day block or slow this process.
24 Jun 2024
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Meet Liana Pyrdol, Research Assistant, General Internal Medicine
Meet Liana Pyrdol, who works as a research assistant in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study.
18 Jun 2024
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Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Most analyses regarding the excess risk of death during the COVID-19 pandemic have relied on summary data. However, a recent study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology instead analyzed individual patient-level data based on medical records from the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States.
11 Mar 2024
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Cardiologist Dr. Mehran Sadeghi Receives Senior Clinician Scientist Investigator Award
Mehran M. Sadeghi, MD, professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine), recently received the prestigious Senior Clinician Scientist Investigator Award from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The award recognizes clinician-scientists who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to research and clinical care for veterans.
9 Feb 2024
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Meet Adam Dworkin, Director of Finance and Administration (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Meet Adam Dworkin, director of finance and administration (cardiovascular medicine), who works behind the scenes tto facilitate research, patient care, and medical education.
18 Jan 2024
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Dr. Deborah Proctor Wins Veteran Community Service Award
Deborah Proctor, MD, was presented with the 2023 William. J. Pomfret Veteran Community Service Award by the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce.
10 Nov 2023
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Highlighting Gender-based Differences in Alcohol-associated Hepatitis
During her Yale School of Medicine fellowships in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology, Anahita Rabiee, MD, MHS, instructor of medicine (digestive diseases), saw a lot of men and women admitted with alcohol-associated hepatitis—the most severe form of alcohol-related liver disease—at Yale New Haven Hospital. At the time, she couldn’t help noticing that women with this condition tended to have worse outcomes than men.
2 Aug 2023
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Gaffey Awarded K23 Career Development Award from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Gaffey will investigate behavioral and psychosocial factors that can reduce the risk for hypertension and help prevent cardiovascular disease in women.
20 Jun 2023
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Yale Research on Psychedelics Gives Hope to Headache Disorder Community
Medical Director of the Headache Center of Excellence at the West Haven VA Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Neurology Emmanuelle Schindler, MD, PhD is the only researcher in the United States studying psychedelics in headache disorders. Her pioneering research on the therapeutic effects of psilocybin on disorders such as cluster headache and partnership with a patient support group is giving hope to a misunderstood and misdiagnosed patient population.
13 Mar 2023
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Gaffey receives AHA research award
Allison E. Gaffey, PhD, has won a research award.
7 Oct 2021
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Kristaps J. Keggi Inducted into Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame
Kristaps J. Keggi, MD, professor emeritus and senior research scientist in the Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, was among 13 veterans inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame on July 29, 2021. The ceremony took place in person at the State Armory in Hartford, Connecticut and commemorated distinguished individuals who have dedicated their lives to serving the community after their time in the military.
17 Aug 2021
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Faculty Appointments: VA CT and Neuromuscular Medicine
Announcing new roles for Drs. Huned Patwa, Daniel DiCapua, and Hajime Tokuno.
17 May 2021
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Starting a telehealth revolution
Before the pandemic struck, David Cole and his wife, Donna, traveled to the West Haven Veterans Medical Center for a routine visit. Cole, a retired Vietnam veteran, is wheelchair bound.
24 Mar 2021
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Study of Veterans Details Genetic Basis for Anxiety, Links Anxiety and Depression
“This is the richest set of results for the genetic basis of anxiety to date,” said co-lead author Joel Gelernter of Yale, the Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry, professor of genetics and of neuroscience.
6 Jan 2020
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Cultural Differences Between Veterans, Civilians Important For Physicians To Know, Understand
Edward P. Manning, MD, PhD, is currently a clinical and research fellow in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, but before becoming a physician scientist, Manning served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. In his opinion piece, “A Veteran-Centric Model of Care: Crossing the Cultural Divide,” he discusses the unique culture of the veteran population.
30 Oct 2019
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A warrior, a writer, and a future physician
There are many ways to describe Melissa Thomas: Fourth-year medical student. Army veteran.
24 Sep 2019