Yale Medicine Magazine

Almost 20 years after completing his residency at @YaleMed, Michael Viola had the typical medical career: treating patients, teaching students, heading a cancer center. But then something happened to alter his sure-footed career path. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

Howard K. Koh is another @YaleMed alumnus who has won a major battle in the tobacco wars as a top state health official. Read his story here: medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

After graduating @YaleMed in '68, Donald Lyman went on to become California's top public health official, tackling crises including smoking and obesity. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

Meet @YaleMed alum Gualberto Ruano. He is the founder of Genomas, a company that strives to apply genomic technologies to understanding the way genes influence patients’ responses to diet, nutrition, exercise and environmental exposures. Read more: medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

During his second year at @YaleMed, Troyen Brennan '84 had liberally sampled a range of courses and found the classes at the Law School to be so stimulating that he became a law student as well. Read more: medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

In 1965, the CIA offered an unusual job opportunity to Jerrold Post, @YaleMed '60. During his 21-year “career in the shadows,” he probed the pathologies & personalities of some of the world’s most dangerous minds. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

Donald Ingber, @YaleMed '84, controversially believed that minute mechanical forces acting on cells—pushing and pulling, compression and tension—are crucial to their normal growth and function, and that disturbances in these forces can lead to disease. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

Matt Lopes grew up on the Yale campus and received bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the university. He still lives in New Haven, where he coordinates efforts to control HIV/AIDS. @YaleMed medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

John Baxter, @YaleMed '66, has fished all over the world, and in his laboratory in San Francisco he explores the inner world of cells. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

A misfiled application steered @YaleMed alum Bill Kissick away from his dream job and into the world of health policy. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

At the 2005 @YaleMed Commencement, former surgeon general M. Joycelyn Elders urged access to health care and sex education. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

Since his residency in internal medicine at @YaleMed, David Graham has had a 20-year career as an epidemiologist at the FDA, forgoing more lucrative offers in the private sector. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

Remembering Morris Wessel, @YaleMed '43, whose practice was defined by extraordinary involvement in the lives of families and a commitment to improve the community. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

After her graduation from @YaleMed, Rachel Bronzan, MD '95, traveled to Malawi to study malaria. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

After a career in medicine, @YaleMed '47 alum Brock Lynch rediscovers his passion for singing and dancing through the Young@Heart Chorus performing troupe. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

We remember Henry Markley, @YaleMed '43, who retired in 2004 after a 60-year career in medicine, mostly at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut. He kept fit well into his retirement with tennis, golf, and a healthy lifestyle. medicine.yale.edu/ysm/news/yale-…

Ron Losee, @YaleMed '44, dropped his malpractice insurance 30 years ago when the cost more than doubled, and he felt he could not in good conscience pass the expense along to his patients. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

Can statistics help the health of New York City’s homeless? Bonnie Kerker, Ph.D. ’01, is convinced that they can. @YaleMed medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

A 1997 @YaleMed alumna biked through 13 states to raise awareness of the links between poverty and disease. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…

Jonathan and Bonnie Rothberg share not only a home and family but also a passion for probing the mysteries of the human genome. Read the story of these @YaleMed alums here: medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medi…