Health & Medicine Experts

Experts are listed alphabetically.


Richard Pierce M.D., M.S.
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care)
  • Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Pediatrics, critical care, blood vessels, capillaries

Krystal Pollitt Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)
  • Assistant Professor in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
  • Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine, Science & Technology

Environmental Exposure; Mass Spectrometry; COVID-19; Environmental Health

Elizabeth Prsic M.D.
  • Director, Adult Inpatient Palliative Care
  • Firm Chief, Medical Oncology

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Palliative Care, Medical Oncology, Hospital-Based Care, End-of-Life Care, Pain and Symptom Management

Vidya Puthenpura M.D., M.H.S., F.A.A.P.

Instructor; Pediatrics, Section of Hematology and Oncology


Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Pediatric oncology, health disparities

Rey Ramirez M.D.

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery


Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Pediatric hand, congenital hand, nerve injury, hand trauma, diversity in surgery

Leslie M. Rickey M.D., M.P.H.
  • Associate Professor of Urology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
  • Fellowship Director, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Female pelvic floor disorders or urogynecology, incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, overactive bladder, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery

Joseph S. Ross M.D., M.H.S.
  • Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies
  • Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Food and Drug Administration regulatory policy, pharmaceutical and medical device use

David S. Russell M.D., Ph.D.
  • Director, Clinical Research, Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
  • Assistant Clinical Professor

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Care and treatment of Parkinson disease, current and future research in Parkinson disease, care and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, current and future research in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, care, and treatment and research of Huntington disease, dementia

Gerard Sanacora M.D., Ph.D.
  • Professor of Psychiatry
  • Director, Yale Depression Research Program
  • Co-Director, Yale New Haven Hospital Interventional Psychiatry Service

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Depression, psychopharmacology and brain stimulation modalities (ECT and TMS), mood disorders, anxiety, suicide

Tara Sanft M.D.
  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
  • Chief Patient Experience Officer
  • Medical Director, Survivorship Clinic