Program Director
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Director, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine, Internal Medicine
Research Interests
- Human Rights
- Refugees
- Global Health
Yale Center for Asylum Medicine
Overview
Since 2003, asylum seekers requiring a medical evaluation have been referred to the Yale Center for Asylum Medicine by attorneys from Yale Law School and the University of Connecticut Law School as well as the advocacy groups Physicians for Human Rights, HealthRight International, the American Friends Service Committee and the International Institute of Connecticut. These applicants have experienced unlawful detention, torture, harassment, domestic violence, female genital mutilation and homophobic hate crimes, in countries such as Syria, Pakistan, Honduras, Ecuador, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Center’s trained physicians perform a forensic medical interview and examination to document physical scars and functional impairments. These objective findings are presented to immigration authorities and judiciary members in the form of an affidavit and/or testimony.
Education
Medical students, residents and fellows at Yale participate in medical evaluations of asylum applicants with one of the Center’s faculty at the medical school or at a detention facility. Trainees can complete formal training with one of our advocacy partners at Physicians for Human Rights or HealthRight International which enables them to perform these evaluations independently when they become licensed. Residents, fellows and students at the Medical School and the School of Public Health learn about asylum medicine and local global health through lectures, workshops and poster sessions on campus and at regional and national meetings. The Center collaborates with law students at Yale Law School and the University of Connecticut School of Law, who refer asylum applicants to us. The Yale Center for Asylum Medicine has hosted national meetings which teach physicians from the US and Canada about forensic evaluations.
Faculty
Associate Professor & Associate Director of Faculty Affairs & Sponsorship in the Department of Emergency Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director, Global Health Education; Section of Global Health & International Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director, Adult Refugee clinic; Director, Wellness Center, Connecticut Mental Health Center
Research Interests- Refugees
- Diseases
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Health Care
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Research Interests- Antidepressive Agents
- Bipolar Disorder
- Neurosciences
- Psychiatry
- Neurogenesis
Affilicated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Refugees
Co-Director, Midwifery Department
Research Interests- Maternal Mortality
- Pregnancy Outcome
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Director, Yale Internal Medicine Associates; Director, Medical Student Palliative and End-of-Life Care Education
Research Interests- Education, Medical
- Palliative Care
- Terminal Care
- Office
- Fax
- Clinic Fax
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Research Interests- Brain
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus
- HIV
- Internal Medicine
- Neurosyphilis
- HIV Infections
- Infectious Disease Medicine
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Epidemiology
- Ethics
- HIV
- Human Rights
- Public Health
- Violence
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine
Research Interests- Human Rights
- Mental Health
- Refugees
- Human Rights Abuses
- Social Determinants of Health
- Gender-Based Violence
Assistant Professor; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor Adjunct of Law; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Faculty, Law and Psychiatry Division; Supervising Faculty, Psychosomatic Medicine Division
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Clinical Professor of Nursing; Director, Office of Global Health, Internal Medicine; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Founding Member/Core Faculty, Women's & Gender Health Education Program, Internal Medicine; Director, Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Program for Biomedical Ethics; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director for Global and Community Health, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Internal Medicine; Uganda Collaboration Director, Yale/Stanford Global Health Scholars Program
Research Interests- Diabetes Mellitus
- Education, Medical
- Ethics
- Health Education
- Social Justice
- Global Health
- Ethics, Clinical
- Social Determinants of Health
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Medical Director, Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP) Program, Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Pediatrics
- Refugees
- Emigrants and Immigrants
- Healthcare Disparities
Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Cardiology); Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program, Cardiovascular Medicine; Firm Chief, Goodyer Teaching Service, Internal Medicine; Medical Director, HVC Anticoagulation Clinic, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests- Arrhythmias, Cardiac
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Bradycardia
- Cardiology
- Pediatrics
- Tachycardia
- Office
- Clinic Fax
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Connecticut Latino Behavioral Health System, Psychiatry
- Office
- Appt
- Clinic Fax
Resources
Physicians at the Center for Asylum Medicine are privileged to work with colleagues in the advocacy groups HealthRight International and Physicians for Human Rights. They, and our colleagues at Yale School of Law and the University of Connecticut School of Law, provide ongoing referrals and support on each of the challenging cases we see.