Research Opportunities
in Yale Surgery

Most General Surgery residents at Yale conduct scholarly research for one or two years between the second and third years of clinical training. Residents receive full salary and benefits to participate in research, in exchange for covering the surgical services five or six nights per month. Some residents obtain independent funding for their research activities, either at Yale or elsewhere (NIH, other universities). Yale offers a Physician-Scientist Program which allows residents to earn the Ph.D. degree if they are willing to commit three to four years to laboratory research.

Non-laboratory research activities may be approved if there is a substantial scholarly component. Residents frequently conduct clinical research during their clinical training. Most of our residents present their work at regional or national meetings and publish in peer-reviewed journals. Resident Publications and Presentations. Residents who participate in research are always assured a timely return to clinical training to complete their residency.

Most Yale Surgery faculty conduct clinical or laboratory research and welcome residents to join them in these activities. Here is a partial list of faculty and their research interests:

Robert Bell, MA, MD
	New applications in laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopic bariatric surgery
Alan Dardik, MD, PhD
	Molecular regulation of endothelial cells
Amy Friedman, MD
	Multicenter trials of Tacrolimus in transplant recipients
John Geibel, MD, DSc
	Gastrointestinal physiology, specifically ion transport in the stomach and colon, using a series of intracellular fluorescent indicators
Graeme Hammond, MD
	Molecular biology and protein chemistry of MHC suppression; Mechanism of CII TA promotor 3 and 4 blockade and class I structured gene methylation
Donald Lannin, MD
	Role of PCR in sentinel lymph node biopsy
Marc Lorber, MD
	Clinical trials of new drugs for modulation of the immune response in transplant recipients
Lawrence Moss, MD
	Outcomes research in Pediatric Surgery; surgery for necrotizing entercolitis; evidence-based surgery
John Persing, MD
	Outcomes research in Plastic Surgery; results of surgery for craniofacial syndromes in children
Reuven Rabinovici, MD
	RNA editing of the immune system in shock and sepsis
Joseph Shin, MD
	Computer modeling of craniofacial syndromes
Julie Ann Sosa, MA, MD
	Outcomes research in endocrine and transplant surgery
Bauer Sumpio, MD, PhD
	Molecular biology and physiology of vascular endothelial cells; Mechanical forces and cytokine response
Robert Udelsman, MD, MBA
	Clinical development and outcomes analysis in minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
Robert Weiss, MD
	Receptor pharmacology and signal transduction in smooth muscle; Effects of age and diabetes on endothelin; The NFkB/akt signal transduction pathway; Role of NO in urinary tract infections; Role of survivin in bladder cancer