معرفی
Michelle Hughes, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) at Yale School of Medicine and Medical Chief of Quality and Safety for Digestive Health at Yale New Haven Health. She specializes in inpatient gastroenterology, focusing on acute gastrointestinal conditions, quality improvement, and clinical research. Her work emphasizes the role of gastroenterology hospitalists and optimizing inpatient endoscopic practices.
Education and Training:
- MD with honors, Albany Medical College (2013)
- Internal Medicine Residency, Boston Medical Center (2016)
- Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center (2019)
Research Interests: Dr. Hughes’ research centers on quality improvement in inpatient GI care, the evolution of gastroenterology hospitalist roles, and endoscopy procedural outcomes. She has authored studies on topics like deprescription of aspirin in GI bleeding patients and the impact of hospitalist models on endoscopy volume.
Grants and Awards:
- Kushlan Award (Yale School of Medicine, 2021)
- Oral Presentation Category Award (American College of Gastroenterology, 2020)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2013)
Professional Activities: She chairs the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy’s GI Hospitalist SIG and co-chairs the Yale New Haven Health Digestive Health Care Signature Council. Her leadership focuses on advancing GI hospitalist practices and endoscopy safety.
Clinical Expertise: Dr. Hughes manages GI bleeding, inflammatory bowel diseases, nutritional disorders, and foreign body removal. She performs EGD, colonoscopy, feeding tube placement, and video capsule endoscopy.