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Joseph Vinetz, MD, Infectious Disease, New Haven, CT

Joseph M Vinetz MD

International Health, Travel & Tropical


Professor, Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

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  • 20 York StNew Haven, CT 06510

  • Phone+1 203-737-9730

  • Fax+1 203-785-3964

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Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1994
  • University of California San Diego School of Medicine
    University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1991
  • Yale University
    Yale UniversityB.S., History of Science and Medicine, 1981 - 1985

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2003 - 2028
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2018 - 2026
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2022 - 2025
  • MT State Medical License
    MT State Medical License 2013 - 2019
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1998 - 2017
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1994 - 1999
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
  • Elected to Fellowship American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Experimental Infection of Rattus Norvegicus by the Group II Intermediate Pathogen, Leptospira Licerasiae  
    Joseph M Vinetz, Carla Fernandez, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Genome-Level Determination of Plasmodium falciparum Blood Stage Targets of Malarial Clinical Immunity in the Peruvian Amazon  
    Katherine J. Torres, Carlos E. Castrillon, Eli L. Moss, Mayuko Saito, Roy Tenorio, Douglas M. Molina, Huw Davies, Daniel E. Neafsey, Philip Felgner, Joseph M. Vinetz, ..., J Infect Dis, 11/7/2014
  • Characteristics of Rural Leptospirosis Patients Admitted to Referral Hospitals during the 2008 Leptospirosis Outbreak in Sri Lanka: Implications for Developing Public ...  
    Agampodi SB, Nugegoda DB, Thevanesam V, Vinetz JM, Am J Trop Med Hyg, 10/20/2014

Books/Book Chapters

Lectures

  • A 50 Year Old Man with Chronic Gastrointestinal Bleeding 
    12/12/2014
  • Sociobiological Barriers to Malaria Eradication 
    12/2/2013
  • Zoonoses 
    San Diego, CA (2012); San Francisco, CA (2013) - 1/1/2013

Other

Press Mentions

  • Yale Researchers Develop Novel Test for Leptospirosis
    Yale Researchers Develop Novel Test for LeptospirosisSeptember 29th, 2025
  • Yale Team Develops Vaccine for Deadly Leptospirosis Bacteria
    Yale Team Develops Vaccine for Deadly Leptospirosis BacteriaJuly 6th, 2022
  • Why Cheap, Older Drugs That Might Treat Covid Never Get Out of the Lab
    Why Cheap, Older Drugs That Might Treat Covid Never Get Out of the LabApril 19th, 2022

Grant Support

  • Deciphering Residual Malaria Mechanisms in the Peruvian Amazon to Inform Novel and Effective Control StrategiesYALE UNIVERSITY2026–2031
  • Deciphering Residual Malaria Mechanisms in the Peruvian Amazon to Inform Novel and Effective Control StrategiesYALE UNIVERSITY2026–2031
  • Deciphering Residual Malaria Mechanisms in the Peruvian Amazon to Inform Novel and Effective Control StrategiesYALE UNIVERSITY2026–2031
  • Deciphering Residual Malaria Mechanisms in the Peruvian Amazon to Inform Novel and Effective Control StrategiesYALE UNIVERSITY2026–2031
  • International Leptospirosis Society Meeting 2011National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2011

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