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Vy Plata, MD, Internal Medicine, New Haven, CT, Yale-New Haven Hospital

VyTranPlataMD(She/Her)

[Pronunciation: vEE TrAHn plAHtAH]

Internal Medicine • New Haven, CT

Aspiring doc & life-long student committed to healing and building resilience

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Summary

  • MISSION STATEMENT: I hope to use my education and training to honor this sacred space in which my patients would feel not only medically cared for, but also seen and heard. | PROFESSIONAL INTEREST: Primary Care, HIV, health policy, global health, environmental and health disparities. | RESEARCH INTERESTS/EXPERIENCES: Patient-centered care, environment/climate change and health, community-based participatory research, Mexico. | LANGUAGES: Worked as a certified medical interpreter for Vietnamese and Spanish

    • Boost for 3 big ideas to improve diversity in medical education

    Three ambitious "blue sky" ideas with eyes set on improving diversity, equity and inclusion in medical education have been selected to receive $20,000 from AMA

    www.linkedin.com/in/vytranplata

    Medical student interested in public health, education, & environmental + social justice

Education & Training

  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Primary Care)
    Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Primary Care)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2022 - 2025
  • University of Michigan Medical School
    University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 2022
  • Stanford School of Medicine
    Stanford School of MedicineMS, Community Health and Prevention Research (CHPR), Fulbright U.S. Student Research Award (worked in Mexico for ~1.5 years), 2016 - 2017
  • Stanford University
    Stanford University BA, Human Biology, Alumni Award of Excellence | Dalai Lama Fellow | Newman Civic Fellow | Stanford in Government Fellowship | QuestBridge National College Match Recipient | Dell Scholar, 2011 - 2016

Certifications & Licensure

  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2022 - 2024

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Frederick Richard Holland, M.D. Scholarship University of Michigan School of Medicine
  • AMA GME Innovation Challenge Bright Idea Showcase Winner American Medical Association | Graduate Medical Education | ChangeMedEd 2021 Bright Ideas Showcase, 2021
  • TYLENOL Future Care Semi-finalist TYLENOL, 2021
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Authored Content

  • Keeping it realJanuary 2019

Professional Memberships

  • Phi Rho Sigma Medical Society
    Member
  • American College of Physicians (ACP)
    Member
  • American Medical Association (AMA)
    Member
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS)
    Co-Advisor
  • Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
    Member
  • La Comisión México-Estados Unidos para el Intercambio Educativo y Cultural (COMEXUS)
    Fulbright Scholar Alumni

Other Languages

  • Spanish, Vietnamese

Hospital Affiliations

External Links

Dr. Vy Plata, Dr. Vy Plata, MD, Dr. V Plata, Dr. Vy Tran Plata