Dr. Jay Vyas is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to joining the faculty at MGH, Dr. Vyas completed his MD/PhD training at the Baylor College of Medicine, where he conducted his Immunology PhD research within the lab of Dr. Robert Rich. He then completed his internal medicine residency followed by infectious disease fellowship training at MGH. He also conducted postdoctoral research within the Whitehead Institute. In addition to his clinical and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Vyas maintains an active NIH-funded research program dedicated to the study of the innate immune response towards invasive fungal infections.

In today’s episode, Dr. Vyas shares his philosophy on MD/PhD and physician-scientist training and discusses the importance of team-based practices within research, medicine, and administration.

Our thanks to Dr. Vyas for being on the podcast.

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