Thomas P. Duffy, M.D.

Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Program for Humanities in Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
Hematology

Research Interests

Thomas P. Duffy, M.D is Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. He is currently Director of The Program for Humanities in Medicine at Yale, to bring attention to the links among the arts, humanities, and the practice of medicine by a series of lectures each year for the faculty, students and surrounding community members. Dr. Duffy is founding member of the Ethics Committee which analyzes topics such as euthanasia and the doctor-patient relationship. Dr. Duffy continues to teach medical students in both pre-clinical and clinical years, residents and fellows and visiting students for over 25 years. He served on the faculty of John Hopkins Medical School prior to coming to Yale. His clinical research focuses on Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Disease. He has recently been cited in the New York magazine as one of the areas best doctors in Mast Cell Disease.

Education

• M.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1962
• B.S., St. Peters, 1958
• Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University

Selected Publications

• Noronha V, Burtness B, Murren J, Duffy TP. Oxaliplatin induces a delayed immune-mediated hemolytic anemia: a case report and review of the literature. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2005; 5(4):283-6.
• Duffy TP. The Osler-Cushing covenant. Perspect Biol Med. 2005; 48(4):592-602.
• Kaldjian LC, Weir RF, Duffy TP. A clinician's approach to clinical ethical reasoning. J Gen Intern Med. 2005; 20(3):306-11.
• Kirkpatrick JN, Nash K, Duffy TP. Well rounded. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(6):613-6.
• Kaldjian LC, Jekel JF, Bernene JL, Rosenthal GE, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Duffy TP. Internists' attitudes towards terminal sedation in end of life care. J Med Ethics. 2004; 30(5):499-503.

Contact

Campus Address
WWW 403

E-mail
thomas.duffy@yale.edu

Office Phone
(203) 785-4744

Fax
(203) 737-4244