Dr. Gail Donofrio

Dr. Gail D’Onofrio, MD, is a physician-scientist specializing in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She is the Albert E. Kent Professor of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, with additional faculty roles in Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and Internal Medicine (Addiction core faculty). Her clinical work centers on integrating evidence-based substance use interventions into acute emergency care, strengthening pathways from the emergency department to longitudinal treatment and support, and advancing sex- and gender-informed emergency cardiovascular assessment. Her research focuses on emergency department–based innovations for substance use care, pragmatic clinical trials to improve treatment engagement, and population-based approaches to emergency care delivery. Dr. D’Onofrio previously served as the inaugural Chair of Yale’s Department of Emergency Medicine and as Physician-in-Chief of Emergency Services at Yale New Haven Hospital. She is a founding member of the Board of Addiction Medicine, a principal architect of Connecticut’s strategic efforts to reduce overdose deaths, and Principal Investigator of the Yale Drug use, Addiction, and HIV Research Scholars (Yale-DAHRS) mentoring program, as well as a Multi-Principal Investigator in the NIDA Clinical Trials Network New England Consortium Node. Her honors include the Boston University Distinguished Alumni Award, the American College of Emergency Physicians Innovation & Excellence in Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine Award, and the ASAM R. Brinkley Smithers Distinguished Scientist Award, along with multiple awards recognizing excellence in mentoring and advancement of women in academic emergency medicine. She earned her MD from the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.