About me
James Dodington, MD, CPST, FAAP, is the Medical Director of the Center for Injury and Violence Prevention at Yale New Haven Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health. He completed Medical School and Pediatrics Residency at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He came to Yale New Haven Hospital in 2013 for a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship and joined the faculty at the Yale School of Medicine in 2016. He has been involved in injury and violence prevention program development and research throughout his academic career. He has expertise in developing violence intervention programs and qualitative and community-partnered research. He is the founding Medical Director of Yale’s Hospital-based Violence Intervention program. He is a legislatively appointed member of the CT DPH Commission on Gun Violence Prevention and Intervention, representing the Yale New Haven Health System. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention.
