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Gregory K. Buller, MD, FACP
Gregory K. Buller, MD, FACP

Gregory K. Buller is the Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at St. Mary's Hospital. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and is board certified in Nephrology and Hypertension.

Dr. Buller received his medical degree from the University of Kansas, subsequently completing his residency and chief residency at Duke University. He was a National Kidney Foundation Fellow at Duke, and later a faculty member in the Division of Nephrology.

Dr. Buller has authored or coauthored more than 75 scientific publications and has served on editorial panels and as a reviewer for several medical journals.  His current areas of research interest include the renal and blood pressure effects of NSAIDs, potassium homeostasis and the cardiovascular effects of potassium perturbations, the extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C. and the treatment of various renal diseases.  Dr. Buller maintains a strong personal interest in general medical education and has been the recipient of “Teacher of the Year” award given by the Yale Residency Program multiple times in the past 15 years.  He has also served as a Visiting Professor at a number of academic institutions and frequently lectures across the country on a variety of medical topics.  His proudest professional achievement remains the tremendous success enjoyed by his former residents, whose careers vary from NIH and other basic science researchers, to professors of medicine at various academic institutions, to local internists and subspecialists.

Dr. Jason Ouellette
Jason Ouellette, MD

Jason R. Ouellette is an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program and an Assistant Clinical Professor for the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Ouellette graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 2001. He completed his residency in the Yale Traditional Internal Medicine Program in 2004 and is board certified in Internal Medicine.

He is a member of the American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Society of General Internal Medicine and the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine.

Dr. Henry Crompton Gift
Henry Gift, MD,
FACP, MPH

Henry Compton Gift, MD, is the Medical Director of the Saint Mary’s Family Health Center and is the Associate Program Director for the residency program in charge of ambulatory education. Born in Guyana, South America, Dr. Gift was a mathematics teacher in Guyana prior to attending the University of Connecticut from 1963 - 1966. He delayed his studies to serve in the United States Army as Section Chief Of Microbiology And Parasitology at the United States Army Hospital in Heidelberg, West Germany, for two years. Following an honorable discharge from the Army, Dr. Gift graduated from Central Connecticut State University with a bachelor's degree in Biology. He then earned an M.P.H. degree in Epidemiology and Environmental Health from Yale University School of Public Health and his medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Dr. Gift completed an Internal Medicine residency and chief residency at Saint Mary’s Hospital.

Dr. Gift has a private practice in Waterbury. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor Of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale University School of Medicine. In recent years he has returned to Guyana as part of a medical team to provide free medical services and medications.
Dr. Mark Perazella
Mark Perazella, MD

Dr. Perazella serves as Scientific Director in charge of research and mentorship for faculty and medical students and acts as the on-site supervisor of our residents when they rotate in New Haven. He is the Director of the Yale Nephrology Fellowship Program and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale. Having been awarded the Yale Teaching Award, Mark has long been acknowledged as a premier educator there. He is a graduate of New York Medical College and a graduate of the Saint Mary’s Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program. He currently serves as an editor of several Nephrology and General Medicine journals.

Dr. Michael Simms
Michael Simms, MD
Dr. Simms joined the faculty in 1984 after completing a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Brown University School of Medicine. Since that time he has immersed himself in the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate/peer education, and hospital infection control. During this score of years he has engaged in virtually every aspect and venue of medical education at Saint Mary’s Hospital and lectured at other institutions; has served on and chaired many committees for the improvement of patient care, education, and quality; and has served as Chairman of the Department of Medicine.Dr. Simms is Chief of Infectious Diseases/ Infection Control, Chairman of the Infection Control Committee, an Associate Clinical Professor Of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and secretary/treasurer of the Connecticut Infectious Disease Society. When not in the hospital he can be found outdoors in the woods, hiking, biking, kayaking and on rainy days/nights feeding his passion for learning new things especially American history.
Dr. Eugene Bunnell
Eugene Bunnell, MD
Dr. Bunnell received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1986. He completed a fellowship in Internal Medicine at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, and another in Pulmonary Medicine at Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He has received numerous teaching awards from the Yale Primary Care Residency Program and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Intensive Care Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital and Chairman of the Institutional Review Board.
Dr. Sunder Sandur
Sunder Sandur, MD
Dr. Sandur graduated from Bangalore Medical College and completed his medical residency at Yale. He subsequently completed a Pulmonary-Critical Care fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, then returned to Saint Mary’s Hospital where he is now Associate Director of the ICU and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale. An accomplished educator, Dr Sandur has recently been the recipient of the Yale Residency Teaching award.
Jaideep Talwalkar, MC, FAAP
Jaideep Talwalkar, MD, FAAP

Dr. Talwalkar graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2000.  He completed his residency in the Yale Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, and spent a year as Pediatric Chief Resident at Yale.  He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.  Dr. Talwalkar’s interests include primary care residency education, curriculum development and evaluation, resident teaching skills development, cystic fibrosis, and transition of care.  He sees general internal medicine and pediatric patients at the Children’s and Family Health Center in Waterbury, CT.  He also serves as Associate Director of the Yale Cystic Fibrosis Adult and Transition Clinics at Yale-New Haven Hospital.  He supervises residents and medical students in both the inpatient and outpatient settings at Yale and St. Mary’s Hospital.

Stephen J. Scholand
Stephen J. Scholand, MD

Stephen J Scholand is a Clinical Instructor and Consultant in Infectious Diseases at St. Mary's Hospital. He is board certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine.

Dr Scholand received his medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine, in Washington, DC.  Subsequently, he completed his residency and fellowship training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.  He worked at Reading Hospital as a Clinical Instructor in Infectious Diseases before coming to  St. Mary's in October, 2006.

Dr Scholand has published several articles in the medical literature.  His primary areas of interest include rabies, travel medicine and HIV care.  Dr. Scholand established a charity, A Rabies Free World in 2003, which seeks to reduce rabies suffering, particularly in the developing world.  You can visit Dr. Scholand's website at www.rabiesfreeworld.net or see his new rabies website for children at www.kids4rabiesfreeworld.com.

Shawnette Alston, MD
Shawnette Alston, MD

Dr. Alston received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of  Medicine in 2000 and completed her Residency in the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Program in 2003.  She is board certified in Internal Medicine and is currently a Clinical Instructor with the Residency program here at St. Mary’s Hospital. She is also a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Leigh Aronin
Leigh Aronin

Leigh received her Masters Degree in Health Care Management from Hartford Graduate Center and has been part of the Saint Mary’s Hospital family since 1982. She is the Program Coordinator for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, supervising every aspect of resident recruitment and other vital program functions. She is coordinator, mother, and friend to our residents.

Lisa Trusch
Lisa Trusch

Lisa is the Assistant Program Coordinator for the Internal Medicine Residency Program.  Lisa joined Saint Mary’s Hospital in May 2007.  She was previously employed by Aetna Life and Casualty as the Legal Department Recruiting Coordinator.  Her prior experience also includes employment by United Technologies in Windsor Locks, CT, and most recently by Dr. McHugh & Associates based in Watertown, CT as an Independent Medical Transcriptionist and also as an in-office Medical Secretary.  She holds and AS Degree from Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

Dan Keifer
Dan Keifer

Dan received his Associates Degree in Electronics Engineering from the Community College of the Air Force. He serves as a Residency Support Specialist, providing administrative and technology support to the Department, coordinating resident schedules and educational conferences, and maintaining the Program’s on-line supports and resources.