Kevin Vigilante, M.D., M.P.H

At Brown University from 1987 to 2000, Dr. Vigilante served as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of Ambulatory and Emergency Services at the Miriam Hospital. He played a critical role in developing a network of care for indigent and incarcerated populations that was part of a wider program cited by JAMA as a national model. Prior to that he served as the Director of the first Primary Care Practice at the Yale University affiliated West Haven Veterans’ Administration Medical Center, and was Director of the Medical Emergency Room at the Yale New Haven Hospital. He is currently business consulting to the NIH National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD). In this activity he is helping this new NIH Center develop a strategic plan for research and community outreach for the next five years. Immediately prior he consulted to the Veteran’s Administration on the CARES project helping prepare for the major demographic shifts that will occur in the next 10-20 years. Throughout his medical career he has successfully integrated direct patient care, teaching, hospital administration, clinical research, and community service. He has published widely, from academic literature to the NY Times, on topics ranging from nutrition, to HIV, to health policy. Dr Vigilante received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College, completed residency training at Yale New Haven Hospital, and received an M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health.