Dr. Lydia Aoun Barakat is the Medical Director of the Yale Center for Infectious Diseases and she oversees the infectious diseases ambulatory services at YNHH and Yale Medicine, including the care of over 1,500 patients living with or at risk of HIV, general infectious diseases, and transplant infectious disease.
Dr. Barakat’s career is highlighted by her commitment to improving the care for people with HIV and aging with HIV.
She has received and contributed to multiple HRSA and CDC grants that are dedicated to the mission of serving the people living with HIV/AIDS and require a long term vision in accomplishing a high standard quality of care as well as a focus on outcome measures.
