Uma Phatak, MD, MBBS
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Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Fellowship Program
Director, Pediatric Clerkship, Pediatrics
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Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology
333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208064
New Haven, CT 06520-8064
United States
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Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology
333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208064
New Haven, CT 06520-8064
United States
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Director, Pediatric Clerkship, Pediatrics
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Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology
333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208064
New Haven, CT 06520-8064
United States
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Fellowship Program; Director, Pediatric Clerkship, Pediatrics
Biography
Dr. Phatak received her medical degree from India and completed her Pediatric internship and residency at Goryeb Children’s hospital in NJ. She completed her fellowship training in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Yale New Haven Children’s hospital. During fellowship, Dr Phatak's research focused on understanding the immune mechanisms in children with inflammatory bowel disease. She provides care to children with inflammatory bowel disease at the multidisciplinary pediatric IBD clinic on Tuesday mornings at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital in New Haven.
Appointments
Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Associate Professor on TermPrimarySchool of Nursing
Assistant Clinical ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- All Institutions
- Horstmann House Affiliates
- Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
- Pediatrics
- School of Nursing
- Yale Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
- Yale Medicine
- Yale New Haven Health System
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale University
- Fellowship
- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (2010)
- Resident
- Goryeb Children's Hospital, Atlantic Health, Morristown NJ
- Residency
- Goryeb Children's Hospital (2006)
Research
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Medical Research Interests
ORCID
0000-0002-8470-531X
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
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Research Interests
Dinesh Pashankar, MD, MBA
John Encandela, PhD
Alla Vash-Margita, MD, FACOG
Beverley Sheares, MD, MS
Dhanpat Jain, MD
Gunjan Tiyyagura, MD, MHS
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Crohn Disease
Publications
2025
Leveraging Medical Students’ Experiences with Social Determinants of Health During Their Pediatric Clerkship to Drive Curriculum
Kala S, Johnson R, Phatak U, Fenick A, Goldman M. Leveraging Medical Students’ Experiences with Social Determinants of Health During Their Pediatric Clerkship to Drive Curriculum. Journal Of Medical Education And Curricular Development 2025, 12: 23821205251342079. PMID: 40452893, PMCID: PMC12126650, DOI: 10.1177/23821205251342079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial determinants of healthMedical students' experiencesDeterminants of healthSocial determinantsPediatric clerkshipNeeds-assessmentInductive content analysisNegative health outcomesUndergraduate medical educationHealthy peopleHealthcare teamHealth outcomesStudent experienceInsurance statusMedical educationPediatric servicesMedical studentsPublished curriculaClerkship studentsContent analysisClerkshipReflective journal entriesCurricular developmentHealthDepartment of Children
2024
PP079 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE NURSING EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION AND SIMULATION IN ACCRA, GHANA
Nader M, Silvers R, Phatak U, White L, Jaeger M, Whitfill T, Owusu-Sekyere F, Boetang G, Lano G, Canarie M, Gross I. PP079 Topic: AS09–Global Health/Resource Limited Setting/Health Inequalities/Impact of Global Warming/Other: PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE NURSING EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION AND SIMULATION IN ACCRA, GHANA. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2024, 25: e44-e44. DOI: 10.1097/01.pcc.0001084908.38822.56.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPediatric critical care nursing empowerment through distance education and simulation in Accra, Ghana
Nader M, Silvers R, Phatak U, White L, Jaeger M, Whitfill T, Owusu-Sekyere F, Boateng G, Lano G, Canarie M, Gross I. Pediatric critical care nursing empowerment through distance education and simulation in Accra, Ghana. Clinical Simulation In Nursing 2024, 96: 101616. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2024.101616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsNurse empowermentKorle Bu Teaching HospitalNursing curriculumPediatric intensive care unitClinical Teamwork ScaleSimulation Effectiveness ToolSimulated case scenariosFree-text feedbackPediatric critical careQualitative content analysisTeamwork ScaleNursing staffDistance simulationEducational interventionCritical careTeaching hospitalIntensive care unitContent analysisPilot studyCare unitInternational partnershipsEmpowermentCase scenariosMixing methodEducational contentHow to define yourself as a medical educator along the path to academic promotion
Srinath A, Greifer M, Leichtner A, Sauer C, Phatak U. How to define yourself as a medical educator along the path to academic promotion. Journal Of Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition 2024, 79: 202-205. PMID: 39031827, DOI: 10.1002/jpn3.12288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricEducation Scholarship Assessment Reconsidered: Expansion of Glassick’s Criteria to Incorporate Health Equity
Bockrath R, Osman C, Trainor J, Wang H, Phatak U, Richards D, Keeley M, Chung E. Education Scholarship Assessment Reconsidered: Expansion of Glassick’s Criteria to Incorporate Health Equity. Academic Medicine 2024, 99: 487-492. PMID: 38306582, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsHealth equityHealth inequalitiesMedical educationU.S. health care systemReduce health inequalitiesHealth equity lensHealth care systemMedical education leadersTraining of fellowsMedical education communityEquity lensCare systemMedical studentsStructural racismHealthDiverse populationsMedical education scholarshipEducation scholarshipMedical institutionsScholarly disseminationImplicit biasCurrent practicesEducationCultural shiftAssessment
2023
Identifying Gender and Racial Bias in Pediatric Fellowship Letters of Recommendation: Do Word Choices Influence Interview Decisions?
Boolchandani H, Chen L, Elder R, Osborn R, Phatak U, Puthenpura V, Sheares B, Tiyyagura G, Amster L, Lee S, Langhan M. Identifying Gender and Racial Bias in Pediatric Fellowship Letters of Recommendation: Do Word Choices Influence Interview Decisions? The Journal Of Pediatrics 2023, 265: 113843. PMID: 37995931, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricQualitative Point-of-Care Ultrasound Enema Management for Constipation
Riera A, Phatak U. Qualitative Point-of-Care Ultrasound Enema Management for Constipation. Pediatric Emergency Care 2023, 40: 239-242. PMID: 37890187, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000003081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsPediatric emergency departmentEmergency departmentEnema administrationCare ultrasound findingsStool burdenHard stoolsPresenting symptomUltrasound findingsCare ultrasoundConstipationAdministrationFinal dispositionDepartmentMost casesStoolActive problemLanguage barriersRectumSymptomsCasesQualitative evaluationFeedback Culture Perceived by Trainees in an Academic Institution: A Mixed Methods Study.
Phatak U, Encandela J, Green M, Slade M, Osborn R, Weiss P. Feedback Culture Perceived by Trainees in an Academic Institution: A Mixed Methods Study. Hospital Pediatrics 2023, 13: 984-991. PMID: 37791431, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2022-007004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricVulvovaginal Complaints as the First Manifestation of Crohn's Disease in Children: Case Report
Brioso X, Banks D, Christison-Lagay E, Phatak U, Vash-Margita A. Vulvovaginal Complaints as the First Manifestation of Crohn's Disease in Children: Case Report. Journal Of Pediatric And Adolescent Gynecology 2023, 36: 494-496. PMID: 37196754, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2023.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCrohn's diseasePediatric gynecologistImprovement of symptomsGastrointestinal inflammatory conditionsChronic constipationPrompt diagnosisPediatric populationVulvar irritationPremenarchal femalesVulvar complaintsCase reportInflammatory conditionsFirst manifestationVulvovaginal complaintsClear diagnosisHigh indexDiseaseDiagnosisFirst signAnatomical changesGynecologistsComplaintsTreatmentChildrenPoor growthWords Used in Letters of Recommendation for Pediatric Residency Applicants: Demographic Differences and Impact on Interviews
Boolchandani H, Osborn R, Tiyyagura G, Sheares B, Chen L, Phatak U, Puthenpura V, Elder R, Lee S, Amster L, Langhan M. Words Used in Letters of Recommendation for Pediatric Residency Applicants: Demographic Differences and Impact on Interviews. Academic Pediatrics 2023, 23: 1614-1619. PMID: 36889506, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsLetters of recommendationLetter writersCommunal termsNatural language processing applicationsLanguage processing applicationsApplicant genderInterview statusCommunal wordsWritersLanguageAgentic termsWordsGenderLetterSenior academic ranksRaceTextAgenciesEquitable approachResidency candidatesWomenSignificant associationEthnicitySignificant differencesInterviews
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
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activity Professional Development Committee, North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
10/01/2014 - 10/01/2016Professional OrganizationsMemberactivity Professional Development Committee, North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
10/01/2012 - 10/01/2014CommitteesMember
Honors
honor Friends of Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Research Award
09/01/2011Yale School of Medicine AwardDetailsUnited States
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Uma Phatak, MD, is a pediatric gastroenterologist whose focus is on treating patients with inflammatory bowel disease. She says that her patients are a constant source of inspiration.
“They teach me the importance of resilience,” Dr. Phatak says. “I love seeing them get better and thrive, and I hope to assure them that we are in this together.”
Dr. Phatak treats inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, weight loss, growth issues, constipation, and gastroesophageal reflux are common symptoms among her patients.
She also performs video capsule endoscopies in children. She sees her patients at the multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital in New Haven.
Dr. Phatak is the director of the medical student clerkship for the department of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine.
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333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208064
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