About Us

MSDCI at Yale School of Medicine is an official chapter of Medical Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses National (MSDCI National). This organization advocates an inclusive and accessible medical field for healthcare providers and trainees with disability and chronic illness. The group aims to educate future healthcare providers on disability, chronic illness, and patient-centered advocacy, serve as a source of information for issues relevant to disability and accessibility in medical education and training, explore the unique challenges of medical trainees and physicians with disability and chronic illness, and create a community of YSM students, trainees, and faculty who represent, support, and empower people with lived experience of disability and chronic illness.