James Dodington, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health. He completed his medical education and pediatric residency at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In 2013, he joined Yale for a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship and subsequently joined the School of Medicine faculty in 2016. Throughout his academic career, he has focused on conducting research in injury and violence prevention, with a particular emphasis on firearm injury prevention. His primary expertise lies in community-partnered research and the development of youth violence intervention programs. He currently serves as the Medical Director of the YNHH Center for Injury and Violence Prevention and is the founder of Yale’s hospital-based violence intervention program. Additionally, he is a legislatively appointed member of the Connecticut Department of Public Health's Commission on Community Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention and the National Violent Death Reporting System Advisory Committee, representing YNHHS. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. 

James Dodington, MD, CPST, FAAP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Public Health

Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health

Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician

Medical Director, Center for Injury and Violence Prevention

Yale New Haven Health