Cary Gross, MD

Cary Gross, MD, is a general internal medicine specialist who cares for adults with a wide range of medical needs. He focuses on improving outcomes for people with cancer and other chronic illnesses.

As a professor of medicine (general medicine) and of epidemiology (chronic diseases) at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Gross investigates ways of delivering more patient-centered, effective cancer care. “We are not simply trying to generate new knowledge,” he says. “We are trying to generate knowledge that is relevant and can eventually help people.”

Dr. Gross completed his medical training at New York University School of Medicine, followed by residency in internal medicine at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He then served as chief medical resident at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and pursued advanced training in outcomes research as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar. Dr. Gross is program director for the National Clinician Scholars Program, a research-focused fellowship at Yale School of Medicine that aims to train the next generation of clinician scientists who will generate and use evidence to drive change in health care.