Snigdha Jain, MD, MHS

Snigdha Jain, MD, is a pulmonologist and critical care doctor who cares for older adults with serious illnesses, including advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Dr. Jain is especially dedicated to helping these patients manage complex symptoms while focusing on what matters most to them. “We don’t spend enough time talking to older adults about goals of care early in their illnesses,” she says. “That conversation shouldn’t be a one-time event answered in the hospital by a person’s family member.”

As an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Jain investigates how differences in healthcare delivery can affect outcomes for older adults hospitalized with critical illness.

Dr. Jain received her medical training at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences before completing a residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa. She then pursued a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and joined Yale School of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow in geriatric clinical epidemiology.