Stephen Malawista MD
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupInternal Medicine: Rheumatology
Research Interests
Motile functions of leukocytes that bear on aspects of the inflammatory response; Lyme disease and of gouty inflammation
Clinical Interests
Lyme disease; gout; general rheumatology
Education
- B.A., Harvard College, magna cum laude , 1954
- M.D., Columbia University , 1958
Selected Publication
- Malawista SE, de Boisfleury Chevance A, Naccache PH. Inflammatory Gout: Observations over a Half-Century. FASEB Journal. 4073-4078, Dec. 2011.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Docteur Honaris Causa, Université René Descartes, Paris(1998) , University of Paris
Articles

Spring 2008
Spring/Summer 1983
Mystery of Lyme Disease a Step Closer to Being Solved“Scientists at the School of Medicine have isolated for the first...
Autumn 2001
Case of hide and seek?
Treated early, Lyme disease is usually cured with antibiotics, but the prolonged form of the disease can be more...
Winter 1999
AAAS elects seven fellows from ranks of faculty
Seven medical school faculty members were elected to the rank of fellow by the American Association for the Advancement...
Autumn 2001
Stephen E. Malawista, M.D., HS
Stephen E. Malawista, M.D., HS ’60, professor of medicine, has been named a Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon...
Spring 1999
Stephen E. Malawista, M.D.
Stephen E. Malawista, M.D., professor of medicine, was awarded an honorary doctorate (Docteur Honoris Causa) by the...
Fall 1999 | Winter 2000
Goodbye, Dr. Gifford
After 33 years at Yale and two false starts as a retiree, a roundly admired medical educator calls it a day. Sort of.
Fall 1998
Lyme disease vaccines prove effective
Clinical trials conducted at Yale over the past two years have proven the effectiveness of two Lyme disease...
Fall 1998
“Ticked off” about Lyme disease treatment
While physicians discussed therapies, vaccines and research at a Yale symposium on Lyme disease in early June, several...



