Haiyan Ramirez Batlle, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
My clinical practice includes primary care, outpatient addiction treatment, and inpatient consultation, with an emphasis on expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder and improving care for patients with co-occurring medical and behavioral health conditions.
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I am engaged in quality improvement initiatives to strengthen opioid safety and develop interdisciplinary care models that support addiction treatment within primary care. As an educator, I teach and mentor medical students, residents, and fellows across inpatient and outpatient settings, and contribute to curriculum development in addiction medicine, HIV primary care, and community-engaged care. My teaching focuses on clinical reasoning, communication skills, and the care of structurally vulnerable populations. My academic interests center on health equity, safety-net innovation, and the development of scalable models for delivering culturally responsive, patient-centered care.
Awards
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- Amos Throop Prize in Health Policy, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2016
- Inductee, Arnold Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2016
- Petersen Educational Enhancement Fund Award, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2015
- Benjamin H. Kean Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015
- Magna Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, 2009
Education & Training
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- Residency Internal Medicine Brigham & Women’s Hospital 2019
- Internship Internal Medicine Brigham & Women’s Hospital 2017
- MD Alpert Medical School of Brown University 2016
- Master Philosophy Complutense University of Madrid 2012
- BS Biology University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez 2009
Interests
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- Addiction Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Language Access
- Clinical Reasoning
- Motivational Interviewing
- HIV Primary Care
- Incarceration
- Health Equity
- Quality Improvement
- Medical Education
Publications (12)
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Patient RightsCommunication BarriersPatient SelectionSchools, MedicalElectronic Health RecordsEligibility DeterminationPrisonersPublic Health SurveillanceEducationHealthcare DisparitiesHeart FailureHealth Services AccessibilityCardiology Service, HospitalClinical Decision-MakingSocial Isolation
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Tuberculosis infection screening recommendations for targeted immunotherapies: comparison of U.S. prescribing information, clinical resources and quality measures.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2025 Murrill MT, Velásquez GE, Szumowski JD, Phillips A, Kim A, Yazdany J, Roberts ET, Habib AR, Batlle HR, Salazar J, Minter DJ, Louie JK, Ernst JD -
Hard lessons we learned from the COVID-19 tragedy at San Quentin prison
Los Angeles Times 2020 Ramirez Batlle H, Grant J -
Protecting Decarcerated Populations In The Era of COVID-19: Priorities For Emergency Discharge Planning
Health Affairs Blog 2020 Howell B, Ramirez Batlle H, Ahalt C, Shavit S, Augustine D, Wang E, Zaller N, Williams B -
Accuracy and reliability of electronic versus CDC surveillance criteria for non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2020 Batlle HR, Klompas M, CDC Prevention Epicenters Program -
Testing Medical Fairness: Incarceration and Eligibility for Advanced Heart Failure Therapies.
Circulation. Heart failure 2019 Ramirez Batlle H, DeFilippis EM, Givertz MM
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Identification of Racial Inequities in Access to Specialized Inpatient Heart Failure Care at an Academic Medical Center.
Circulation. Heart failure 2019 Eberly LA, Richterman A, Beckett AG, Wispelwey B, Marsh RH, Cleveland Manchanda EC, Chang CY, Glynn RJ, Brooks KC, Boxer R, Kakoza R, Goldsmith J, Loscalzo J, Morse M, Lewis EF, Abel S, Adams A, Anaya… -
Development and Assessment of Objective Surveillance Definitions for Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia.
JAMA network open 2019 Ji W, McKenna C, Ochoa A, Ramirez Batlle H, Young J, Zhang Z, Rhee C, Clark R, Shenoy ES, Hooper D, Klompas M, CDC Prevention Epicenters Program -
Smear Campaign: Misattribution of Pancytopenia to a Tick-Borne Illness.
Journal of general internal medicine 2017 Lee J, Azzawi S, Peluso MJ, Richterman A, Batlle HR, Yialamas MA -
Patient Perspectives on the Need for and Barriers to Professional Medical Interpretation.
Rhode Island medical journal (2013) 2016 Brooks K, Stifani B, Batlle HR, Nunez MA, Erlich M, Diaz J -
A Student Collaboration to Address Mental Health Wellness in Medical School.
Rhode Island medical journal (2013) 2015 Brooks K, Karp L, Batlle HR, Chiu M, Montross C -
Healthcare reform in Latino Rhode Island: Perspectives of Spanish speakers and insurance navigators
J Health Dispar Res Pract 2015 Ramirez Batlle H, Goldman RE, Logroño A, Diaz JA 2016;9(4):Article 8. -
The natural history of the benign thyroid nodule: what is the appropriate follow-up strategy?
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2014 Ajmal S, Rapoport S, Ramirez Batlle H, Mazzaglia PJ