Eric Stephen Holmboe MD
Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (General Medicine)
Departments & Organizations
Internal Medicine: General Internal MedicineBiography
Dr. Holmboe is currently Senior Vice President for Quality Research and Academic Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation. He is also Professor Adjunct of Medicine at Yale University. Prior to joining the ABIM in 2004, he was the was Associate Program Director, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Director of Student Clinical Assessment, Yale School of Medicine, Director of Faculty Development, Department of Medicine, and Assistant Director for the Yale Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. Prior to joining Yale in 2000, he served as division chief of General Internal Medicine at the National Naval Medical Center. His research interests include interventions to improve quality of care and methods in the evaluation of clinical competence. He is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College and the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Yale University.Education
- M.D., University of Rochester , 1985
Selected Publication
- Holmboe ES, Wang Y, Brass L. The long term consequences of upper extremity peripheral neuropathy in former Vietnam Prisoners of war. Accepted, Military Medicine, 2002.
Articles

Winter 2010
Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
The chances are good that you already know the work of Lisa Sanders, M.D. ’97, HS ’00, assistant clinical professor of...
Winter 2009
Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Clinical Competence
by Eric S. Holmboe, M.D., HS ’93, professor (adjunct) of medicine, and Richard E. Hawkins, M.D. (Mosby) This guide to...

Spring 2012
Scholars work toward healthy communities
When Oni Blackstock, M.D., arrived in New Haven in the summer of 2010 to begin her fellowship as a Robert Wood Johnson...

Autumn 2010
Better clinical skills needed for better diagnosis
Basic clinical skills provide crucial information: one study showed that the patient interview provided conclusive...
Spring 2001
Patients underestimate risks, overestimate benefits of elective angioplasty
When it comes to electing to undergo angioplasty, many patients believe that the procedure to open up clogged blood...



