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Angela Kang-Giaimo, MD, MPH

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Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine

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Angela Kang-Giaimo, MD, MPH

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Biography

Dr. Angela Kang-Giaimo graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine where she received her MD and MPH degrees. She completed her residency training at the Yale Internal Medicine Primary Care Program and stayed on as a Chief Resident. She then joined the teaching faculty of the Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program from 2018-2021.

She rejoined the Yale Faculty as Instructor in the Department of General Internal Medicine and member of the Program in Hospital Medicine in 2021. She served as Associate Clerkship Director of the Internal Medicine Clerkship from July 2022-July 2023. She is currently the Internal Medicine Clerkship Director.

Her academic interests include residency career coaching and student professional identity formation, point of care ultrasound, and the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. She is the co-founder of an NGO in the Dominican Republic that works to improve community health and build local capacity through a community health workers and chronic disease program. She also currently serves as co-medical director of the Yale medical student run HAVEN Free Clinic.

Education & Training

  • Chief Resident
    Yale School of Medicine (2018)
  • Resident
    Yale New Haven Hospital (2017)
  • Intern
    Yale New Haven Hospital (2015)
  • MD
    Tufts University School of Medicine (2014)
  • MPH
    Tufts University School of Medicine (2014)
  • Non Degree Program
    Bryn Mawr College, Pre-Medical Sciences (2009)
  • BA
    Tufts University, International Relations (2008)

Honors & Recognition

AwardAwarding OrganizationDate
Teacher of the YearYale Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency2021
Excellence in Clinical Teaching AwardFrank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University2021
Teacher of the YearYale Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency2019
Massachusetts Medical Society Scholars Program AwardMassachusetts Medical Society2014
John T. Harrington Award for HumanityTufts University School of Medicine2014
Commencement Committee AwardTufts University School of Medicine2014

Professional Service

OrganizationRoleDate
Society of General Internal MedicineMember2019 - Present
American College of PhysiciansCommittee Member2017 - Present

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