Nancy Angoff, MD, MPH, MEd
Professor Emeritus of MedicineCards
About
Titles
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Special Advisor to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Medical Education
Biography
I am interested in early professional identification; stories of the profession, patients, New Haven and ourselves; power relationships in health care; and improving the learning environment. I was a junior high school English teacher before medical school and am interested in the intersection of the humanities with medicine. My research interests are in these areas and in ways to improve the medical student experience. I was the associate dean for student affairs for 23 years, through October 2021, and for six years directed the first Master Course for first-year medical students entitled Introduction to the Profession.
I will be on sabbatical from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 during which time I hope to identify new ways that I can contribute to the Medical School community.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
EmeritusPrimaryGeneral Internal Medicine
Senior Research ScientistSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- General Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Education Staff
- Program for Biomedical Ethics
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital (1993)
- MD
- Yale University (1990)
- MPH
- Yale University (1981)
- MEd
- University of Cincinnati, Master of Education (in guidance and counseling) (1971)
Research
Overview
A qualitative study of power and control in healthcare relationships as experienced by medical students.
Medical Research Interests
Humanities
Publications
2025
Proposed Framework for Setting Practical and Ethical Boundaries in Medicine
Hull S, Angoff N. Proposed Framework for Setting Practical and Ethical Boundaries in Medicine. JAMA Internal Medicine 2025, 185 PMID: 39899311, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.7681.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
The Performance and Trajectory of Medical Students With Disabilities: Results From a Multisite, Multicohort Study
Meeks LM, Plegue M, Swenor BK, Moreland CJ, Jain S, Grabowski CJ, Westervelt M, Case B, Eidtson WH, Patwari R, Angoff NR, LeConche J, Temple BM, Poullos P, Sanchez-Guzman M, Coates C, Low C, Henderson MC, Purkiss J, Kim MH. The Performance and Trajectory of Medical Students With Disabilities: Results From a Multisite, Multicohort Study. Academic Medicine 2022, 97: 389-397. PMID: 34817411, PMCID: PMC8855952, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004510.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Tips for Building a Community for Incoming Medical Students Virtually in the COVID-19 Era
Zheng M, Ruzgar NM, Angoff NR, Rosenthal DI. Tips for Building a Community for Incoming Medical Students Virtually in the COVID-19 Era. Medical Science Educator 2021, 31: 2033-2040. PMID: 34754599, PMCID: PMC8567972, DOI: 10.1007/s40670-021-01447-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 eraNew learning environmentMedical school communityIncoming medical studentsSense of communityLearning environmentSchool communitySchool institutionsClass formatMedical schoolsMedical studentsMedical traineesStudentsAccompanying shiftSupport relationshipsSchoolsMatriculationCollegialityCurrent pandemicMentorshipCommunityThe Performance and Trajectory of Medical Students With Disabilities: Results From the Pathways Project
Meeks LM, Plegue M, Swenor BK, Moreland CJ, Jain S, Grabowski CJ, Westervelt M, Case B, Eidtson WH, Patwari R, Angoff NR, LeConche J, Temple BM, Poullos P, Sanchez-Guzman M, Coates C, Low C, Henderson MC, Purkiss J, Kim MH. The Performance and Trajectory of Medical Students With Disabilities: Results From the Pathways Project. Academic Medicine 2021, 96: s209-s210. PMID: 34705710, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaladaptive Perfectionism, Impostor Phenomenon, and Suicidal Ideation Among Medical Students
Brennan-Wydra E, Chung HW, Angoff N, ChenFeng J, Phillips A, Schreiber J, Young C, Wilkins K. Maladaptive Perfectionism, Impostor Phenomenon, and Suicidal Ideation Among Medical Students. Academic Psychiatry 2021, 45: 708-715. PMID: 34350548, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-021-01503-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFood Insecurity in Medical Students: Preliminary Data From Yale School of Medicine
Zhou AG, Mercier MR, Chan C, Criscione J, Angoff N, Ment LR. Food Insecurity in Medical Students: Preliminary Data From Yale School of Medicine. Academic Medicine 2021, 96: 774-776. PMID: 34031298, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe lived understanding of professional behavior: perspectives from three levels of seniority within a single US institution
Humphreys J, Hafler J, Hafferty F, Huot S, Angoff N, Schwartz M. The lived understanding of professional behavior: perspectives from three levels of seniority within a single US institution. MedEdPublish 2021, 10 DOI: 10.15694/mep.2021.000157.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe lived understanding of professional behavior: perspectives from three levels of seniority within a single US institution [Correction]
Humphreys J, Hafler J, Hafferty F, Huot S, Angoff N, Schwartz M. The lived understanding of professional behavior: perspectives from three levels of seniority within a single US institution [Correction]. MedEdPublish 2021, 10 DOI: 10.15694/mep.2021.000157.1c.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Burnout Among Beginning First-Year Students from Three Health Professional Training Programs
Roberts A, Angoff NR, Brissette D, Dupee D, Fahs D, Honan L, Korbey S, Roessler E, Schwartz M, Shabanova V, Tetrault J, Wu B, Colson E, Encandela J. Burnout Among Beginning First-Year Students from Three Health Professional Training Programs. Medical Science Educator 2020, 30: 879-883. PMID: 34457745, PMCID: PMC8368543, DOI: 10.1007/s40670-020-00969-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBurnout Among Beginning First-Year Students from Three Health Professional Training Program.
Robert, A, Angoff, NR, Brissette, D et al. Burnout Among Beginning First-Year Students from Three Health Professional Training Program. Med Sci Educ, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-00969-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
News
News
- February 18, 2025
Voluntary Faculty Awards Honor Outstanding Educators
- June 27, 2024
Yale School of Medicine Alumni Celebrate Reunion Weekend 2024
- February 14, 2024
Yale Faculty Honored at Inaugural Voluntary Faculty Awards
- December 14, 2023
Yale’s Internal Medicine Faculty Honored at Annual CT ACP Meeting
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Mailing Address
Yale School of Medicine
367 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510
United States
Locations
E.S. Harkness Memorial Hall, Building A
Academic Office
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New Haven, CT 06510