Peter Angood, MD

Peter Angood is CEO and president, American Association for Physician Leadership, and author of All Physicians are Leaders: Reflections on Inspiring Change Together for Better Healthcare.

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Health policy

The burden of bullets: Leadership needs to treat gun violence as a public health issue

Peter Angood, MD & Stephanie Duggan, MD

August 28, 2023Aug 28, 2023

Regular mass shootings are a uniquely American phenomenon. The United States is the only developed country where mass shootings have happened every year for the past 20 years, according to Jason R. Silva, an assistant sociology and criminal justice professor at William Paterson University. According to the Gun Violence Archive, by the end of June 2023, there were more mass shootings in the United States than days in 2023 — at …

Physician voices

Why physician-led health care leads to quality patient care

Peter Angood, MD

March 4, 2023Mar 4, 2023

Excerpted from Physician Leadership: More Valuable Than Ever — A White Paper from the American Association for Physician Leadership. Physician leadership is an essential element required to provide optimal patient-centered care. To succeed, health care must be quality-centered, safe, streamlined,…

Excerpted from Physician Leadership: More Valuable Than Ever — A White Paper from the American Association for Physician Leadership.

Physician leadership is an essential element required to provide optimal patient-centered care. To succeed, health care must be quality-centered, safe, streamlined, measured, evidence-based, value-driven, innovative, fair, equitable, and physician-led.

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) is focused on the personal transformation of all physicians, and through them, the organizations they serve. …

Physician voices

Professionalism: We must also draw on our own human qualities to succeed

Peter Angood, MD

March 2, 2021Mar 2, 2021

An excerpt from All Physicians are Leaders: Reflections on Inspiring Change Together for Better Healthcare. In times of uncertainty, human behavior often makes people resort to less-than-stellar behaviors; unhealthy personal environments can become manifest as well. Often, these coincide with…

An excerpt from All Physicians are Leaders: Reflections on Inspiring Change Together for Better Healthcare.

In times of uncertainty, human behavior often makes people resort to less-than-stellar behaviors; unhealthy personal environments can become manifest as well. Often, these coincide with health care being used more frequently and the safe haven of health care delivery being sought. …