Riffat Sabir, MD, MEHP, FACP

Department of Medicine

Institutional Leadership Roles

• Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine at UMass Chan-Baystate
• Director, Medical Education Track, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine at UMass Chan-Baystate
• Director, Noon Conference, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine at UMass Chan-Baystate

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School–Baystate

Education and Training 

• Johns Hopkins University, School of Education, Baltimore, MD
  M.E.H.P. (2019-2021)
• Johns Hopkins University, School of Education, Baltimore, MD
  Post-Master's Certificate, Evidence-based Teaching in the Health Professions (2021)
• UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate, Springfield, MA
  • Fellowship, Advanced Hospital Medicine (2018-2020)
  • Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (2017-2018)
  • Residency, Internal Medicine (2014-2015)
• Montefiore Medical Center, Wakefield Campus, Bronx, NY
  Internship, Internal Medicine (2013-2014)
• Lahore Medical and Dental College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
  M.B.B.S. (2001-2007)

Scholarly Foci

• Graduate medical education
• Educational scholarship
• Evidence-based teaching
• Evidence-based medicine
• Instructional strategies

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles (Limit 5)

• Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine/Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine
  • Member (2020-present)
• American College of Physicians
  • Member (2015-present)
• Massachusetts Medical Society
  • Member (2015-2017)
• American Medical Association
  • Member (2015-2017)
• Early Career Physician
  • Member (2016)

Significant Honors and Awards (Limit 5)

• Fellow, American College of Physicians (2018-2020)
• Martin I Broder Outstanding Inpatient Teacher of the Year, Department of Internal Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate (2020)
• System-Wide Rookie of the Year, Department of Hospital Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate (2019)
• Intern of the Year Award, Montefiore Medical Center, Wakefield Campus, Bronx, NY (2015)
• Best Graduate Award-Quaid-E-Azam Gold Medal, Lahore Medical and Dental College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan (2007)

Academic Office Contact Information

Department of Medicine
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-4143
Riffat.Sabir@baystatehealth.org

(Updated August 2022)