Dr. Angood has provided senior executive leadership for all sizes and types of healthcare organizations. Since 2012, he has been Chief Executive Officer and President of the American Association for Physician Leadership; the only professional organization solely focused on leadership education and management training for the physician workforce – a 40-year old organization with membership in over 45 countries. Curently, Dr. Angood serves as the Chair of the NCICLE Steering Committee.

Previously Dr. Angood was the inaugural Chief Patient Safety Officer and a Vice-President for The Joint Commission where he oversaw the National Patient Safety Goals and other enterprise-wide, international patient safety initiatives. He also completed a 2-year engagement with the National Quality Forum and National Priorities Partnership as Senior Advisor for Patient Safety before assuming the role of Chief Medical Officer with the Patient Safety Organization of GE Healthcare. During these engagements, Dr. Angood continued intermittent work with the WHO Patient Safety initiative after helping lead early development of the WHO Collaborating Center for Patient Safety Solutions.

Dr. Angood received his medical degree from the University of Manitoba in Canada and completed his general surgery training at McGill University in Montreal, as well as fellowship training in trauma surgery and critical care medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.