An intensivist and sleep specialist with expertise in medical education, Dr. Morgan Soffler currently serves as the associate program director for the Westchester Medical Center Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship. As an attending physician at Westchester Medical Center, Dr. Soffler cares for patients with a broad range of sleep disorders, including insomnia, excessive sleepiness including narcolepsy, sleep-related breathing disorders (such as obstructive sleep apnea among others), restless leg syndrome, sleep walking, sleep-eating, nightmares, and circadian rhythm disorders. Her research focuses on simulation-based medical education and simulation-based evaluation. Dr. Soffler has served as faculty for several CME courses and is an active member of the American Thoracic Society’s Steering Committee on Advancement of Learning and Section of Medical Education. 

During her internal medicine residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, she realized her love for teaching and spent a year as a chief medical resident.  She completed her pulmonary and critical training at the combined Harvard University Fellowship Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital, including a year of training with a medical education research focus with the Shapiro Center for Education.   In addition to her clinical work, she completed a two-year fellowship in the Harvard Academy for medical education research.  

Education

• Fellowship: Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care, Harvard Medical School Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Residency: Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
• Medical: Tufts University School of Medicine

Areas of Expertise

• Sleep-disordered Breathing
• Sleep-related Movement Disorders
• Restless Leg Syndrome
• Insomnia
• Narcolepsy
• Idiopathic Hypersomnia
• Circadian Rhythm Disorders
• Chronic Respiratory Failure
• Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
• Pulmonary Medicine
• Critical Care Medicine
• Sleep Medicine
• Medical Education
• Medical Simulation

Honors and Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha, Tufts University School of Medicine
• Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee
• First Place Award for Medical Education Research at the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors Conference, 2018
• Feature Teacher, American Thoracic Society, 2020
• Emerging Educator Award, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors, 2022
• Editor of the Year – ATS Scholar, 2023
• Best Teaching Faculty in the Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, 2023
• Teaching Attending of the Year, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2023
• Best Teaching Faculty in the Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, 2024

Research

• Simulation-based Medical Education
• Trainee Burn-out
• Physician Communication
• Medical Education

Publications

• Trivedi SP, Rodman A, Eliasz KL, et. al. "Finding the right combination for self-directed learning: A focus group study of residents' choice and use of digital resources to support their learning." The clinical teacher, 21(6), (2024) e13722. doi: 10.1111/tct.13722
• Matta A, Adamson R, Hayes MM, et. al. "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training." ATS scholar, 2(4), (2021) 556-565. doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2021-0067OC
• Ricotta DN, Richards JB, Atkins KM, et. al. "Self-Directed Learning in Medical Education: Training for a Lifetime of Discovery." Teaching and learning in medicine, 34(5), (2022) 530-540. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2021.1938074
• O'Toole J, Zaeh S, Eakin MN, et. al. "Balancing Demands: Determinants of Burnout Reported by Fellows in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine." ATS scholar, 2(1), (2021) 108-123. doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0097OC
• Sharp M, Burkart KM, Adelman MH, et. al. "A National Survey of Burnout and Depression Among Fellows Training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: A Special Report by the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors." Chest, 159(2), (2021) 733-742. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.2117
• Soffler MI, Ricotta DN, Hayes MM, et. al. "Avoiding 5 Common Pitfalls of Simulation Design in Medical Education." Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 96(1), (2021) 157. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003432
• Soffler MI, Claar DD, McSparron JI, et. al. "Raising the Stakes: Assessing Competency with Simulation in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine." Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 15(9), (2018) 1024-1026. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201802-120PS

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Professional Service

• Attending Physician, Medical ICU
• Sleep Medicine Outpatient Provider

Memberships and Affiliations

• American Thoracic Society
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Teaching Responsibilities

• Instructor, New York Medical College Pulmonary Module
• Faculty, New York Medical College Transitions in Medicine Course
• Faculty Lecturer, Harvard Medical School Quantitative Research in Medical Education Program
• Co-Director, Principles of Critical Care Medicine for Non-Intensive Care Specialists CME Course, Harvard Medical School
• Critical Care Pillar Chair, Fellows Track Symposium for the American Thoracic Society
• Core teaching in critical care medicine and pulmonary medicine for the Westchester Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Core teaching in sleep medicine for Westchester Internal Medicine Residency Program