Northwell Appoints Dr. Sanjay Saint to Lead Internal Medicine
Dr. Saint will oversee Internal Medicine systemwide as well as chair the Department of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y., September 01, 2026--Northwell Health has appointed renowned patient safety expert Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, as senior vice president of the health system's Internal Medicine service line – with direct oversight at two hospitals – while also playing a key academic role. Dr. Saint will serve as chair of the Department of Medicine at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center in New Hyde Park, North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) in Manhasset and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in Hempstead, where he will be appointed the endowed David J. Greene Professor of Medicine.
Dr. Saint was previously vice chair of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Health System, chief of medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and taught at the University of Michigan, where he spent nearly 25 years as a tenured professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. He worked at both the Michigan and VA health systems since 1998.
At Northwell, the largest nonprofit academic health system in the Northeast, Dr. Saint will work to ensure patient access, quality of care and safety. He hopes to build upon the lessons learned while working for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which is one of the largest integrated health systems in the world, and the University of Michigan. Dr. Saint succeeds Joseph Conigliaro, MD, MPH, and JoAnne Gottridge, MD, who remain at Northwell.
"Dr. Sanjay Saint is an exceptionally experienced clinical leader who brings the mind of a researcher along with the compassion of someone who has immersed himself in the care of America's veterans, a combination that will only help drive the best clinical outcomes at Northwell Health," said John D'Angelo, MD, Northwell's president and CEO – and himself a veteran physician. "Dr. Saint is an internationally known patient safety expert and lecturer with extensive academic contributions. We're excited for his next chapter at Northwell and to see his impact on an already robust health system."
Dr. Saint has been a visiting professor at more than 100 institutions across the United States, Europe and Asia, authoring more than 400 peer-reviewed papers and several books on clinical medicine, mentorship and patient safety. He is a special correspondent to the New England Journal of Medicine and serves on the editorial boards of seven peer-reviewed journals, including NEJM Catalyst and BMJ Quality & Safety. His thought leadership also extends to national publications, including The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review.