Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH

George Dock Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan
Director, VA/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program
Associate Chief of Medicine, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center

Dr. Saint’s research focuses on enhancing patient safety by preventing health care-associated infections and translating research findings into practice. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers with over 60 appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, or the Annals of Internal Medicine. His research is currently funded through extramural grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the European Commission. Dr. Saint has authored or edited several books, including the Saint-Frances Guide to Inpatient Medicine (published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) and Clinical Problem-Solving (published by McGraw-Hill). He has received several major teaching awards while at the University of Michigan, including the Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. He is a Special Correspondent to the New England Journal of Medicine, an editorial board member of the Annals of Internal Medicine, and an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).

He received his Medical Doctorate from UCLA, completed a medical residency and chief residency at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), and obtained a Masters in Public Health (as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar) from the University of Washington in Seattle. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Florence during the 2007-2008 academic year, where he studied diffusion of innovation and hand hygiene practices in Italian hospitals. He has been a visiting professor at over 35 universities and hospitals in the United States, Europe, and Japan, and has active research studies underway with investigators in Switzerland, Italy, Japan, and Thailand.