Saurabh Chandra, MD

Saurabh Chandra, MD

Chief Telehealth Officer

Department:
UP TH-Telehealth Services Adm

Email:
schandra@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5266

Biography

Dr Chandra is the Chief Telehealth Officer at University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and Project Director for the National Center of Excellence for Telehealth. The Center for Telehealth at UMMC is one of the only two federally designated Centers of Excellence for Telehealth in the country.
After completing medical school in India, Dr. Chandra earned a PhD in Life Sciences from Indiana State University that was followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center. This was followed by clinical training in Internal Medicine with specialization in Critical Care from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. While working as a Tele critical care physician, he developed a passion for Telehealth as a transformative modality for delivering cost effective health care. Prior to his current role, Dr. Chandra was the enterprise wide Medical Director of Telehealth at Northwell Health which is the largest health system in the state of New York. During the COVID pandemic he led the Tele critical care response at Northwell Health and demonstrated that out of state providers can effectively contribute to patient care via Telehealth.
In his current role, Dr. Chandra provides strategic direction to the Center for Telehealth and the Center for Excellence and ensures alignment with all three mission areas of UMMC.
As a lifelong learner, Dr. Chandra recently finished his MBA from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. In his free time Dr Chandra enjoys integrating into the culture of Mississippi and embracing its unique blend of Southern hospitality and traditions.

Education

Millsaps College, MBA, Business2024
Indiana State University, PhD, Life Sciences2002
University of Allahabad MLN Medical College, MBBS, Medicine1993
The Christ Hospital, Internal Medicine
The Christ Hospital, Internal Medicine
University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Critical Care Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Board Certification, ABIM2016 - 2026
Licensure, Medical01/2022 - 06/2025
DEA, UMMC08/2022 - 07/2025

Current Positions

Faculty, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences2021 - Present
Chief Telehealth Officer, School of Medicine08/2020 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine08/2020 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Medical Director, Northwell Health, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences06/2019 - 07/2020
Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, The Christ Hospital07/2014 - 06/2015
Medical Director, Northwell Health, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences07/2014 - 05/2019
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences07/2014 - 06/2020
Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences04/2012 - 06/2014

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, MS Department of Education School Based Telehealth Project - Total Award 17.6 million dollars, MS Department of Education03/2022 - 09/2024
Extramural, HRSA Center of Excellence Grant Total award 16.5 million dollars, HRSA09/2021 - 09/2026
Extramural, FCC Connected Care Pilot Program. Award 2.25 million dollars, Federal Communications Commission01/2021 - 01/2024

Publications

Journal Article

Gujral J, Antoine C, Chandra S. The role of telehospitalist in COVID-19 response ACP Hospitalist.2020
Omar Badawi, Xinggang Liu, Iris Berman, Pamela J Amelung, Martin E. Doerfler, Saurabh Chandra Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on severity of illness and resources required during intensive care in the greater New York City area medRxiv2020

Review Article

Summers R, Musshafen L, Marshall G, Bates J, Jain S, Johnston J, Castillo A, Ayyalasomayajula K, Sandlin R, Frame I.J, Lirette C, Chandra S, Robinson A, Garrett M. Following the Science: the role of the academic medical center in the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Public Health in the Deep South. Special Edition on COVID-192022

Presentations

Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Delta Innovator Search Bootcamp, Right Care, Right Time, Right Setting, Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Little Rock, AR, Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Little Rock, AR09/2024
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mississippi Creating Additional Value for Hospitals in Mississippi, MS Chapter - Healthcare Financial Management Association, Philadelphia, MS08/2024
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mississippi Delta Maternal Health Roundtable Discussion, HRSA, Mound Bayou, MS08/2024
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Expanding Patient Access to Care No Matter Where They May Be, 10 National Telehealth Summit- BRI Network, Nashville, TN07/2024
Poster Presentation, Assessing Telehealth Uptake and Impact on Healthcare Resource Utilization and Expenditures Among Mississippi Medicaid Beneficiaries with Major Depression: A Comparative Study Using Propensity Score Matching, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD06/2024
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Transforming Rural Neurology Care with a Hybrid Model, TytoCare- Hybrid Care Virtual Summit, Virtual06/2024
Poster Presentation, Implementation of Telehealth in Mississippi's K-12 Schools, MS Health Disparities, Biloxi, MS06/2024
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Data Scarcity Research: Expanding Access to Care Beyond Wifi Through Cellular Data, CTel, US Captitol Complex, Washington DC06/2024
Presentation to Senior Policy Advisors in the White House, Cellular Data Scarcity and its Impact on Healthcare, CTel, White House, Washington DC06/2024
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, A National Telehealth Center of Excellence Framework Enables Access to Specialty Care to Rural Hospitals in Mississippi in Collaboration with ‘Out of State’ Providers, American Telemedicine Association, Phoenix, AZ05/2024
Poster Presentation, Inpatient Teleneurology Consultation Service in a Rural Hospital Following Physician Shortage, NRTRC, Seattle04/2024
Poster Presentation, A Health Information Exchange for Seamless Patient Care in Mississippi, NRTRC, Seattle, WA04/2024
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Strategies for Implementing Successful Telehealth Programs, Millenium Alliance-Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly, Atlanta, GA04/2024
Podcast Interview, The Current and Future State of Telehealth, Seamless Connection, Virtual04/2024
Poster Presentation, Pediatric Dentistry‐Focused ECHO Sessions: Data Report and Lessons from One Year of Implementation, American Institute of Dental Public Health Colloquium, Chicago, IL03/2024
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Bridging Gaps in Rural Health with the Telehealth Center of Excellence Framework for Mississippi Hospitals and Beyond, National Rural Health Association, Virtual03/2024
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Telehealth advantages and challenges, MS Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, MS02/2024
Medicine Grand Rounds, Telehealth Benefits in the Post-Pandemic Era, Department of Medicine, UMMC02/2024
Poster Presentation, Revolutionizing Dermatological Care in Mississippi: The Impact of Project ECHO at UMMC, Southern Dermatology Consortium, Annual Meeting, Little Rock, AK02/2024
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Implementing a successful Telehealth Porgram, BRI Network- (th Telehealth Summit, Las Vegas01/2024
Poster Presentation, Paradigm for establishing a multidisciplinary Telehealth team for managing complex multi‐system disorders like Post‐acute Sars‐CoV‐19 Syndrome, SEARCH, Virtual01/2024
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Overview of Telehealth, Population Health Management Program, Virtual01/2024
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Statewide School Based Telehealth, Mississippi Rural Health Association, Vicksburg, MS11/2023
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Revolutionizing Access to Health Care in FQHC's via Telehealth, SEARCH National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA11/2023
Poster Presentation, Integration of Digital Primary Care Training and ECHO in advancing Rural Dermatology, SEARCH, Philadelphia, PA11/2023
Poster Presentation, Pediatric Dentistry-Focused ECHO Sessions: Data Report and Lessons from One Year of Implementation, SEARCH, Philadelphia11/2023
Poster Presentation, Inpatient Teleneurology Consultation Service in a Rural Hospital Following Physician Shortage, SEARCH, Philadelphia11/2023
Poster Presentation, Launching a Remote Maternal Blood Pressure Monitoring into an Established Telehealth System, SEARCH, Philadelphia11/2023
Poster Presentation, Tele-mental health Utilization Trend with Rural – Urban Differences in Mississippi 2020 - 2022, SEARCH, Philadelphia, PA11/2023
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, MS School Based Telehealth Program Update, Education Commission of the States, Virtual10/2023
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, School Based Telehealth Program, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC, Biloxi, MS10/2023
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Community Engagement to Drive Telehealth, Mylie Evers Williams Institute, UMMC09/2023
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Expanding Access Through Telehealth, HRSA, Virtual06/2023
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Improving Rural Healthcare Through Telehealth, MS Public Health Association Annual Conference, Flowood, MS03/2023
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Healthcare Providers & Payers Transformation Assembly, Millennium Alliance, Austin, TX03/2023
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Improving Rural Healthcare through Telehealth, BRINetwork, Las Vegas, NV01/2023
Poster Presentation, Rapid Implementation of a Virtual Critical Care Nursing Project in a Busy Emergency Department Staffed by ‘Out of State’ Tele ICU Critical Care Nurses, SEARCH, Virtual11/2022
Poster Presentation, New Frontiers in Telehealth Research: A National Telehealth Data Warehouse, SEARCH, Virtual11/2022
Poster Presentation, Utilizing a Remote Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Role to Increase the Efficiency of Telehealth Visits for Diabetic Patients, SEARCH, Virtual11/2022
Poster Presentation, Telehealth‐Assisted Home BP Monitoring for In‐Center Hemodialysis Patients: A Pragmatic Implementation Study, SEARCH, virtual11/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, School Based Telehealth, Chicago, IL11/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Telehealth in Academic Medical Centers, AAMC, Nashville, TN11/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Building a Telemedicine Center of Excellence: UMMC experience., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Webinar11/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Transformative Role of Technology in Health Care, The MIND Center, Jackson, MS10/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Building a Patient Centric Healthcare Ecosystem and digitally enabled value-based care, Bahrain Telehealth Technologies, Webinar10/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Advancing Health Equity Through Telehealth., AAMC, webinar09/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Future of Technology in Healthcare Delivery: Do We Need Physicians?, Children’s Hospital of Mississippi, Jackson, MS08/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Remote Patient Monitoring for Hypertension, Mississippi State Department of Health, Webinar06/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Future of Telehealth in Post-pandemic era, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Telehealth Technologies, Webinar06/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Utilizing Telehealth to Transform Patient Care Across the Continuum., Mississippi Medical Association, Miramar, FL05/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of Telehealth in HealthCare Transformation, Qatar Telehealth Technologies, Webinar04/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Telehealth in the post-pandemic era, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Biloxi, MS03/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Integrating Telehealth in the Continuum of Care., Next Generation Healthcare Summit, online03/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, How telehealth's role in chronic care management will grow in 2022 and beyond., Xtelligent Healthcare Media's Telehealth 22 conference, online03/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Utilizing Telehealth to Transform Patient Care Across the Care Continuum., 8th National Telehealth Summit, Nashville , TN03/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Artificial Intelligence in Rural Health Care., National Rural HIT Coalition, online12/2021
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Leveraging Telehealth and Remote Monitoring to Manage Chronic Disease., 7th National Telehealth Summit.10/2021
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Panelist on session on Telemedicine, Mississippi Rural Health Association, Webinar11/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Telehealth strategy and COVID-19, Philips, Webinar03/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Digital Disruptors in Healthcare, HIMSS, New York10/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Telemedicine as the Driver for Improving Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Northeast Regional Telehealth Conference, Portland, ME06/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Care across the continuum, New York chapter of Leading Age, New York05/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Poster presentation on Tele Hospitalist program, Society of Hospitalist Medicine03/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Telehealth for Metro NY, HFMA, Long Island, NY02/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Overview on Telemedicine, Nursing Students association of New York, New York02/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Expanding the reach with Telemedicine, Long Island University, Long Island, NY11/2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Beyond our reach is now – Healthcare on Broadway., HIMSS, New York, NY06/2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Unknown, Unknown, Webinar03/2017
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, GNYHA Webinar series: Northwell Health- Tele-health Initiatives, Northwell Health, New York08/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Unknown, New York, Department of Pulmonary/CC and Sleep Medicine, Northwell Health.06/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Tele-ICU and its impact on critical care medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, St Peterson’s University Hospital, New Jersey05/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, eICU and LHH-SICU. A shared vision, Department of Neuro Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York05/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, MORE POWER TO THE Tele-ICU-
Merging Two Worlds: Point of Care Ultrasonography and Tele-Medicine, ATA		04/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Potential Impact of eICU on resident/fellow education, GME04/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, CT Surgery and eICU; A shared vision, Northwell Health03/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, MORE POWER TO THE Tele-ICU-Merging Two Worlds: Point of Care Ultrasonography and Tele-Medicine., Northwell Health, Webinar01/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, MORE POWER TO THE Tele-ICU-
Merging Two Worlds: Point of Care Ultrasonography and Tele-Medicine, Connect2care		10/2015

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

OAVCR Excellence Award- Platinum Level, UMMC Office of Associate Vice Chancellor for Research2024
Northwell Health Physician Leadership Development Program, Northwell Health2017
T 32 Critical Care Research Fellowship, NIH / UPMC2009
Best Intern of the Year, The Christ Hospital2007
Research Showcase Award, Indiana State University2001
Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi1999

Professional Membership and Service

Mississippi Telehealth Association, Member2021 - Present
American Telemedicine Association, Member2015 - Present

Committee Service

MCCTR Internal Advisory Committee, Member2023 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS INTERVIEW, Member2023 - Present
UMMC-Mayo Clinic Research Collaboration Oversight Committee, Member2023 - Present
Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) member for Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) Grant, Member2023 - Present
Research Centers and Institues Directors Committee, Member2023 - Present
Center for Telehealth & e-Health Law, Member2023 - Present
IMPACT the RACE Advisory Board, Member2023 - Present
Council of Clinical Chairs, Ex-Officio2022 - Present
Population Health Management Steering Committee, Member2021 - 2021
Board and Advisors of the Society for Education and the Advancement of Research in Connected Health., Member2021 - Present
Northwell Health Enterprise Stroke Initiative., Member2019 - 2020
Northwell Health Telehospitalist Program Steering Committee, Member2018 - 2020
Hofstra SOM Admission Interview committee., Member2018 - 2019
Northwell Health Telehealth Executive Steering Committee, Member2017 - 2020
Northwell Health System wide Critical Care Task Force Committee., Member2015 - 2020

Community Service

MS Chapter of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, Treasurer2023 - Present

Other Service

British Medical Journal- Reviewer07/2024 - Present

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Introduction to Telehealth 2024
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Introduction to Telehealth 2023
Medicine, Lecture, LecturerSpring 2022

Directed Student Learning

Supervised Research, Advised: Sarah Hayek2024 - Present
Research Advisor, Advised: Melody Abboud2023 - Present
Research Advisor, Advised: Cameron Cloud2023 - Present
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Estimating the Validity and Reliability of the Healthcare Technology Acceptance Model Questionnaire in Mississippians Enrolled in Telehealth Programs.
Advised: Jacob Crouch		2020 - 2022
Research Advisor, IT and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Telemedicine.
Advised: Cirrus Forroughi		2016 - 2018

Fellows supervised

Faculty Research Advisor, Research Advisor, 0 fellows supervised08/2021 - 11/2023

Residency Training

Resident Elective, Preceptor2023 - Present
Social and Preventive Medicine, Preceptor