Vikas Saini

President

Vikas Saini

Vikas Saini, MD is president of the Lown Institute. He is a clinical cardiologist trained by Dr. Bernard Lown at Harvard, where he has taught and done research. Dr. Saini leads the Institute’s signature project, the Lown Institute Hospitals Index, the first ranking to measure hospital social responsibility. The Index, first launched in July 2020, evaluates hospitals on equity, value, and outcomes, and includes never-before-used metrics such as avoiding overuse, pay equity, and racial inclusivity.  

In his role at the Lown Institute since 2012, Dr. Saini led the development of the Right Care series of papers published by The Lancet in 2017; convened six national conferences featuring world-renowned leaders in health care; and guided other Lown Institute projects such as the “Shkreli Awards.” Dr. Saini also serves as co-chair of the Right Care Alliance, a grassroots network of clinicians, patient activists, and community leaders organizing to put patients, not profits, at the heart of health care.

Prior to the Lown Institute, Dr. Saini was in private practice in cardiology for over 15 years on Cape Cod, where he also founded a primary care physician network participating in global payment contracts. He also co-founded Aspect Medical Systems, the pioneer in noninvasive consciousness monitoring in the operating room with the BIS device.

Dr. Saini is an expert on the optimal medical management of cardiologic conditions, medical overuse, hospital performance and evaluation, and health equity. He has spoken and presented research at professional meetings around the world, and has been quoted in numerous print media, radio, and television.

Speaking engagements

2021

Lown Presents: 2021 Top Hospitals for Racial Inclusivity
The Lown Institute — May 25, 2021
View event recording

Lown Presents: 2021 Top Hospitals for Avoiding Overuse
The Lown Institute — May 4, 2021
View event recording

Evaluating Hospitals on Health Value and Equity
Race to Value Podcast — March 22, 2021
Listen to recording

The 2020 Shkreli Awards for the Worst Examples of Profiteering and Dysfunction in Health Care
Relentless Health Value Podcast — February 18, 2021
Listen to recording

Lown presents: The promise of a cooperative hospital sector
The Lown Institute — January 27, 2021
View event recording

2020 Shkreli Awards Countdown
The Lown Institute — January 5, 2021
View event recording

2020

Lown presents: Racism and hospitals
The Lown Institute — October 21, 2020
View event recording

The Right Care Alliance and the Lown Institute Hospitals Index
Frontier Nursing University — October 20, 2020

Measuring What Matters to Drive Meaningful Change
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium — September 30, 2020
View event recording

Best Hospitals for America
Open Markets Institute — July 14, 2020
View event recording

Physician Advocacy for the Sick, the Poor and Social Justice: Making a Difference
Tufts University Department of Medicine — June 12, 2020

2019

Medical Grand Rounds – Drug Pricing in America: A Case Study of Market Failure
Case Western Reserve University Hospital (Cleveland, OH) – May 14, 2019

2018

Insulin in America: A Case Study in Market Failure
Joslin Diabetes Center (Boston, MA) – October 24, 2018 

The ORBITA Study: Evidence Base Prior to the Study, Study Design, Findings, Lingering Questions
Yale University (New Haven, CT) – May 31, 2018

Keynote: Challenges Faced for Right/Ethical Healthcare in a Global Context
Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (New Delhi, India ) – April 2018 

Breaking the Cycle of High Cost & Low Value: America’s Next Health System. Welcome, Introductions, and Closing Remarks
Lown Institute  (Washington, DC) – April 9-10, 2018

Cardiology Grand Rounds
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Burlington, MA) – February 15, 2018

2017

The Challenge of Delivering the Right Care
Hospital Compliance Forum. (Sao Paul, Brazil) – November 30, 2017

The Concept of Appropriateness of Care and Its Determinants (panel)
Colloque HAS (La Haute Autorité de Santé) (Paris, France) – November 14, 2017

Restoring Relationships to Transform Healthcare
McGill School of Medicine (Montreal, Canada) – October 12, 2017

Medical Grand Rounds
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD) – October 10, 2017

Providing the Right Care: A Systematic Framework
High Value Practice Academic Research Alliance (Baltimore, MD) – October 9, 2017

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine  (Columbia, Missouri) – October 7, 2017

The Challenge of Defining the Right Care
The Missouri Chapter of the American College of Physicians (Osage Beach, MO) – September 16, 2017

Defining the Right Care Requires a New Science.
Preventing Overdiagnosis 2017 (Quebec, Canada) – August 19, 2017

The Fourth International Seminar on Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence.
(Madrid, Spain) – May 11, 2017

The Fourth International Seminar on Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence.
(Madrid, Spain) – May 11, 2017

Beyond the Bottom Line: Defending the Human Connection in Health Care. Welcome, Introductions, and Closing Remarks
Lown Institute Conference (Quincy, MA) – May 5-7, 2017

Focus on Efficiency
Technical Working Group (Washington, DC) – April 20, 2017

A Hundred Year Flood: Rethinking Modern Medicine (Medical Grand Rounds)
Stanford School of Medicine  (Stanford, CA) – April 12, 2017

Vikas Saini in the news

View All