Board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine
Associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Trainer of young doctors to help them communicate effectively, be empathic, and practice shared decision-making with their patients
Creating accurate and easy-to-understand content that explains complex medical diagnoses and treatments is crucial for patients. Everyone deserves to understand how to make wise decisions about their health.
— Sanjai Sinha, MD
Sanjai Sinha, MD, is a board-certified physician with over 20 years of experience. He specializes in internal medicine.
Dr. Sinha is an associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He has taught medical students and residents from Cornell, Mount Sinai, and Columbia in internal medicine, which encompasses preventive care, acute care, and chronic disease management.
Previously, Dr. Sinha served as the director of the care management program at Weill Cornell as well as the primary care chief at the Hudson Valley Department of Veterans Affairs.
Dr. Sinha has published many peer-reviewed articles, and he has authored and edited hundreds of easy-to-understand online patient education materials on hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes at Cornell.He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Dr. Sinha completed his undergraduate training at the University of California, Berkeley and earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He completed his internal medicine residency at the New York University School of Medicine.