Dr. Saiyed brings 15 years of experience leading strategic digital transformation, innovation, virtual care and data science operations at UPMC Central, a large academic health system. He leads a team of 12 direct and 300 indirect professionals with an annual budget of over $100 million, used to deliver patient-centered technology solutions to 4,400 physicians across 8 hospitals and more than 200 clinics. He has been instrumental in the development of digital health strategies that enable new care models, including virtual first primary care, virtual diabetes boot camp, after hospital video visits and more. One of his primary accomplishments has been the conversion of five acquired hospital system’s to Epic EHR in under nine months, which resulted in over $30 million in annual savings.
