Dr. Desaia, a rheumatologist and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, leads the quality program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, ensuring high-quality, safe and compassionate care. With over a decade in the quality and safety department, she has implemented innovative safety programs that utilize AI and EHRs. Dr. Desai has driven quality initiatives in preventive care, chronic disease management, and health equity, and has developed an ambulatory patient safety infrastructure. Her research, focusing on improving care quality and patient safety, has been published in over 40 peer-reviewed journals. In 2019, she received the Donabedian Award from the American Public Health Association for her work on ambulatory safety nets and diagnostic error reduction.
