Sonali Desai, MD, MPH
Chief Quality Officer
Boston Medical Center Health System
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Sonali Desai, MD, is responsible for the strategic delivery of high-quality, safe, and equitable patient care at all BMC Health System hospitals.

Before being appointed to this role, Dr. Desai served as the vice president for quality and the associate chief medical officer at Brigham & Women's hospital and currently serves as a deputy editor at the International Journal for Quality in Healthcare. She received her Doctor of Medicine from Brown University and her Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Desai has been recognized as a patient safety expert to know by Becker's Healthcare and as a top doctor by Boston Magazine since 2020.

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  1. Abbasi N, Kapoor N, Lacson R, Guenette JP, Desai S, Lucier D, Saini S, Sisodia R, Raja AS, Bates DW, Khorasani R. Cumulative Effect of Targeted Interventions on Radiologist Recommendations for Additional Imaging. Radiology. 2025 Jun; 315(3):e243750. PMID: 40459413; PMCID: PMC12765373; DOI: 10.1148/radiol.243750;
     
  2. Flash M, Lynch EA, Lacson R, Guenette JP, Desai S, Kapoor N. Predictors of Physician Agreement With Radiologist-Recommended Follow-up Imaging. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 Apr; 22(4):407-416. PMID: 39551329; PMCID: PMC12782780; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2024.11.006;
     
  3. Phan P, Desai S, Garcia Elorio E, Greenfield D, Hinchcliff R, Iqbal U, O'Connor P, Staines A, Sunol R, Sheikh A. Embracing the use of artificial intelligence in scientific publishing. Int J Qual Health Care. 2024 Aug 02; 36(3). PMID: 39045707
     
  4. Little JS, Coughlin C, Hsieh C, Lanza M, Huang WY, Kumar A, Dandawate T, Tucker R, Gable P, Vazquez Deida AA, Moulton-Meissner H, Stevens V, McAllister G, Ewing T, Diaz M, Glowicz J, Winkler ML, Pecora N, Kubiak DW, Pearson JC, Luskin MR, Sherman AC, Woolley AE, Brandeburg C, Bolstorff B, McHale E, Fortes E, Doucette M, Smole S, Bunnell C, Gross A, Platt D, Desai S, Fiumara K, Issa NC, Baden LR, Rhee C, Klompas M, Baker MA. Neuroinvasive Bacillus cereus Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts: Epidemiologic Investigation of 5 Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Mar; 11(3):ofae048. PMID: 38434615; PMCID: PMC10906701; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae048;
     
  5. Jhala K, Lynch EA, Eappen S, Curley P, Desai SP, Brink J, Khorasani R, Kapoor N. Financial Impact of a Radiology Safety Net Program for Resolution of Clinically Necessary Follow-up Imaging Recommendations. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 Aug; 21(8):1258-1268. PMID: 38147905; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.12.016;
     
  6. Chua IS, Khinkar RM, Wien M, Kerrissey M, Lipsitz S, Cheung YY, Mort EA, Desai S, Morris CA, Pearson M, Eappen S, Rozenblum R, Mendu M. What Went Right? A Mixed-Methods Study of Positive Feedback Data in a Hospital-Wide Mortality Review Survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Feb; 39(2):263-271. PMID: 37725228; PMCID: PMC10853134; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08393-z;
     
  7. DeSimone AK, Kapoor N, Lacson R, Budiawan E, Hammer MM, Desai SP, Eappen S, Khorasani R. Impact of an Automated Closed-Loop Communication and Tracking Tool on the Rate of Recommendations for Additional Imaging in Thoracic Radiology Reports. J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 Aug; 20(8):781-788. PMID: 37307897; PMCID: PMC12911512; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.05.004;
     
  8. Abbasi N, Lacson R, Kapoor N, Licaros A, Guenette JP, Burk KS, Hammer M, Desai S, Eappen S, Saini S, Khorasani R. Development and External Validation of an Artificial Intelligence Model for Identifying Radiology Reports Containing Recommendations for Additional Imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2023 Sep; 221(3):377-385. PMID: 37073901; PMCID: PMC12794384; DOI: 10.2214/AJR.23.29120;
     
  9. Giess CS, Lynch E, Lacson R, Kapoor N, Desai S, Khorasani R. Patient and System Factors Associated With Completed Follow-Up of Probably Benign (BI-RADS 3) Breast Imaging Findings. J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 Sep; 20(9):889-901. PMID: 37023884; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.02.028;
     
  10. Guenette JP, Kapoor N, Lacson R, Lynch E, Abbasi N, Desai SP, Eappen S, Khorasani R. Development and Assessment of an Information Technology Intervention to Improve the Clarity of Radiologist Follow-up Recommendations. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 01; 6(3):e236178. PMID: 37000450; PMCID: PMC10066458; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.6178;
     
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Bar chart showing 64 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2018 and 2019 and 2023

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2021 Mass General Brigham: Pillars of Excellence Award, Advancing Innovation and Progress Category
2021 Mass General Brigham: Pillars of Excellence Award, Ambulatory Safety Net Team
2018 Partners Healthcare: Partners in Excellence Award
2012-2013 Harvard Business School: Brigham Leadership Program
2003 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center : James Tullis Intern Award
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