Vikas Saini, MD, is President of the Lown Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that believes a radically better healthcare system is possible. Dr. Saini leads the Institute’s signature project, the Lown Institute Hospitals Index for Social Responsibility, which includes measures never used before, like hospital racial inclusivity, ceo-to-staff pay equity, and avoidance of overuse.

Dr. Saini trained in cardiology at Harvard, where he also practiced and taught. He also worked in private practice in the community setting for more than fifteen years. He is founder of a successful primary care physician contracting network and the co-founder of a ground-breaking medical device company.

He also has served as 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.