Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH

Daniel Sands 20171010_0012 72dpiDanny Sands is passionate about healthcare transformation, non-visit-based care, collaboration in healthcare, and participatory medicine. For over twenty years, he has worked at the intersection of health care, technology, and business. His career began at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he trained in clinical informatics and developed and implemented numerous systems to improve clinical care delivery and patient engagement. He then became the chief medical officer for Zix Corporation and helped them become a leader in secure e-mail and e-prescribing. He then served as chief medical informatics officer at Cisco, providing both internal and external health IT leadership and helping key customers with business and clinical transformation using IT. Since then, he has worked as a consultant or chief medical officer at various innovative health technology companies. In 2009 he co-founded the Society for Participatory Medicine, where he serves as chief advocacy officer.

Dr. Sands is a popular speaker who blogs at DrDannySands.com, is active on social media as @DrDannySands, and continues to see patients part-time as a primary care physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Dr. Sands has earned degrees from Brown University, Ohio State University, Harvard School of Public Health, and trained at Boston City Hospital (now Boston Medical Center) and Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital (now Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center). Dr. Sands holds an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School.

Sands is the recipient of numerous health IT awards, has been elected to fellowship in both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Medical Informatics, and is a founder and co-chair of the board of the Society for Participatory Medicine. In 2009 he was recognized by HealthLeaders Magazine as one of “20 People Who Make Healthcare Better.” He is the co-author, with e-Patient Dave deBronkart, of Let Patients Help.

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