Salim Saiyed, M.D., MBA, FAMIA, has joined Trinity Health Of New England as the Diplomate Clinical Informatics, Vice President and Chief Health Informatics Officer for National Service Area 3 (CT/MA, MD, NY, DE/PA). Dr. Salim Saiyed is a visionary in organizational change and accomplished physician executive with over 15 years of progressive experience leading digital transformation, innovation, virtual care, and health informatics operations within large integrated health systems. He is passionate about transforming ideas into solutions by empowering clinicians with innovation, analytics, telehealth, population health, and data-driven research. Dr. Saiyed trained at St. Josephs in Phoenix and is thrilled to be returning to a faith-based organization.
Formerly the Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer at UPMC Central PA, a $25 billion IDFS, Dr. Saiyed spearheaded the implementation of Epic, optimizing informatics, governance, analytics, and digital health. He led digital health strategy spearheading innovation, new models of care such as virtual center of excellence, improving the electronic health record (EHR) experience for clinicians and improving digital access. His leadership resulted in achieving CHIME level 10 digital health most wired status, HIMSS Stage 7, and Epic Gold Star Level 9.
Dr. Saiyed is a national speaker and published author on digital health and innovation and has earned many accolades, including recent recognition by Becker’s Hospital Review as a Top CMIO to know 2023. Passionate about community service, Dr. Saiyed is the founder of two free medical clinics for the underserved and has volunteered on numerous international medical missions.