Dr. Saini is a gastroenterologist and health services researcher with a long-standing interest in appropriate use of resource-limited medical procedures, such as colonoscopy and upper endoscopy, development of “next generation” performance measures, and development and evaluation of complex interventions to reduce the use of low-value care. He uses a variety of methodological approaches in his work, including simulation modeling, mixed-methods, and implementation science. He serves as Director of the Gastroenterology Junior Faculty Health Services Research Mentoring Program (JF2K) and Associate Director of the NIH T32 GI Epidemiology Training Program at the University of Michigan, and Co-Director of the Mentoring Core and Director of the Program on Access, Community Care, and Specialty Care Services at the VA Ann Arbor HSR&D Center for Clinical Management Research (CCMR).

• M.D., Brown University