Sajeev Handa MD SFHM

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist, Infectious Disease

Chief, Hospital Medicine. Brown Health Medical Group. Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, Newport Hospital & Morton Hospital. Brown University Health.

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593 Eddy StProvidence, RI 02903
Phone+1 401-444-3985
Fax+1 401-444-3986

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Summary

Dr. Sajeev Handa is an internal medicine specialist based in Providence, RI, with subspecialties in hospital medicine and infectious diseases. He completed his medical education and training at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Tufts Medical Center, and Brown University. Dr. Handa holds several longstanding roles, including Division Director, Hospital Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and various consultant positions at multiple hospitals since the late 1990s. He is also involved in academic roles at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His clinical expertise includes aids, pneumonia, and HIV. Throughout his career, Dr. Handa has received several awards, including Rhode Island Monthly's Top Doctor several times from 2011-2025.

Education & Training

Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University HealthFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1994 - 1996
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1994
Tufts Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992
Royal College of Surgeons IrelandClass of 1991, BM,BS,BA, Honors
The United World College of South East AsiaDiploma, International Baccalaureate, 1982 - 1984

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Certifications & Licensure

RI State Medical License 1996 - 2028
CA State Medical License 2002 - 2027
MA State Medical License 1993 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

RI Monthly Top Doc of the Year 2011, 2013-2015, 2020, 2025
IDSA AIDS Training Program National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, 1996
Rhode Island Representative Wyeth-Ayerst ICAAC Fellow Reporter Program, 1995

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Immunocompromised Patients: A case study approach.
7. Worth L, Vredenburgh JJ, Zwas FR, Seraly MP, Handa S., Clinical Communications
Management of the Foot Ulcer. In: Armstrong & Cohen: Infectious Diseases.
Handa, S, Mosby

Books/Book Chapters

Chapter: Acute retroviral syndrome
Page 17 - 20Skowron G, Handa S.Editors: Seraly MP, Skowron G, Vredenburgh JJ and Zwas FR.Clinical CommunicationsEdition 2,
Chapter: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in an immunocompromised host
Page 29 - 32Skowron G, Handa.Editors: Seraly MP, Skowron G, Vredenburgh JJ and Zwas FR.Clinical CommunicationsEdition 2,
Chapter: Cytomegaloviral esophagitis in an immunocompromised host
Page 37 - 40Skowron G, Handa S.Editors: Seraly MP, Skowron G, Vredenburgh JJ and Zwas FR.Clinical communicationsEdition 2,

Lectures

Innovations and Controversies in Hospitalist Practice.
First Annual Meeting of the National Association of Inpatient Physicians.San Diego, California
Hospital Medicine: Growth, Retention and Transition to an Academic Program.
Academic Internal Medicine Week 2009. Philadelphia, PA
The Treatment of Gram Positive Infections.
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. Providence, RI