UMMC Telehealth Research Program

Dr. Saurabh Chandra is the Chief Telehealth Officer at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and Project Director of the National Center of Excellence for Telehealth, one of only two federally designated telehealth centers of excellence in the United States.

Trained initially in medicine in India, Dr. Chandra earned a PhD in Life Sciences, completed postdoctoral training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and pursued clinical training in Internal Medicine and Critical Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. His career spans academic medicine and large health systems, including serving as Enterprise Medical Director of Telehealth at Northwell Health in New York, where he led the system’s telecritical care response during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At UMMC, Dr. Chandra provides strategic and operational leadership for the Center for Telehealth, advancing innovative, evidence-based virtual care models while ensuring alignment with the institution’s missions of clinical care, education, and research. A lifelong learner and physician-executive, he recently completed an MBA from Millsaps College. Outside of work, he enjoys embracing Mississippi’s culture and traditions, especially its distinctive spirit of Southern hospitality.