Dr. Sumir Sahgal is the founder and Chief Medical Officer of Essen Health Care. Dr. Sahgal started Essen out of a single South Bronx office in 1999. The practice currently has 30 locations throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. Essen Health Care is the largest privately held multi-specialty medical group in the Bronx with six integrated clinical divisions offering Urgent Care, Primary Care and Specialty services, as well as House Calls, Care Management and Nursing Home staffing. Dr. Sahgal has been the recipient numerous awards including ‘House Call Doctor of the Year’ by the American Academy of Home Care Medicine and the ‘Physician Executive of the Year Award’ by the Medical Group Management Association. Among his notable leadership roles, Dr. Sahgal serves as a board member on various organizations and founded NYREACH, a non-for- profit dedicated to improving community health and workforce development.
Essen Health Care Executive Team
Charles (Chip) Flinn
Chief Operating Officer
Ranjan Munjal
Chief Financial Officer
Imelda Tavas
Chief Administrative Officer
Astara Crews
Chief Compliance Officer
Hiren Dave
Chief Information Officer
Durga Dhanikonda
Chief Information Security
& Technology Officer
Susan Lutinger
Chief Legal Officer
Silvia Posada
Senior Vice President, Network Development
Sidharth Sehrawat
Senior Vice President, Operations
Medical Directors
Adurthy Shankar, MD
Chief of Cardiology
Binu Kuriakose, MD
Urgent Care
Silvio Goris, MD
Office Division
Nikolas Migias, MD
House Calls
Shervin Mortazavi, MD
Nursing Home
Amit Saxena, MD
Nursing Home
Jonathan Khodadadian, MD
Specialty Care
Operational Leadership
Teresa Adorno
Assistant Vice President, Operational Training & Development
Freddy Fortoso
Assistant Vice President, Community Outreach & Growth
Dena Handlin
Vice President, Corporate Controller
Vicky Montero
Vice President, Finance & HR Operations
Elsa Cosme
Vice President, Finance
Henderson Rose
Vice President, Buisness Development
Kanwal Bashir
Vice President, Applications
Anand Lotia
Assistant Vice President, IT
Michael Sledzinski
Assistant Vice President, Specialty Care
Nipei Lim
Assistant Vice President Urgent Care
& House Calls