Modernizing Medicine

Dr. Nadeem Dhanani, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Urology at Modernizing Medicine ® discusses their platform, telehealth, and how it can be used to improve certain practice aspects. He talks about all-in-one systems and how they can streamline workflow and efficacy, improve patient engagement, especially among younger patients, and use the power of data to identify appropriate people for clinical studies, population health, etc. 

Nadeem Dhanani, MD, MPH

Dr. Nadeem Dhanani is the Medical Director of Urology. He received his bachelor of science degree from Duke University in Biology and Public Policy Studies, graduating cum laude. He earned his degree in medicine at the University of Florida, followed by an internship in general surgery and residency in Urological Surgery at the University of Texas – Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center. He completed further subspecialty fellowship training in Urologic Oncology at the National Cancer Institute on the campus of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Dhanani also holds a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Dhanani was the chief of urology at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston, in addition to serving on faculty at Harvard Medical School and as a member of the Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center. He was also on staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and the Director of Robotic Surgery at Mt. Auburn Hospital.

Dr. Dhanani has a specific interest in medical innovation and device design, in addition to his clinical focus on urologic oncology, and continues to collaborate with the Harvard School of Engineering and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to being named to the Houston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list in 2013, Dr. Dhanani was awarded a Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grant for prevention and early detection for bladder cancer research in collaboration with the Rice School of Engineering.