Chief Corporate Compliance & Quality Assurance Officer
Sadia Choudhury is responsible for leading vision, strategy and implementation of Corporate Compliance, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, Patient Safety, Risk Management and Regulatory/Accreditation activities for the entire Damian network of 14 Federally Qualified Health Centers.
As the head of the Corporate Compliance and Quality department, Sadia Choudhury has the ultimate responsibility of ensuring the organization is adhering to all federal, and state laws and regulations, evidence based quality standards and as well as with Damian’s internal Corporate Compliance Program.
With more than 10 years of experience in Healthcare Quality, Population Health, Healthcare Compliance, Program/Project Operations and Management, Sadia Choudhury brings a wealth of knowledge to Damian Family Care Centers. Sadia Choudhury was hired as the Director of Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement in July 2020. Within 2 years she got promoted to Chief Corporate Compliance & Quality Assurance Officer. During her tenure as the Director, Sadia implemented and led many successful initiatives within Damian network. To name few of many successes were: roll out of Social Determinants of Health Initiative (SDOH) for the first time in Damian, significant patient health improvement outcomes from the Hypertension Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring Initiative (a HRSA grant funded program) (recognized by AHA and CHCANYS for the program success), thru various PDSA projects, transitioning most HRSA reported UDS clinical quality measures to 1st and 2nd quartile ranking, achievement of American Heart Association (AHA) Recognitions for Gold and Silver Award for all 14 Health Centers for Hypertension Control, Diabetes Control, and Cholesterol Management, and National Council of Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition with Behavioral Health Distinction.
Sadia earned her Master of Public Administration (MPA) specializing in Health Policy & Management degree from Long Island University and Bachelor (BA) degree with Biochemistry major from CUNY Hunter College.
Sadia Choudhury is certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. She also achieved recognition as New York State Department of Health Medicaid Accelerated Exchange (NYSDOH MAX) Certified Train-the-Trainer for Leading Lean methodology inspired Quality Improvement projects in an organization with primary objective of reducing potentially avoidable inpatient admission and ED visits. Sadia Choudhury also achieved Content Expert certification (PCMH CCE) for Patient Centered Medical Home from the recognition body of National Council of Quality Assurance (NCQA). Sadia is also the active member of American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Healthcare Leaders of New York (HLNY), American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), and HealthCare Financial Management Association (HFMA).
