Biography

Research Activities:

1. VHA Million Veteran Program, Principal Investigator, May 2019-Present.

2. Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trail (SPRINT)-Mind, 2010 to 2018, Principal Investigator at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center.

3. Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trail (SPRINT), 2010 to 2015, Principal Investigator at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center.

4. Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of Financial Incentives to Translate ALLHAT into practice. Principal Investigator at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, 2007 to 2012.

5. The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trail (ALLHAT). Started in 1996 and became Principal Investigator in 1999 to 2002.

6. Valsartan Antihypertensive Long-term Use Evaluation (VALUE Trial), Principal Investigator, 1998 to 2004.

Education/Training

Education:

Medical School: 1989-1993 Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

Residency: 1993 -1996 Internal Medicine at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center

Work:

Associate Chief of Staff for Primary Care at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit Michigan, 2006 to Present

Primary Care-John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, MI 1996-Present

Publications

Publications:

Primary Care Performance Monitoring Program at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Poster presentation in VISN 11 regional conference in Indianapolis, IN, Sept 2008. 

The use of provider specific data to improve Post-deployment and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Screens in Primary Care, Poster Presentation in VISN 11 regional meeting in Indianapolis, IN, Sept 2008.

Transition to Managed Care and its Impact of Polypharmacy Consumption, Boaz Milner, MD, MS., Saib Gappy, MD, Abstract presented in 44th Annual Michigan Scientific Meeting for the American College of Physicians, Sept. 1998.

Tamoxifen (Estrogen Antagonist) Inhibits Voltage-Gated Calcium Current and Contractility in Vascular Smooth Muscle from Rats, Jianben Song, Paul Standley, Feng Zhang, Darius Joshi, Saib Gappy, James Sowers, and Jeffrey Ram; The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Vol 277; p1444-1453, 1996.

Awards and Honors

Honors:

Wayne State University School of Medicine class of 2009 voluntary faculty award

 Academic Activities:

1. Associate Chief of Staff for Primary Care Service at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, MI 2006-present

2. Assistant professor of medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine

3. Site coordinator for the 2nd Year Wayne State University School of Medicine for Clinical Experiential Clerkship at the VA, June 2019 to present

4. Site coordinator for the Wayne State University School of Medicine 3rd year students outpatient internal medicine rotation

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