Dr. Sandra Kesh has served as Chief of Population Health for Summit Health (formerly Westmed Medical Group) since 2017, and Vice President since 2021. In these roles, she directs population health and clinical programming for this 500+ provider, multi-specialty practice based in Westchester and Fairfield Counties. Under Dr. Kesh's leadership, Summit Health has perennially received the American Heart Association Target BP Gold Status recognition for hypertension management, and NCQA recognition as a level 3 patient-centered medical home. Dr. Kesh has also successfully developed and implemented novel programs focused on providing integrated care to high risk and vulnerable patient populations, with the goal of preventing avoidable acute care utilization. These programs have contributed significantly to the organization's ongoing success in the Medicare ACO program.

As a practicing Infectious Disease physician, she led Summit Health's COVID-19 pandemic response, and continues to spearhead programs designed to mitigate the spread of novel and existing infectious disease threats. Her educational training was completed in entirety at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.