John P. Sanchez, MD

Professional Interests:

Dr. Sánchez has worked extensively to promote diversity and inclusion in the physician and academic medicine workforces. He serves as P.I. of the Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians (BNGAP) Initiative; developed in partnership between Einstein’s Hispanic Center of Excellence (HCOE) and AAMC Diversity Policy and Programs. BNGAP’s mission is to help diverse medical students and residents become aware of academic medicine as a career option and to provide them with the resources to further explore and potentially embark on an academic medicine career. He also serves as Chair of the Council of Young Physicians and Board Member of the National Hispanic Medical Association, and as HCOE’s representative to the Hispanic Serving Health Professions Schools.

Dr. Sánchez also works on raising awareness of the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. He serves as the Chair of the Einstein LGBT Steering Committee, of the Office of Student Affairs at Einstein; a committee charged with promoting a supportive climate for LGBT students (including M.D., Masters, Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral students) at Einstein. In 2012, he joined the Board of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies of the City University of New York to help the Center in broadening their educational and research activities to include health related content.

Dr. Sánchez received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed his residency training at Jacobi/Montefiore, and is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. He also holds a Masters of Public Health, with a concentration in the epidemiology of infectious diseases, from the Yale School of Public Health. He is of Puerto Rican ancestry and was raised in the Bronx, NYC.