Sanjay Desai, chief academic officer of the American Medical Association (AMA), has been named the vice dean for education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Desai is a familiar face at Johns Hopkins. Prior to joining the AMA in 2021, he served as the Johns Hopkins Myron L. Weisfeldt Professor of Medicine, director of the Osler Medical Residency and vice chair for education in the Department of Medicine.

Widely recognized for his accomplishments across academic medicine, policy, clinical practice and health systems administration, his research focuses on generating high-quality data to inform policy and practice in medical education. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications, including articles in the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. Among his honors, he received the Professors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.