Sunit P. Jariwala

Sunit P. Jariwala, MD, is Medical Director, Digital Transformation; Director, Clinical & Research Innovation; Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Asthma Center, and Founding Director, Innovation Biodesign Training Program at Montefiore Einstein. He is also Professor, Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focus is in the diagnosis and treatment of severe asthma in adults and children.

After earning his Bachelor of Arts in molecular biology and biochemistry at Rutgers University, Dr. Jariwala attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2005. He came to Montefiore Einstein for his postgraduate training, completing his internal medicine residency in 2008, and his allergy/immunology fellowship in 2011. He is currently pursuing his Master of Business Administration in Finance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Isenberg School of Management.

Dr. Jariwala’s research interests focus on chronic conditions and health disparities, including the development and implementation of innovative health technologies such as mobile applications, applying the social needs-based innovation biodesign framework to create novel health technologies, and investigating health disparities surrounding patients' access to biologic medications. He has shared his work through more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, several book chapters, abstracts, and national and regional presentations. He has also served as an ad hoc reviewer for several national and international medical journals.

Dr. Jariwala is board certified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology and the American Board of Preventive Medicine (Clinical Informatics). He is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American Medical Association. In 2008, Dr. Jariwala received the Leo M. Davidoff Award for outstanding achievement in the teaching of medical students. He was listed in New York Times Magazine’s “New York Rising Stars” in 2013, 2014 and 2016.