Foundation Board of Directors
Theophilus Sai, MD
Treasurer
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Theophilus Sai, M.D. is currently Medical Director for Senior Products in North and Central Florida for Humana, Inc. He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Prior to his current position at Humana, he was Medical Director at Tampa Family Health Centers, a group of Federally Qualified Community Health Centers that serve the Tampa metropolitan area. There, he maintained an Internal Medicine practice and provided clinical leadership to more than twenty medical providers.
In 2004, Dr. Sai helped found and served as Medical Director of Centro de Salud Esperanza, a federally funded health center in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, where he practiced and provided instruction to residents and medical students. He served as an attending physician at Chicago-based St. Anthony Hospital, Rush University Medical Center and John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he gave weekly lectures to Internal Medicine residents. Dr. Sai also served as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rush University.
Dr. Sai received his Bachelors degree in General Science from Andrei Grechko Pre-University Institute, located on the Isle of Youth in Cuba. In 1996, he received a degree in Medicine from the Instituto Superior de Ciencia Medicas de la Habana in Cuba, graduating with honors. He then spent the next four years practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology at Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau, in the Bahamas. In 2000, Dr. Sai moved to the United Sates and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County and Rush University Medical Center of Chicago. After completing his residency, Dr. Sai served as chief medical resident in In
ternal Medicine at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County and Rush University Medical Center, where he assumed administrative and teaching responsibilities.
Dr. Sai has made numerous presentations and written articles about urban public health and other medical issues. He was named the John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County Primary Care Residency Teacher of the Year in 2004 and in 2006. He has also been featured on the Oprah Winfrey television program and has made several appearances as a medical expert on local media in the Chicago and Tampa Bay metropolitan areas.
Dr. Sai is fluent in Spanish and in the African dialects of Ga and Twi. He lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and three daughters.
