Shady Henien, MD believes in the ideals of American ingenuity and wants to help increase access to healthcare for everyone. He founded Physician Promise, Inc. (www.physicianpromise.com) in March 2020 with his MBA classmates: Anand Narayan and Chris Marino. Dr. Henien serves as the CEO of Physician Promise, Inc which is a digital healthcare platform that uses telemedicine with integrative and adaptive technologies to deliver personalized care to all patients. Physician Promise aims to reduce many of the inefficiencies in healthcare in order to provide more personalized and affordable healthcare to patients.
Dr. Henien was raised in Easton, Penn., and attended college at the University of Pittsburgh, receiving a BS in Neuroscience and also majored in Political Science. Dr. Henien graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 2008. Prior to matriculating into medical school, he interned at Burson-Marsteller in NYC and then worked for VITAS Innovative Hospice in NJ. He attended the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and received an MD in 2013. Dr. Henien was elected and served as the Student Government Board President of both his college and medical school where he was awarded the “Student Leader of the Year” Award at both institutions. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Yale University/Bridgeport Hospital in 2016. Dr. Henien completed his General Cardiology Fellowship at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital in June 2019. He will complete his subspecialty training in Interventional Cardiology at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital in June 2020. In addition to his medical training, Dr. Henien will graduate from the Cornell University Executive MBA program in May 2020.
Dr. Henien has served on multiple political campaigns including two U.S. Presidential campaigns. He was elected to multiple national leadership positions including Chairman of the American Medical Association – Resident & Fellow Section. During medical school, he founded, Student Promise, to address the student debt crisis. He was featured on Fox Business with Gerri Willis (https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2280432042001/#sp=show-clips).