Varun Verma, M.D.
I spent more than a decade treating preventable disease in hospitals — heart attacks, strokes, diabetes complications, and more. The pattern became impossible to ignore.
I founded Health Improvement Institute to intervene earlier — before disease takes hold. Today, my work is simple: I partner with a small panel of patients to aggressively prevent diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic conditions long before they show up in the hospital.
A Commitment to Service
My path in medicine began with a commitment to serve those who needed it most. I completed my Internal Medicine residency at NYU/Bellevue Hospital — one of America’s oldest public hospitals — caring for underserved populations in New York City.
That commitment extended globally. I provided medical care in Haiti and Nepal, working in resource-limited settings where early intervention and prevention were often the only options available.
The Pattern I Couldn’t Ignore
Over 13 years as a hospitalist, I cared for patients at:
- Jefferson Health New Jersey
- Cooper University Hospital
- Mount Sinai
- Harvard-Brigham & Women’s Hospital
- UCSF
Different cities, different systems — but the same story: warning signs were visible years earlier. Risk factors were “watched” instead of fixed, until crisis made change unavoidable.
“Most people fight for their life when they’re staring down death… It’s so human! Family and friends show up, if you’re religious you pray… that is heartwarming but also heart breaking — because the time to fight should be much, much earlier than that.”
That realization changed everything. I left hospital medicine to focus exclusively on prevention — catching disease early enough to stop it, rather than managing it after the damage is done.
Medical work in Haiti
Training & Credentials
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Obesity Medicine
Medical Training
Internal Medicine Residency
NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center
Hospital Experience
13+ years as hospitalist at Jefferson Health, Cooper, Mount Sinai, Brigham & Women’s, UCSF
Global Health
Medical work in Haiti and Nepal serving underserved populations
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