Our Team
Dr. Tia Goss Sawhney (DrPH, FSA, MAAA)
Dr. Tia Goss Sawhney, owner and managing director of Teus Health, holds a doctorate degree in public health and a master degree in government administration. She is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the Academy of Actuaries. Dr. Sawhney has decades of experience working with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver and communicate executive-level analyses and real-world research studies, often developed from newly acquired or previously unleveraged data. She likes new challenges, people, and places. She gets work done, on-time.
Dr. Sawhney has worked with private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare claims data; provider-owned health system data; various public health and government datasets (MEPS, NHANES, BRFSS, etc.); and various sources of demographics and enrollment data. She has particular expertise with healthcare cost data, risk adjustment, and value-based contracts. She has extensive consulting experience and is the author of numerous trade articles, issue briefs, white papers, and academic journal papers. Dr. Sawhney has helped clients present the unintended impact of policy changes to CMS. She has routinely worked with clinicians and particularly enjoys mentoring and teaching. From 2011-2015 she was responsible for operations, data analytics, and HIPAA for a statewide Medicaid enterprise data warehouse, reporting to the agency director and the governor’s office. She served as a National Quality Forum expert panelist on risk adjustment and socioeconomic status. She is a co-founder and co-instructor of the Claims Data Lab at the New York University (NYU) College of Global Public Health.
Alec Shamsey
Alec Shamsey, lead data analyst, leverages his extensive background in healthcare and data science to generate impactful data insights about the healthcare system. He holds a bachelor's degree in medical informatics and master's degree in data science from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). His previous academic coursework was in nursing and he has over 8 years of experience within healthcare, clinical, pharmaceutical, and administrative roles, including the management of sensitive HIPAA and other data. He is committed to using his expertise to develop data insights that build a better healthcare system.
Yasin Afşin
Yasin Afşin, data engineer and analyst, brings his industrial engineering and information systems expertise to the healthcare data field. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and is pursuing his master’s degree in information systems, both from Middle East Technical University (METU), where he has demonstrated academic excellence. He has 4 years of experience as a data analyst in a leading defense industry company in Turkey, where he handled complex and large-scale data projects. He is dedicated to learning new technologies and methods to address the data analysis and engineering challenges of the healthcare system.
Mihir Jariwala
Mihir Jariwala, data analyst, combines his strong mathematical and statistical skills to analyze healthcare data. He holds a master’s degree in statistics and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a minor in classics from Montclair State University. As an undergrad, he worked on data projects involving the CDC for 2 years. Mihir is proficient in SAS and R and is enthusiastic about learning new technologies to enhance his data analytic abilities.
Akosua Abrokwa
Akosua Abrokwa, data governance intern, is a Forensic Psychology student interested in learning and becoming experienced with data analysis, SQL, and health science. She is motivated and determined to improve her problem-solving skills and efficiency in data analysis.
Anik S.
Anik S, data governance intern, is an Applied Math and Statistics student interested in Computational Science and Data Science. She is enjoying learning and applying R, SQL and Excel on the job.