Santhosh Paulus, M.D.
Santhosh Paulus, M.D. is the Senior Program Director for the Human Trafficking HEART (HT Education, Advocacy, Response & Training) Program for Northwell Health, Site Director for Graduate Medical Education for the Family Medicine Residency Program and Hospitalist at Huntington Hospital, Assistant Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and is the Founder and President of Cycling For Change (c4c), a not-for-profit that raises funds and awareness to fight human trafficking.
Dr. Paulus received his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida and medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies and completed his Family Medicine Residency Training at Glen Cove Hospital.
During his nearly 20 years at Northwell Health, Dr. Paulus has held various leadership positions in the Department of Family Medicine at Glen Cove Hospital, at Huntington Hospital and for Northwell Health including serving as Chief Resident and Associate Program Director in the Glen Cove Family Medicine Residency Program, serving a term on the Glen Cove Hospital Medical Board, creating and leading the Human Trafficking Response Program Task Force which evolved into a System initiative as the Northwell Health Human Trafficking HEART Program.
During the 4 years in his current role, Dr. Paulus has partnered and collaborated with local, national and international leaders in the anti-trafficking community to help shape and position the Human Trafficking HEART Program as a resource and be in a position of influence to an interdisciplinary audience. Dr. Paulus is honored to work with the Family Medicine Residents and has seen over 100 residents graduate from the program since his own graduation in 2005.
He has been involved in anti-trafficking initiatives since 2014, when he founded Cycling For Change(c4c), a not-for-profit that raises funds and awareness to fight human trafficking. He is married, has four daughters and loves to cycle and play basketball.
