Dr. Soumitra Bhuyan is the Executive Director of the Health Administration Programs and an Associate Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers–New Brunswick. He leads the Health Administration portfolio, which includes an undergraduate Health Administration program, a nationally ranked Master of Health Administration (MHA) program, and the Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) program. In this role, he oversees daily operations, strategic planning, curriculum development, student success, and alumni engagement. Dr. Bhuyan is also an alumnus of the Rutgers Leadership Academy, a yearlong leadership program for mid-career faculty and staff aspiring to broader academic leadership roles.

Dr. Bhuyan also serves as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and a Research Fellow at the Blanche and Irwin Lerner Center for the Study of Pharmaceutical Management Issues at Rutgers Business School. He has previously served as a Visiting Research Scholar with Deloitte’s Center for Health Solutions, where he contributed to research on healthcare transformation, system redesign, and emerging trends in health management.

Dr. Bhuyan is a nationally recognized leader in healthcare management education. In 2025, he was honored with the National Leadership Excellence Award, jointly awarded by the Baldrige Foundation and the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), for his outstanding contributions to advancing the quality of healthcare management education. He was previously recognized with the 2013 “Rising Star” Award from the American Public Health Association’s Health Administration Section, highlighting his early career promise in health administration and public health practice. In 2017, he received the Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for his impactful research on women’s health policy.

His research focuses on chronic disease management, health information systems, and population health informatics, with a particular emphasis on leveraging informatics applications for population health improvement. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in leading health services and policy journals, along with numerous editorials. Beyond academia, his commentaries have appeared in national and regional outlets, including The Hill, ABC News, Becker’s Hospital Review, and The Star-Ledger. His forthcoming textbook, Fundamentals of Healthcare Management: Theory and Practice (Springer, 2025), co-edited with Dr. Kevin Broom of the University of Pittsburgh, is designed as a comprehensive resource for students and practitioners in health administration.

Dr. Bhuyan serves as an Accreditation Fellow for CAHME and as a member of its Standards Council, which oversees accreditation processes and makes recommendations on policy changes. In addition, he is an Associate Editor of BMJ Global Health and serves on the editorial boards of The Journal of Health Administration Education and Hospital Topics.