Bryan Buckley

Bryan O. Buckley, DrPH, MPH is a multi-dimensional healthcare professional, educator, and researcher in healthcare delivery system redesign, performance improvement, and change management. He has training and demonstrated success in applying various performance improvement, leadership, strategy, and change management methodologies. Currently, Dr. Buckley is a Fellow with Medstar Health Institute for Quality and Safety (MIQS), where he contributes to translational health service research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease in women and on a study that aims to improve diagnostic teamwork and measurement of diagnostic opportunities. An Assistant Professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. Buckley teaches in the Georgetown Executive Masters’ in Clinical Quality, Safety & Leadership.

Dr. Buckley holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focused on management, strategy, leadership, and organizational change. Before MedStar Health, Dr. Buckley served as the Manager of Strategic Initiatives in the Executive Office of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. He worked on corporate-wide initiatives focused on serious illness and palliative care – from payment and benefits to provider partnerships and program evaluation. Before his doctoral studies, Dr. Buckley worked at a state hospital association, where he was responsible for the codesign and leadership of state-wide patient-safety and quality improvement (i.e., MHA Keystone: CAUTI Collaborative and MHA Keystone: Care Transitions), efforts that engaged 132 hospitals to focus on safety culture, person and family engagement, readmissions, health equity, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), adverse events, and group learning events. In addition to his DrPH, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree (BS) in Microbiology from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Health (MPH) with a concentration in Infectious Diseases and Administration from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine.

Currently, Dr. Buckley is the Director of Development of the Doctor of Public (DrPH) Coalition. This grassroots organization leverages the leadership and expertise of DrPHers in public health policy development, education, and career development. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the Michigan State University & Grand Valley State University MPH programs. As a member of the American Public Health Association, he has served as a Board Member of the Black Caucus of Health Workers; Action Board representative, Governing Councilor and Policy Committee Chair for the Community Health Planning & Policy Development (CHPPD) section. He currently serves as Immediate Past Chair of the CHPPD section. In addition to the CHPPD section, he is a proud member of the Health Administration Section. He has been a member of the Michigan Public Health Association and Massachusetts Public Health Association. In Michigan, he served as a Board Member and Policy Chair. He is currently a member of the Maryland Public Health Association.

Dr. Buckley was born and raised in Maryland and is a first-generation American citizen with immigrant parents from Antigua & Barbuda. He is the recipient of the APHA Health Administration Rising Star Award. The 2020 Alumni Class President of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he serves as a Councilor on the Alumni Association and Dean’s Advisory Committee and Diversity and Inclusion. One of Dr. Buckley's proudest public health initiatives is working with Michigan State University to transition it to a tobacco and smoke-free campus as an inaugural member of the Tobacco-Free Taskforce.