Atul Gupta

Atul Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Health Care Management and Dorinda and Mark Winkelman Distinguished Faculty Scholar at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he joined in 2017. His academic affiliations include Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (Economics of Health) and Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.

His educational background comprises:

• PhD in Economics from Stanford University
• MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India

As an applied microeconomist, Professor Gupta's research focuses on Health Care, Public Finance, and Industrial Organization. His current work examines US health care productivity determinants including payment contract reforms, ownership structures, industry consolidation, fraud prevention, and managed care expansion in public insurance. His research methodology combines empirical analysis of large-scale administrative datasets with economic theory to evaluate policy interventions.

Professor Gupta's publications appear in leading journals including the American Economic Review and Review of Financial Studies, with significant media coverage from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, and National Public Radio.

Scientific recognition includes:

• 2025 National Institute of Healthcare Management Research award for hospital corporatization study
• Policy impact through 2022 State of the Union citation of nursing home ownership research

His work directly influences health policy through evidence-based analysis of health care market structures and regulatory frameworks. The source text does not specify current advising load or active grant funding details.