Puneet Bajaj

Puneet Bajaj, M.D., M.P.H., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Rheumatic Diseases. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2014 and currently serves as Quality Officer for the Department of Medicine. His roles have included Associate Chief Quality Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer of Southwestern Health Resources, where he focused on value-based care and population health initiatives. Dr. Bajaj is an active member of the American College of Rheumatology, serving on its Quality Measures subcommittee and previously on the Registries and Health Information Technology committee.

Education:

• M.D. – Madurai Medical College, India
• M.P.H. – Florida International University
• Internal Medicine Residency – University of Alabama
• Rheumatology Fellowship – Stony Brook University

Research Interests: Dr. Bajaj prioritizes improving healthcare quality through innovative quality improvement projects. He pioneered the integration of the ACR’s RISE registry at UT Southwestern and has led campus-wide initiatives to enhance patient outcomes. His work emphasizes leveraging clinical data and health IT to advance population health strategies in rheumatology.

Awards: No specific awards mentioned in text.

Advising/Grants: No formal student advising or grant details provided. His contributions focus on institutional quality initiatives and clinical registry implementation.

Labs/Teams: Engaged in department-wide quality improvement teams within UT Southwestern’s Department of Medicine.