Aaron Bujnowski, D.Sc.

Aaron Bujnowski, DSc, is a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, a leading global professional services firm specializing in advisory, consulting, and turnaround management. With over two decades of dedicated experience in the healthcare industry, Dr. Bujnowski has built a reputation as a transformative healthcare strategist, empowering health systems and their leaders to attain sustainable competitive advantage. He excels in crafting and executing innovative strategies, possessing deep expertise in enterprise strategy, value-based care (VBC), service lines, partnerships, corporate development, and M&A.

Prior to joining Alvarez & Marsal, Dr. Bujnowski spent over four years as a Director and the Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) lead at Chartis, a preeminent U.S. healthcare consulting firm. In this capacity, he collaborated closely with integrated delivery networks to conceive and implement their most critical strategies. He also played a pivotal role in launching Chartis’ Private Equity (PE) practice, assisting PE firms to make informed buy- or sell-side decisions and optimize value within their portfolio companies.

Notably, Dr. Bujnowski served as the former System Chief Strategy Officer of Texas Health Resources, a ~$5 billion integrated health system in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where he dedicated nearly nine years to developing and executing enterprise-wide strategies. His purview included acute, post-acute, ambulatory, physician, consumer, and value-based approaches.

His healthcare career journey began with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he was a core member of BCG's strategy and healthcare practices. He additionally was a founding member BCG’s private equity practice, working closely with some of the country’s largest PE firms while working on Wall Street.

Dr. Bujnowski currently teaches as an adjunct professor of strategy and marketing in Trinity University's Health Care Administration program.

Dr. Bujnowski holds a Doctor of Science degree in Healthcare Leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the top-ranked US health administration program. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration with the highest honors from The University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in chemical engineering with a biomedical emphasis from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he graduated with honors.

In recognition of his exemplary contributions to the healthcare industry, Dr. Bujnowski was honored as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) in 2015. He is a Past President of its North Texas Chapter, where he lead a diverse community of nearly 2,000 healthcare executives and managers.