Associate Director for Policy and Strategy

Arjun Srinivasan, MD, FSHEA (CAPT, USPHS)

Arjun Srinivasan, MD, FSHEA, is serving as the Acting Associate Director for Policy and Strategy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  In this capacity, he supports the policy, performance, and strategy across CDC.

Dr. Srinivasan has extensive experience in healthcare quality and systems improvements through his work for the past 15 years in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. He has worked with many federal and non-federal partners to realize important improvements in patient safety. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Davidson College and his Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University. He did internal medicine and infectious disease training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins before coming to CDC. He continues to see patients on the Infectious Diseases consult service at the Atlanta VA Medical Center.

Dr. Srinivasan joined CDC in 2003 as medical epidemiologist where his focus was investigating, terminating and preventing outbreaks related to healthcare delivery. He has been an Associate Director in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.