David Dreyfus Faculty Diversity Collaborative Peer Network profile

About

The Supply Chain Professor (SCP), aka Dr. David Dreyfus, is an Assistant Professor in the Supply Chain Management Department of Rutgers Business School where he teaches the MBA Operations Analysis and the Executive MBA Business Statistics (Singapore) courses. His research focus is on healthcare operations, population health, teams, disruptions, and risk. He holds a PhD from Michigan State University, an MBA from the University of South Carolina, and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado. As an academic, the SCP has sat in on more than 100 surgeries in the operating rooms of a major teaching hospital, published in Production and Operations Management, the Journal of Operations Management, the International Journal of Medical Informatics, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, and Operations Management Research, among other supply chain journals, and has presented his research at many academic and practitioner conferences. Prior to his doctoral studies, the SCP worked in a healthcare clinic, performed a process improvement project in a major emergency room department, and worked within the Business Intelligence department of Volvo Construction Equipment, N.A. David is Six Sigma Green Belt and APICS certified.

Current Work

My research focus is on healthcare operations, population health, teams, disruptions, and risk. I’m currently working on projects looking into health equity issues within the opioid crisis, social determinants of care at dialysis facilities, and peer recovery networks for overdose patients.