Paula Roychaudhuri FACHE

She most recently served as Associate Director at VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System. Ms. Roychaudhuri began her VA career in 2005 as an Administrative Fellow and Patient Access and Systems Redesign Coordinator for the Washington, DC VA Medical Center. In 2008, she relocated to the Kansas City VA Medical Center to become the facility’s System Redesign Coordinator. In 2010, Ms. Roychaudhuri was selected as the Health System Specialist for the Associate Director for Patient Care Services at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, IL.  From 2015-2017, she served as the Assistant Director and Acting Deputy Director of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System located in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. 

Ms. Roychaudhuri is a native Missourian, holds a Masters of Health Services Administration from the University of Kansas Medical Center, is a fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives and a 2012 graduate of the VHA Health Care Leadership Development Program. In 2016, she was selected to lead the national VHA Employee Engagement Pilot to activate grassroots, purpose-led change. This program was championed and nurtured by her in partnership with VHA Office of Patient-Centered Care & VAPHCS Office of Transformation and is now active in 8 medical centers.