Dr. Salvador Bondoc serves as Dean of Nursing, Allied Health and Human Services. An accomplished educator-scholar and servant-leader, Dr. Bondoc has held academic leadership roles, including program director, department chair and dean, as well as volunteer leadership positions at both the state and national levels. Throughout his career, he has advanced best practices in health professions education and joins CT State to continue this work, with a focus on quality, equity and student success.
Dr. Bondoc brings deep expertise in accreditation, outcomes assessment and evidence-based healthcare to his role at CT State. For more than two decades, he has served with professional accreditation bodies nationally and internationally, including the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists Educational Programme Review Committee. Clinically trained as an occupational therapist, he holds specialty certifications and is widely recognized for his expertise in neurological and upper-extremity rehabilitation. His professional honors include being named a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association and receiving the Award of Merit from both the Connecticut Occupational Therapy Association and the New York State Occupational Therapy Association.
A committed practice-scholar, Dr. Bondoc has authored and co-authored more than 200 publications and scholarly presentations in national and international forums, including influential white papers for the American Occupational Therapy Association. His scholarly contributions have been recognized with a Young Alumni Award from his alma mater and by Quinnipiac University, where he was named a Distinguished Faculty Scholar in 2019.
Dr. Bondoc earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of the Philippines Manila and his post-professional doctorate in occupational therapy from Creighton University. He is currently completing the dissertation phase of a PhD in Higher Education Leadership for Changing Populations at Notre Dame of Maryland University.
