Author & Leadership Profile
Esha Bhasin
CEO & Founder, Autism Center of Excellence
Esha Bhasin is the CEO and founder of Autism Center of Excellence (AutismCOE), a multi-state provider of ABA therapy, early intervention, speech therapy, and autism diagnostic evaluations across North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland.
2026 TBJ Corporate Leadership Award
About Esha
A Medicaid & Public-Health Operator, Now Building the Autism Care Her Own Family Couldn’t Find
Esha founded AutismCOE after a member of her own family was diagnosed with autism, and she saw firsthand how difficult it was to find quality, timely care. That experience shaped AutismCOE’s core commitment: evidence-based care with no waitlist, and real support navigating insurance and Medicaid.
“That experience shaped AutismCOE’s core commitment: evidence-based care with no waitlist, and real support navigating insurance and Medicaid.”
Before founding AutismCOE, Esha spent nine years as a Senior Consultant at KPMG, where she led Medicaid implementation programs for state governments — coordinating subject-matter experts to ensure the smooth delivery of large, complex public-health programs. That hands-on understanding of how Medicaid and public-health systems are actually built is central to how AutismCOE removes barriers for the families it serves.
In 2026, Esha was named a recipient of the Triangle Business Journal Corporate Leadership Award.
At a Glance
CEO & Founder
Autism Center of Excellence — Jul 2021–present
2026 Triangle Business Journal
Corporate Leadership Award
Serves
North Carolina, Virginia & Maryland
Recognition & Verification
2026 Triangle Business Journal Corporate Leadership Award
In 2026, Esha was named a recipient of the Triangle Business Journal Corporate Leadership Award — recognition of her leadership in building AutismCOE into a multi-state autism-care platform. This is corporate leadership recognition, not clinical or outcomes validation.
Recently Published Blogs By Esha Bhasin
Read More From the AutismCOE Blog
Esha writes and is featured across AutismCOE’s blog on Medicaid navigation, autism care access, and building family-first healthcare systems.
Unit 35: 10 Early Interventions for Language Development in Children with Autism
Language development is a critical milestone for all children, but for children with autism, it often comes with unique challenges. Intervening early can forever change the outcome for children on the autism spectrum who have trouble learning to...
Rett Syndrome: Symptoms, Stages, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatments
Our understanding of complex neurological conditions has grown tremendously over the years. Two such conditions, Rett syndrome and autism, are often grouped due to overlapping symptoms. However, while they may share some similarities, they are...
Respondent Conditioning for Autism in ABA Therapy
When it comes to supporting children with autism through Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, understanding different types of learning processes is key. One of these processes, respondent conditioning, plays a crucial role in helping children...