Vice Dean and Chief Strategy Officer

Dr. Y.Z. Azar is a physician entrepreneur, executive strategist, and nationally recognized architect of healthcare innovation whose career spans clinical leadership, health system design, and the launch of scalable medical enterprises across the United States. Known for his ability to merge the precision of medicine with the foresight of a seasoned entrepreneur, Dr. Azar has become a trusted advisor to hospitals, multi-specialty groups, regenerative medicine programs, and emerging healthcare organizations seeking to expand access, strengthen operations, and deliver transformative patient outcomes.Over the past two decades, Dr. Azar has founded, led, and advised a portfolio of high-impact healthcare ventures—each rooted in a philosophy that innovation must serve humanity and that systems must be built with compassion, cultural intelligence, and operational rigor. His leadership has guided the development of advanced clinical protocols, strategic growth pathways, and patient-centered care models that have reshaped how organizations deliver services in both urban and underserved communities. Dr. Azar’s expertise includes workforce development, medical education strategy, practice optimization, regenerative therapies, value-based care integration, and organizational turnaround. His work consistently bridges long-range vision with pragmatic execution, enabling institutions to navigate complex regulatory environments, strengthen financial sustainability, and build high-performing clinical teams. He is widely regarded for his ability to diagnose structural challenges and engineer solutions that elevate both mission and margin. A gifted communicator and relationship-builder, Dr. Azar has collaborated with leading physicians, health systems, academic institutions, technology innovators, and community partners to create programs that align patient needs, educational excellence, and business viability. His initiatives have generated measurable impact in clinical quality, access to care, operational efficiency, and community health equity.

As Vice Dean and Chief Strategy Officer of the Bayan-Insight School of Health, Dr. Azar brings visionary leadership to one of the nation’s first Islamic-affiliated healthcare schools. In this role, he unites academic innovation, faith-informed values, and strategic enterprise development to build a new model of healthcare education—one that prepares ethically grounded, culturally intelligent professionals capable of meeting the biggest workforce and public health challenges of our time. Driven by a deep commitment to service, intellectual excellence, and community uplift, Dr. Azar continues to shape the future of American healthcare through his distinctive fusion of medical insight, entrepreneurial leadership, and human-centered design.