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My friends call me "Z".  I intersect healthcare, technology & strategy,  to bring forward ideas that drive better health outcomes.

Founder of  [OpenHealthWorks.org] 

Outside that, I like cycling, occasionally practicing photography, and sometimes writing for public.

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Zohaib Akhtar MD MPH

📍today - 

Chicago, IL  🇺🇸 

 

Camera
& me

 

Some shots, Some times

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Journal
& me

 

Some thoughts, Some times

Behind the Innovations

The problem, the impact.

At Cleveland Clinic’s Anesthesiology Institute, I worked to advance intraoperative care with a focus on improving clinical outcomes. There, I helped introduce hypothermia prevention protocols during surgery, which enhanced patient safety and recovery. 

 

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At Johns Hopkins Medicine, I helped implement a new clinical operations model for cancer treatment by facilitating a  multidisciplinary clinic where multiple physicians evaluate patients simultaneously. This approach reduced diagnosis-to-treatment time from months to just days, critical to improve oncology care.

Later as we transitioned from 2024 to 2025, this multidisciplinary oncology approach saved my mother’s life.

 

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What if we could tackle isolation while uncovering new links between social behavior and health? Dropby was a groundbreaking public health innovation built through a multidisciplinary collaboration at Johns Hopkins across medicine, public health, data science, business, and engineering. Combining proactive prevention strategies with cutting-edge technology, Dropby fostered real-world connections, prioritized privacy, and integrated health insights. This approach aimed to transform how we understand and address mental health and well-being. 

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CareFold is an innovative solution born from the Biomedical Design Fellowship, designed to address the critical challenge of unplanned extubations (UEs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Developed through a multidisciplinary effort involving neonatologists, engineers, public health experts, and parents, CareFold enables safer transfers, reduces UEs, and empowers parents to engage in essential skin-to-skin bonding with their preterm infants.

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I’ve been one of many professionals in the U.S. who faced uncertainty due to visa constraints. Like me, many don’t realize they can self-petition for a green card through pathways like EB-1, EB-2 (NIW), or O-1 — without employer sponsorship.

 

The process itself isn’t overly complicated, but you need to understand what your contribution is, why it matters, and then present it clearly and convincingly. I navigated this process on my own, and it was tough at times, especially without any solid examples to follow. 

 

So I’m sharing my own application and hope it helps.

 

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