Many people call me Z ..... My background spans medicine, public health, design, technology, and business. Those lenses help me see problems differently, understand people more clearly, and address challenges that matter.

I spend most of my time connecting ideas, people, and systems and shaping them into something meaningful. That’s why I started [ OpenHealthWorks ] to build tools and collaborations that make healthcare more humane, intelligent, and equitable.

Outside that, I like cycling, exploring writing, and occasionally practicing photography.

Zohaib Akhtar MD MPH MBA

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Health Innovation Consortium

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Some thoughts, Some times

Graduating Kellogg

Somewhere along the way, I stopped measuring my life by how busy I was. Kellogg EMBA interrupted habits I had stopped questioning. It forced me to notice how often “progress” becomes an excuse for noise, and how rarely we slow down enough to choose what actually matters. What stayed with me most came from the people, a cohort that made reflection unavoidable, and faculty who didn’t accept easy answers. I graduate more careful with my time, and more deliberate with my ambition

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Dear People of Kellogg,

[7th Nov 2025] We just finished our last class. .....and tomorrow the program closes. And I’m sitting here thinking about how wrong I was about what this would be. I came here for strategy, finance, operations, frameworks .... the tools to build bigger and lead better. And yes, I learned all of that. But what I needed most was everyone I met along the way. My cohort, who turned exhausting weekends into friendships I’ll carry for life. Professors, who taught me that admittin

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