Alykhan Nanji

Biography

Alykhan Nanji is a Canadian General Internal Medicine specialist with a Masters in Public Health from Harvard and an MBA from Wharton. He is also certified as a Physician Executive with the American College of Physician Executives and a Certified Public Health Specialist with the American Public Health Association. Alykhan established C-era, a cardiovascular evaluation clinic, in Calgary, Canada, which has grown to become one of the largest outpatient Internal Medicine groups in the city. It services all of the Emergency Rooms in the city as well as over 700 family physicians. Through a Partnership with EFW, the largest Radiology group in Calgary, C-era has launched into nuclear cardiology. Alykhan remains the Director C-era. Alykhan previously has been the Executive in Residence (Biodevices) with University Technologies International. UTI is the technology commercialization arm of the University of Calgary. Within this role, Alykhan was the acting CEO of Project neuroArm. NeuroArm is an MRI compatible, stereotactic, and microsurgical robot. It has been designed for precise procedures such as brain surgery and plastic surgery. While born in Kenya, Alykhan has been raised in Canada. He served on the Health, Seniors, and Special Needs committee of the Calgary Foundation and helped to evaluate grant applications from local charities. He has applied Joint Commission standards to the Aga Khan Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya and has helped the Aga Khan University (Karachi, Pakistan) explore matters related to Intellectual Property management. Alykhan is also an alumni interviewer for Harvard University and Wharton Business School.