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Adil Haider
Pakistani–American trauma surgeon, academic, and health-tech entrepreneur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adil Haider
Adil Haider (born August 27, 1973) is a Pakistani–American trauma surgeon, public health researcher, academic leader, and health-tech entrepreneur. He is recognized as a pioneer in the study of racial disparities in trauma care and was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2017 for his medical expertise and humanitarian contributions.[1] From 2018 to 2025, he served as Dean of the Medical College at the Aga Khan University (AKU) in Pakistan. In 2024, he co-founded Boston Health AI, a company that launched Hami, the world’s first AI-powered physician assistant.
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Early life and education
Haider was born in Zanesville, Ohio, to Pakistani parents who had migrated to the United States in the 1960s and later returned to Pakistan. He attended St. Patrick's High School in Karachi and earned his M.B.B.S. degree from Aga Khan University in 1998. Inspired from a young age by the medical drama Trapper John, M.D., he pursued a career in medicine.[1]
Haider earned a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2000. He completed his surgical residency at New York Medical College (2000–2005), followed by fellowships in surgical critical care (2006) and trauma and acute care surgery (2007) at Johns Hopkins University.[2]
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Medical and academic career
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Early U.S. Appointments (2007–2018)
From 2007 to 2014, Haider served as a trauma and acute care surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He directed the Center for Surgery Trials and Outcomes Research (CSTOR) and held a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Critical Care Medicine.
In 2014, he was appointed the Kessler Director of the Center for Surgery and Public Health (CSPH) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He later became Director of Disparities and Emerging Trauma Systems and served as Deputy Editor of JAMA Surgery and President of the Association for Academic Surgery in 2018.[3]
Dean of Aga Khan University Medical College (2018–2025)
In 2018, Haider was appointed Dean of the Medical College at Aga Khan University. He led major institutional transformations including:
- Oversaw AKU’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and 2022 Pakistan floods
- Secured over US$200 million in research grants
- Established the Office of Faculty Development (250+ promotions)
- Launched 5 graduate and 11 postgraduate programs
- Opened new clinical departments in Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, and Dentistry
- Created the Office of Shared Research Services and CITRIC research incubator
- Achieved ACGME-I accreditation for training programs
In 2025, he was honored with the renaming of the Dean’s Clinical Research Fellowship to the "Dean Adil Haider Clinical Research Fellowship". He continues to serve at AKU as Professor and Director of the Centre for Clinical Best Practices.[4]
Research
Haider has published over 450 peer-reviewed papers and mentored more than 150 researchers. His work demonstrated racial disparities in trauma outcomes, helping establish the field of disparities research in surgery. He has held leadership roles in academic surgical societies and editorial boards and is known for advancing equity in healthcare systems.[5]
Technology and innovation
In 2024, Haider co-founded Boston Health AI, a health tech startup focused on expanding access to care through artificial intelligence. Its flagship product, Hami, is an AI-powered physician assistant designed to automate documentation, diagnostics analysis, and clinical workflow support.
Hami launched in 2025 in partnership with Systems Limited and C10 Labs. The technology is aimed at reducing physician workload and expanding reach in low-resource settings, with a goal of improving care for one billion people.[6]
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Professional appointments
- Dean, Medical College, Aga Khan University (2018–2025)
- Director, Disparities and Emerging Trauma Systems, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (2018–present)
- President, Association for Academic Surgery (2018)
- Kessler Director, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Harvard Medical School (2014–2018)
- Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2011–2014)
- Deputy Editor, JAMA Surgery (2015–present)
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Awards and honors
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2017)[1]
- Award of Distinction, Aga Khan University (2024)
- Diversity Leadership Award, Johns Hopkins University (2014)
- Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II Promising Investigator Award, ACS (2013)
- International Surgical Week First Prize, IATSIC (2013)
- C. James Carrico Fellowship, American College of Surgeons (2011)
See also
- Health disparities in the United States
- Trauma surgery
- Artificial intelligence in healthcare
References
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