Dr. Pouya Azar

Pouya Azar, MD, FRCPC, DABAM, located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is the Co-Medical Manager of the Complex Pain and Addiction Service (CPAS), a consult service under the Department of Psychiatry at Vancouver Coastal Health, which provides management of pain, mental health disorders, and substance use disorders across all clinical services at Vancouver General Hospital, the University of British Columbia (UBC) Hospital, and GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre. Additionally, he is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the UBC Department of Psychiatry, the Research Scientist Co-Lead of the Substance Use Disorder Clinical Research Unit at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and a physician for the Vancouver General Hospital Transitional Pain Clinic. Dr. Azar’s clinical and translational research focuses on the development of novel opioid agonist treatment initiation and withdrawal management protocols, medical devices, prevention programs, and digital health apps to improve patient outcomes.