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Dr.Babak Abbaszadeh leads the Bristol Myers Squibb US Medical Affairs cardiovascular team. He joined BMS Canada in 2014 as Head of Medical Affairs and prior to joining US Medical in January, has over 20 years of medical and pharmaceutical expertise and a deep knowledge of International healthcare systems. Prior to joining the pharmaceutical industry, he worked as a physician with “Médecins Sans Frontières” in refugee camps in Afghanistan , worked in primary care and emergency clinics in Abkhazia, Georgia and Malaria clinics in Burma. Dr. Abbaszadeh earned his Medical Doctor degree from Azad Medical University, Tehran, Iran and his MBA from John-Molson School of Business in Montreal, Canada.