Sumair Akhtar

Dr. Akhtar is Chief Clinical Officer of Strive Care Partners. He is a board-certified internist and practicing primary care physician at Strive Health. His expertise and career are focused on building and scaling care delivery models for complex patients.

Dr. Akhtar received his medical degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore. He subsequently completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He attended the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he received a Masters in Healthcare Delivery Science. He has over 10 years of experience as a hospitalist and primary care physician.

After completing his training, Dr. Akhtar joined Iora Health, where he was a medical director and primary care physician for Iora’s Las Vegas market. Thereafter, he transitioned to Caremore and Aspire Health, where he led the East Region as Regional Chief Medical Officer. He oversaw global risk Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid, high-risk commercial, and home-based palliative care business lines with markets in fourteen states. Most recently prior to joining Strive, Dr. Akhtar was Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota’s Chief Clinical Officer over its non-health plan diversified business. In that role, he expanded the home-based palliative care unit and launched an advanced primary care service line for Livio Health, a care delivery business focused on high-risk patient populations that was sold to Lifespark in 2022.