Co-founder, President, & Director

Dr. Mirza Rahman currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance at Cybin, a pharmaceutical company seeking to bring novel, second-generation psychedelics to market. He also serves as the President of the American College of Preventive Medicine and is a Co-Founder and President of the Guyanese Diaspora Charity, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on helping to improve the lives of Guyanese. In addition, Dr. Rahman is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Guyana.

Previously, Dr. Rahman was the Vice President & Chief Safety Officer at Organon, a global healthcare company. Prior to that, Dr. Rahman served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Global Pharmacovigilance Officer & European Research & Development Lead at Otsuka Pharmaceuticals. During his 25+ years in the pharmaceutical industry, while Dr. Rahman has worked primarily in Pharmacovigilance, he has also worked in Medical Affairs, Medical Information, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Quality Management, Clinical Development, Manufacturing, and Regulatory Affairs. Prior to practicing pharmaceutical medicine, Dr. Rahman was an Assistant Professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Preceding this, he served as the Medical Director of the Tri- Community Health Center in NY.

Dr. Rahman completed his Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Residency along with his Family Medicine Residency at Stony Brook University. He completed the Advanced Management Program at the Columbia Business School and earned his Master of Public Health degree from the Columbia University School of Public Health. Dr. Rahman earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and his Bachelor of Science degree from the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at the City College of the City University of New York. Dr. Rahman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He has received multiple awards from the ACPM, the AMA, the AAFP, Merck, J&J, Otsuka, and Organon.