Pouya Azar

Dr. Pouya Azar is a clinician-scientist in addiction psychiatry based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He serves as co-medical manager of the Complex Pain and Addiction Service, a consult service within the Department of Psychiatry at Vancouver Coastal Health. This service manages pain, mental health and substance use disorders across Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), UBC Hospital, and GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre. Dr. Azar is also a clinical assistant professor at UBC, director of the VGH Concurrent Disorders Fellowship, and co-lead of the Substance Use Disorder Clinical Research Unit at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. He also works as a pain physician at the VGH Transitional Pain Clinic.

Dr. Azar's clinical and translational research focuses on developing innovative opioid agonist treatment protocols, withdrawal management strategies, medical devices, primary prevention programs and digital health tools to enhance patient outcomes.