Zayna Khayat
Senior Advisor, Health System Innovation | MaRS Discovery District
Toronto, ON, CANADA
One of Canada's leading thinkers and "do-ers" in health innovation
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Biography
Dr. Zayna Khayat is senior advisor in health system innovation at MaRS Discovery District, a global innovation hub in Toronto helping reimagine the futures of health, energy, work & learning and commerce. In 2017 she is on secondment from MaRS to the REshape Health Innovation Center at Radboud university medical center in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Zayna’s mission is to help healthcare systems adopt health innovations that improve public health, improve health system performance, and also drive the new health economy. Dr. Khayat is also adjunct professor in health sector strategy at the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto. She is also Faculty with Singularity University. Zayna was previously director of development at the International Centre for Health Innovation at the Ivey School of Business at Western University. Prior to this, she had an 11-year career in strategy consulting in the global health and life sciences sector, first with the Boston Consulting Group’s Toronto office from 2001 to 2010, and then as an associate principal with SECOR/KPMG. She holds a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children, with a focus on insulin action and diabetes. Zayna lives in Toronto with her husband and three children.
Industry Expertise (15)
Health and Wellness
Biotechnology
Elder Care
Health Care - Facilities
Health Care - Providers
Health Care - Services
Laboratory Services
Management Consulting
Medical Devices
Medical Equipment / Supplies / Distribution
Medical/Dental Practice
Mental Health Care
Non-Profit/Charitable
Pharmaceuticals
VC and Private Equity
Areas of Expertise (12)
Health Innovation
Health Technologies
Health startups
Startups
Medical technology
Innovation adoption
Corporate Innovation
Innovation Capacity
Innovation Management
Adoption
Scaleup
innovation hub
Education (2)
University of Toronto: Ph.D., Biochemistry 2001
Focus on cell biology of insulin - how insulin works in the muscle cells and how/why it does not work in Type 2 diabetes. Training was at Sickkids Hospital in Toronto in the Division of Cell Biology.
University of Windsor: B.Sc., Biochemistry 1996
President's Medalist - all around top graduate of the University in 1996 Board of Governor's Medalist - top graduate of the Biochemistry Department in 1996
Affiliations (3)
- Adjunct Professor in Health Sector Strategy, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
- Innovation Sherpa in Chief, REshape Center, Radboudumc (Netherlands)
- Faculty, Singularity University
Languages (4)
- English
- French
- Arabic
- Dutch
Media Appearances (3)
Senior advisor, Health System Innovation
MaRS Discovery District tv
2015-06-16
On this edition of The Point, Dr. Zayna Khayat from MaRS Health explains how this hub of innovation supports Canada's entrepreneurs.
Six Areas of Health Innovation
Artur Olesch blog (Poland) online
2017-05-02
Zayna Khayat was asked by the journalist to answer 1 question: What kind of innovations can accelerate positive changes in health care?
Dr. Robot Will See you Now
Toronto Star print
2017-04-26
Invited guest column in the Toronto Star on key trends in healthcare
Event Appearances (2)
Exponential Entrepreneurship
Singularity University - Exponential Medicine San Diego
2016-10-10
A canadian perspective on digital health revolution
Hacking Health Camp Straubourg, France
2015-03-17
Articles (5)
Our healthcare system must adopt technologies created by Canadians
Canadian Healthcare Technology manager2016-09-30
Op Ed on the imperative for the Canadian health system to procure the innovations created domestically.
How to Make Canada a Health Innovation Nation
Canadian Science Policy Conference2016-09-20
Op Ed as a lead up to the Canadian Science Policy Conference in 2016
Social Media Networks can Help Boost Self Care and Improve Outcomes
Canadian Healthcare Technology Manager2016-02-29
Op Ed on the growing role and importance of social media networks in patient self care and self management in healthcare
Dr. Robot Will See You Now
MaRS Discovery District2017-03-29
Article in Issue 2 of the MaRS magazine, an issue dedicated to the theme of "Future of Health". This article is about how people-powered healthcare is being enabled by democratized access by patients to their own personal health data.
How will energy utilities capture the modern consumer?
MaRS Discovery DistrictA co-authored blog in the MaRS Blog series, drawing insights from the consumerization of the health sector, to explore what that might mean for the modern consumer of energy, and implications for utilities companies.
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