Babar Khokhar, MD, MBA, is executive vice president and chief physician officer at Lifespan. Dr. Khokar oversees medical affairs, physician practices, outpatient care locations, and community health services. He also serves as associate dean for clinical affairs (Lifespan) at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Dr. Khokhar came to Lifespan from Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Health System in Connecticut, where he served as chief medical officer at Yale Medicine and chief ambulatory medical officer at Yale-New Haven Health System. He previously served as the chief clinical transformation officer and interim chief executive officer at Yale Medicine. While at Yale, Dr. Khokhar also held academic and clinical positions as associate dean for clinical affairs at the Yale School of Medicine and vice chair for operations in the department of neurology.
Dr. Khokhar holds a BA in neuroscience and economics from Johns Hopkins University, and an MD and MBA from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed an internship in internal medicine and a residency in neurology at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he was chief resident. He also completed a fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.