Pejman Azarmina

Who is Pejman Azarmina?

Pejman Azarmina is an Iranian-American author, entrepreneur, medical director and thinkocrat. In parallel to being an Adjunct Professor at Zicklin School of Business and a Medical Director at Pfizer Headquarters in New York, Azarmina founded an enterprise named Thinkocrats with a mission to develop the next generation of holistic leaders and systems thinkers.

Azarmina published Common Medical Terms, an evidence-based medical dictionary in 1995 as a student project leading a team of seven editors and 22 term-finders, which was recognized as the best student book in 1997. In 2001, he authored six bestselling titles named “My Doctor” describing medical topics in plain language for the public. In recent years, he has been working on a book project called the “Thinking Hour” that aims to promote systems thinking in the context of key decisions in life.

Azarmina is also a concert musician and santour instructor. He has released 5 music albums, published two sheet music and wrote three chapters of Love Dynasty, a multimedia encyclopedia for Persian Music. His first solo album, Old Persian Dances was released in 1996 and contained novel rearrangements of old dance forms from the original repertoire for Persian music. His next album, Shabdiz contained a collection of his compositions for solo and two santours. Azarmina’s recent albums, Persian Nostalgia and Rebellious Solitude, were released in the US and contain fine renderings of some Persian music masterpieces and advanced repertoire for the santour.