BIO:

Dr. Wasim Khan embodies the American Dream. His story is the classic tale of a new immigrant who, through hard work, has found success in the United States.

Born in India to a prominent and progressive family, Khan was raised in a home where universal human values were prioritized. His family has worked for generations in public service with relatives serving in the highest echelons of India’s democratically-elected government.

After receiving his medical degree, Dr. Khan came to the United States to study public health and epidemiology at Harvard Medical School. During his time there, he received the Outstanding Volunteer Award at Harvard’s teaching hospital and his research has been widely recognized as providing major contributions to the field.

More than 10 years ago, Dr. Khan settled with his family in Parsippany and began working as a consultant for local health care companies such as Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Schering-Plough and Johnson & Johnson. He has assisted on the development of many FDA-approved medicines for diseases like diabetes, HIV-AIDS, high-cholesterol, transplant medicine and cancer. He was awarded both the Business Excellence and Shining Performance Awards while working on these projects.

In the tradition of his family, Dr. Khan has never strayed from dedicating his time and skills to helping others. Over the course of his career, he has established volunteer health programs in poor neighborhoods and worked with a number of global leaders and top academics to prevent the growth of extremism and terrorism abroad and to promote interfaith and inter-group understanding at home.

In addition to his interest in health care, Dr. Khan is an active environmentalist, a supporter of early childhood education and affordable housing. As a first-generation immigrant who has benefited from all that is right with America, he is now running for the State Senate in District 26 to ensure that everyone has those same opportunities.

Dr. Wasim Khan is now running for the State Senate in District 26,