Azad Moopen

Azad Moopen (born 1953) is an Indian physician and healthcare entrepreneur from Kalpakanchery in Malappuram district, Kerala, the founder and chairman of Aster DM Healthcare, the Dubai-based group he began with a single-doctor clinic in 1987 and built into one of the largest private healthcare providers in the Gulf and India, with more than 377 facilities. He received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman in 2010 and the Padma Shri in 2011. ^{1 2}

Moopen was born in 1953 at Kalpakanchery in Kerala; his article gives the day twice over, its infobox and early-life text giving 28 July 1953 and its lead and Wikidata giving 15 April 1953, and both readings are preserved in his record. ^{1 2} He took his MBBS as a gold medallist, and his postgraduate training, at the Government Medical College in Kozhikode, and moved to Dubai in 1987. ¹ His father was Mandayapurath Ahmed Unni Moopen; he is married to Naseera Azad, and their children include Alisha Moopen, who works in the group. ¹ In community life he is the founding chairman of the Association of Indian Muslims in the UAE and a vice chairman of SAFI, roles recorded here as his documented public activity. ¹

Moopen founded Aster in Dubai in 1987 as a single-doctor clinic. ¹ It grew into Aster DM Healthcare, operating hospitals, clinics and pharmacies under the Aster and Medcare names across the Gulf states and India, with more than 377 facilities in seven countries at the article's count. ¹ He received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, India's award for overseas Indians, in 2010, and the Padma Shri in 2011. ¹

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