Dr. Maytham Altaan
Clinical pharmacist, biostatistician, and app developer based in Baghdad.
Background
I'm a clinical pharmacist with extensive experience in hospital and community pharmacy practice, clinical supervision, and biostatistics. I serve as a Registered Senior Clinical Pharmacist at Medical City Baghdad — joined in 2017 and served as Chief Resident from 2023 to 2024 — and own NIHAD-Alkheir Pharmacy in Baghdad (since 2019). In 2024 I founded Sequoia Academy to house the educational work I had been doing informally for years. Alongside clinical practice I build software — three published iOS apps, the Altaan AI Detector, and ongoing freelance work in biostatistics and programming.
Mission
To make high-quality clinical knowledge accessible in the developing world — through Sequoia Academy and direct teaching — and to ship tools that help people work with technology on honest terms.
How I work
Patient-first
Every educational and product decision traces back to whether it actually helps real practitioners and the patients they serve.
Plain-spoken
I prefer clear explanations over jargon. If a concept can't be explained simply, it's not understood well enough yet.
Independent
I am a solo builder by choice. It keeps the work honest and the iteration fast.