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Our guest for the eighth episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series is Noor Baig, M.D., an emergency room physician in one of the largest hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Baig is currently working on his Master\\u2019s Degree in Creativity from SUNY Buffalo State and PhD. in Clinical Sciences at The Aga Khan University. Dr. Baig shares how he developed an interest in creativity and the ways he applied it with medical students to open up new thinking. 

The story of creativity and his passion project is particularly moving. His mother passed away prematurely from a sudden cardiac event and he wants to prevent this tragedy for others. By applying deliberate creativity he has trained more than 2,000 people in CPR skills and is on his way to teach 10 million people CPR and life saving skills - making Pakistan a nation of lifesavers.

Dr. Baig discusses what he has learned about using creativity in the world of medicine and describes his latest exciting project \\u2014 a new app designed to help prevent COVID19 in Pakistan. It was developed in collaboration with other students in his Master\'s Program, who helped him achieve its recent launch on the Google Store.  Finally. we discuss his approach to creative flow and lessons learned in using creativity to help in the field of medicine in the future.