Transnational Business Solutions (TBS) introduces the Global Health Equity Collaborative (GHEC), a visionary advisory platform aimed at addressing the deep-rooted inequities in global healthcare delivery. Despite historic contributions to medical research from the United States and select advanced economies, the practical benefits of these advancements have remained largely inaccessible to vast populations in low- and middle-income countries. Crony capitalism, cost structures dictated by large pharmaceutical and insurance companies, and regional disparities have widened the global healthcare divide.
GHEC seeks to reverse this trend by identifying, supporting, and scaling underfunded but high-impact healthcare innovations originating from underserved regions. By integrating TBS's expertise in business strategy, biotech commercialization, and sustainable financing with a global network of healthcare experts and investors, GHEC aims to build a future where advanced healthcare is affordable and accessible to all.
Two decades of strategic advisory and operational consulting
From biotech to impact finance.
Access to professionals and partners across India, Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the U.S.
Combining commercialization, policy, and capital advisory under one platform.
Director, Healthcare Division
Consulting Partner
Consulting partner and team lead in Mental Health
Dr. Charles N Aswad is the principal consultant for Transnational Business Solutions’ Healthcare Practice Area since 2011.
Dr. Aswad is the Emeritus Executive Vice President and CEO of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY). He served as President of the MSSNY, Speaker of the American Academy of Family Physicians; Chairman of the American Medical Association’s Task Force on the Medical Workforce and was a member of the American Medical Association’s Council on Long Range Planning and Development. In addition, Dr. Aswad served as a member of the AMA’s Health Policy Agenda for the American People and was and AMA New York Delegate.
Dr. Aswad was appointed, by the New York State Commissioner of Health, to the Council of Graduate Medical Education (GME) where he was Chairman of the Subcommittee of Minority Participation in GME. He was appointed to serve on the Commission for a Healthy New York and the New York State Tobacco Control Partnership.
Dr. Aswad has been a consultant and advisor in both medical and dental fields, as well as to major corporations. He developed the Smoking Cessation Program for MSSNY, which included training programs for Physicians and patients. He was consultant to major pharmaceutical companies in the areas of: clinical trials, communication to professions in the areas of AIDS, Hepatitis C, Influenza, Diabetes, Cancer, Childhood and Adult Obesity, physician involvement in anti-terrorism efforts, and developed a program for treatment of Biological Warfare Agents, post 9/11. He collaborated with multiple health agencies in State and Federal government, as well as NGOs, including The American Heart Association, The American Cancer Society, The Lung Association, and others in developing communication programs.
Dr. Aswad served as Chairman of the Editorial Board of a major continuing medical education and communication company. He has personally worked with both the heads of FDA and the US Surgeon General’s Office and the predecessors.
Dr. Aswad served as Medical Director of the New York State professional Standards Review Organization. He has provided nominations to the US Pharmacopeia. He is a charter founder and Director of the Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company, the largest physician owned company in the US. Dr. Aswad was Chairman of the New York State Continuing Medical Education affiliate of the American Council on CME, which certified most CME programs in NYS. As CEO of the MSSNY, Dr. Aswad supervised all its communication efforts, including its “News of NY” newspaper all fax and email communications and educational programs.
Dr. Aswad is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton-Harpur College and New York Medical College. He is a Charter Fellow of both the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Dr. Aswad is the recipient of numerous honors including Distinguished Alumnus Honors from both State University of New York and New York Medical College.