Jawad Bayat

An imam who trains the chaplains hospitals rely on.

Dr. Jawad Bayat brings extensive experience in healthcare, behavioral health, and clinical pastoral education to his work as a Spiritual Advisor with Zaha Health. He is Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, overseeing CPE programs across the greater Philadelphia region. He is an ACPE Certified Educator and National Faculty member, and previously served as Associate Director for Clinical Pastoral Education at Penn Medicine Princeton Health and as Imam/Muslim Chaplain and Certified Educator in training at the Cleveland Clinic.

He holds a Doctor of Ministry from Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit, where his dissertation advanced Clinical Pastoral Education theory through the lens of Hajj — bringing the tradition's deepest journey into the training of chaplains. He earned his MA in Religious Studies (Islamic Studies and Christian–Muslim Relations) and a Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy from Hartford International University, where he now serves on the Board of Trustees.