Our mission is to address health inequity by giving people access to quality healthcare from anywhere at any time.
- the Afya team
160+
specialists
45+
specialties
250+
clinics
300,000+
care sessions
Long wait times are Covid-19 is Geographic isolation is Social isolation is Incarceration is Economic disadvantages are
preventing access to quality healthcare.
Experienced Leadership
Alvin Kwong
CTO
10+ years experience in Public Health, FQHCs, and Clinic Technology
Stanley Frencher, MD
CMO
10+ years as a Physician; Surgeon, Urology; RWJ Fellow; Chair of Surgery MLKCH, CEO of HubMD P.C.
Sajid Ahmed
CEO, Founder
25+ years experience in Healthcare Innovation; Former CIIO of MLK Hospital; Executive Director, LA Care - Health IT & Innovation
Waheed Baqai
CCO
10+ years experience in Public Health, Operations; Quality and Analytics; Former Baptist Hospital System; Loma Linda University Health
Elizabeth Ahmed
CEO, Founder
20+ years experience in Executive Leadership, Strategy, Finance; Former VP of North America, PMCM and Asia, AECOM
Afya has partners nationally & globally and is actively expanding impact.
Board of Advisors
Elaine Batchlor, MD
CEO of MLK Hospital, Board of: Integrated Healthcare Association. the California Association of Hospitals, the Healthcare Quality Institute
Carl Dickerson
CEO of Dickerson Employee Benefits Insurance Services; Healthcare Leader over 50+ years
Mac McMillan
Co-Founder and CEO of CynergisTek, Inc., Fmr. Chair of HIMSS Privacy and Security Policy Task Force, contributing author to "Information Security in Healthcare: Managing Risk"
MG. Elder Granger, MD
(US Army Ret.) General US Army Medical Command, Former Dir. Tri-Care
Eric Klein, JD.
Partner of Sheppard Mullin; Healthcare Practice over 25 years
Eric Brown
Chief Wausau County, Nevada, Former CEO of California Telehealth Network
Howard Fullman, MD
Senior Operating Advisor for Atlantic Street Capital, & Fmr. Medical Director and Chief of Staff for Kaiser Permanente
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."