Our mission is to address health inequity by giving people access to quality healthcare from anywhere at any time.
- the Afya team
200+
specialists
40+
specialties
250+
clinics
500,000+
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
15+ years experience in Public Health, FQHCs, and Clinic Technology
Stanley Frencher, MD
CMO
15+ years as a Physician; Surgeon, Urology; RWJ Fellow; Chair of Surgery MLKCH, CEO of HubMD P.C.
Sajid Ahmed
CEO, Founder
30+ years experience in Healthcare Innovation; Former CIIO of MLK Hospital; Executive Director, LA Care - Health IT & Innovation
Elizabeth Ahmed
CFO, Founder
25+ years experience in Executive Leadership, Strategy, Finance; Former VP of North America, PMCM and Asia, AECOM
Christina Petre
COO
10+ Years in Marketing and Operations Leadership
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
Eric Klein, JD.
Partner of Sheppard Mullin; Healthcare Practice over 25 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
Medell Briggs
Chief of Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at UCLA Health System
June Simmons
President and CEO of Partners in Care Foundation and member of NCOA's Board of Directors
Eric Brown - ex officio
Chief Wausau County, Nevada, Former CEO of California Telehealth Network
Carl Dickerson - ex officio
CEO of Dickerson Employee Benefits Insurance Services; Healthcare Leader over 50+ years
Howard Fullman, MD - ex officio
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."