Ms. Qassimyar has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Afghan Telehealth Association since its inception in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California. An innate leader who leverages her needs assessment skills to develop and implement programs with impactful outcomes, Ms. Qassimyar has over 13 years of comprehensive experience within the complex healthcare arena, specializing in large integrated hospital/healthcare systems, medical education institutions, and pharmaceutical firms. With extensive cross-cultural experience, she is knowledgeable in critical aspects of healthcare leadership, management, clinical operations, business principles and processes with exceptional skills in Regulatory Operations, On-site Field Auditing, Monitoring and Evaluation, Healthcare/Pharmacy Services Operations, and Strategic Planning and Implementation of Enterprise-wide Initiatives.

Ms. Qassimyar has presented and written on the state of telemedicine in Afghanistan, healthcare modernization, technology issues, emerging applications and healthcare market trends in Afghanistan. She has served on a variety of national and international healthcare advisory bodies including the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Afghanistan Telemedicine National Telemedicine Taskforce.  
Ms. Qassimyar holds a Masters Degree in Healthcare Leadership from the School of Medicine at the University of California San Diego with special interest in Health Law.

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With this desire in my heart, I preside over the AFGHAN TELEHEALTH ASSOCIATION. We’re all looking to make a difference in our world and I believe that by focusing on communities with the greatest need, we’re going to make the most substantial impact. The world is made up of these important social connections and if you foster them positively, they’ll pay huge dividends - in love, care, and a better world.

We're aiming to do everything we can to improve the health and well-being of communities in the most need!

Volunteering

If you have able hands and a giving heart, we want your help. Whether it's providing your time consulting on cases as a medical professional, assisting with building out a telehealth program, or collecting donations, we need you. And so do global communities in urgent need.

Mission & Vision

We have a simple, but robust mission: to help people in need of healthcare services. We do that by focusing on community-based efforts including education, awareness, and medical aid. We want to make a difference.

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Member Spotlight

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President of the Fund

Recent Programs

We're continually working hard to improve communities throughout the world. If you're interested to see what we've been doing recently (especially if you want to help), check out our project list.