Asima Ahmad, MD, MPH, is Carrot's Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
Dr. Ahmad is also a practicing reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist double board-certified in reproductive endocrinology and obstetrics and gynecology. She earned a combined medical and public health degree from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, completed her residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and completed fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. Her work has been published extensively on a wide range of topics related to infertility, reproductive and hormonal health, gynecologic malignancies, and patient safety.
Dr. Ahmad has held leadership roles on the Access to Care Special Interest Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), most recently as the Chair and previously as the Vice-Chair. She has also founded Umeed Foundation, helped in healthcare delivery and optimization with global organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO), and worked on global health projects to reduce rates of maternal mortality.
Dr. Ahmad has also been awarded University of Chicago’s Humanitarian Award, named to Business Insider’s 30 under 40 in Healthcare list, and recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor, and one of the Top 100 University of Chicago Alumni in Technology.
Dr. Ahmad and her husband live in Chicago, IL, with their four children.
Reproductive endocrinology & infertility fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
OB/GYN residency, Yale School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital
MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
BA, University of Chicago
Business Insider’s 30 under 40 in Healthcare
Castle Connolly Top Doctor
Top 100 University of Chicago Alumni in Technology
University of Chicago Humanitarian Award
Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Chair, Access to Care Special Interest Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Board certified in obstetrics & gynecology, reproductive endocrinology & infertility
Improved diagnostic performance for the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome using age-stratified criteria, Fertility and Sterility
Differential rate in decline in ovarian reserve markers in women with polycystic ovary syndrome compared with control subjects: results of a longitudinal study, Fertility and Sterility
Institutional review of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the female genital tract: a 33-year experience, International Journal of Gynecological Cancer
Forbes: Your Guide To Egg Donations For Fertility Treatment
Employee Benefit News: Carrot Fertility expands benefit with at-home testing kit
Parents Magazine: IVF is Cost-Prohibitive for Far Too Many Black & Brown Families—These Orgs Are Changing That
The Hill: Let’s set the record straight: There’s nothing wrong with surrogacy
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