Asima Ahmad, MD, MPH, FACOG, DABOM | Carrot
Asima Ahmad, MD, MPH, FACOG, DABOM
Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer
Asima Ahmad, MD, MPH, FACOG, DABOM, is the Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Carrot Fertility, the leading global fertility and family-building platform providing care for everyone, everywhere. As Carrot’s CMO, Dr. Ahmad leads clinical strategy, overseeing the company’s expansive network and telehealth program, which offers access to more than 10,000 reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, adoption experts, mental health experts, OB/GYNs, doulas, and midwives.
In addition to her role at Carrot, Dr. Ahmad is a practicing reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist. Dr. Ahmad is double board-certified in reproductive endocrinology and infertility 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. She completed her residency in OB/GYN at Yale-New Haven Hospital and her fellowship training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of California, San Francisco. She has worked alongside and received mentorship from former ASRM presidents, Dr. Hugh Taylor and Dr. Marcelle Cedars. Dr. Ahmad’s work has been published extensively in academic literature and internationally on a wide range of topics related to infertility, reproductive and hormonal health, gynecologic malignancies, and patient safety.
Dr. Ahmad has been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine and Fierce Healthcare on their Women of Influence lists, and named to Business Insider’s 30 under 40 in Healthcare list. Additionally, she has spoken at The World Economic Forum, Forbes 30/50 Summit and Power Women’s Summit, Fast Company Innovation Festival, and HLTH, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Today Show, Good Morning America, NPR, CNN, USA Today, Women’s Health, and more.
Education
- 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
Awards
- Reuters Trailblazing Women in Healthcare
- Rock Health Top 50 in Digital Health
- Fierce Healthcare Women of Influence
- Entrepreneur Magazine 100 Women of Influence
- Business Insider 30 under 40 in Healthcare
Press highlights
- The Healthcare Technology Report \ Carrot Launches Sprints Program to Address Metabolic Causes of Fertility Challenges \ July 22, 2025
- Fortune \ Why Americans are facing a pregnancy health crisis \ May 14, 2023
- CNN \ Infertility affects a ‘staggering’ 1 in 6 people worldwide, WHO says \ April 3, 2023
- NPR \ In good health: Experiencing and treating infertility \ April 25, 2023
Latest posts by Asima Ahmad, MD, MPH, FACOG, DABOM
Carrot CMO and Co-founder Dr. Asima Ahmad appointed HHS Women's Health Ambassador — here's what that means, and why it matters
What we heard at the inaugural HHS National Conference on Women's Health
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