Nassim Assefi is a physician, novelist, speaker and civic activist whose work spans internal medicine, gynecology, psychiatry, human rights, and public health. An advisor for Zocdoc, she represents a powerful voice in global health and consults on a range of topics such as primary care health strategies for the low income world to telemedicine, coaching, health tech, and well-being.

She has written two novels (Aria, published by Harcourt and translated into 5 other languages, and the forthcoming, Say I Am You), which tackle complex, cross-cultural issues from grief to humanitarianism.

Most recently, Nassim was medical advisor at RoundGlass, a well-being social venture based in the US and India. She has also previously served as Executive Director of MEDICC, an NGO that translates public health achievements of Cuba to the U.S. context and beyond; and Director of Stage Content for TEDMED, the health and medicine edition of the TED Conference.

She has recieved numerous awards for her work including: a TED Global Fellowship, Hedgebrook Writing Residency, University of Washington’s Woman of Courage, Jack Straw Fellowship, Feminist Press’ Top 40 Under 40, and Seattle Metropolitan’s Top Doctor.

Nassim is a graduate of Wellesley College, the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Harvard/Brigham and Women’s Hospital internal medicine residency program.  She currently lives in Morocco.