OBSINET MERID, MD.

Co-Founder & CEO


Dr. Obsinet Merid is an experienced Ethiopian American internist and assistant professor of medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta Georgia. She has a deep understanding of the importance of preventive care and early intervention. Her expertise in managing chronic diseases, including cardiovascular conditions and her deeply personal ties to the Ethiopian healthcare system where her older sister died due to lack of basic surgical care makes this nonprofit her passion project. She aspires to create a future where heart attacks and strokes no longer claim lives prematurely and envisions that no child should become an orphan due to a treatable medical condition. She currently serves as a president of a US based nonprofit organization, Making the Grade, Hope for African Youth.  She Co-founded Heart attack Ethiopia along with her husband  and excited to serve and share her experiences  as a president and CEO to our nonprofit organization.