Director of Cure Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowship and Obstetric Fistula Program

Dr. Atia Sharif Nadi was born in Kabul province, Afghanistan, as one of eight children. She graduated from Rabia Balkhi High School in 1983 and then from the Kabul Medical University in 1989. Between 1990 and 1994, she practiced medicine in the Malali Hospital, where she developed a special interest in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Between 1995 and 2005, she worked in Kabul, first as the Director of the Mother and Child Health Clinic for Avencine NGO, then as an internist in Karte Se Hospital, and then as a physician with the Swedish Committee. After moving to Ghazni Province, she practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology in Qarabagh District Ibni Sina clinic and later in Angora District Ibni Sina. In 2005, Dr. Nadi started her formal Obstetrics and Gynecology specialist residency in Rabia Balkhi Hospital, which she finished in 2009. She was accepted into Cure Hospital’s Obstetrics, and Gynecology fellowship program immediately following her residency and has remained on staff as one of the departmental trainers since then. Because of her great love for teaching, she led the department to integrate Obstetrics and Gynecology training into the Family Medicine Residency Curriculum. Throughout her career, Dr. Nadi has availed herself of many training opportunities to improve her professional skills, including seminars in malnutrition, antenatal care, reproductive health, training the trainer, infection prevention, ultrasonography, and leadership development. She was promoted to Head of the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology in 2021. Dr. Nadi lives with her husband and two children in Kabul.