Born in a small village on Africa’s west coast, Mouctar Bah witnessed large health inequality, especially in remote towns and villages. Driven to close those disparities, he developed a passion for community improvement and sustainable health and education interventions in underserved communities. While a student in his native Guinea, he co-founded the Accar Medical Club to foster community collaborative efforts against HIV/AIDS and fighting against female genital mutilation.

More recently, Mouctar has had leading professional roles with community-based and non-governmental organizations in New York City where he currently resides. In 2009, he co-founded a health professional network called MedGuinea-USA to improve the health and quality of life of the Guinean community in America and promote partnerships between U.S. educational institutions and healthcare delivery systems in Guinea.

Also in New York City, he coordinated outreach for Union Fouta, a community-based organization that educates immigrants from the Fouta community about healthy eating and nutritional choices to improve cardiovascular care. At the Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service based at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mouctar worked to eliminate health disparities among immigrants, minorities and other medically underserved groups.

In 2014, Mouctar entered the physician assistant program at the City College of New York and graduated in 2017. He currently works as a family practitioner in Manhattan, New York.