Mahrokh "Mitzy" Kobeissi, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CPAHA, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Graduate Studies at UTHealth Houston Cizik School of Nursing. A nationally recognized scholar and clinician, she has built a sustained body of work at the intersection of telehealth, artificial intelligence, and graduate nursing education. Her work is grounded in active practice as a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Professional in Telehealth by the American Heart Association.

As founder of Mitzy Med, PLLC, Dr. Kobeissi has delivered telehealth and house call services since 2016, positioning her among the earliest nurse practitioner advocates for virtual care, well before telehealth became a standard of practice. Her pioneering contributions to telehealth policy, safety, and equity have earned recognition from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Network, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners SmartBrief, the DAISY Foundation, the National League for Nursing, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, among others. She is also a recipient of UTHealth Houston Cizik School of Nursing's Values Champion Award.

Dr. Kobeissi leads a productive program of scholarship focused on telehealth policy and safety, artificial intelligence literacy, and electronic health record usability in advanced practice nursing. Her peer-reviewed work appears in leading journals across nursing practice, education, and health informatics, and spans original research, national guidelines, and competency frameworks that inform practice and education at the system and national levels. To view her current publications, visit Dr. Kobeissi's ORCID profile.

She has advanced graduate nursing education through the development and integration of virtual simulation, asynchronous online learning, and telehealth competency frameworks. As a faculty leader, she has served in appointed roles at the school, system, and national levels, including the UTHealth Houston AI Taskforce, the Epic EHR Curriculum Review Board, and multiple terms on the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Telehealth Committee, where she chairs subcommittees. She also serves on the American Heart Association's Telehealth Expert Panel.

Dr. Kobeissi’s career reflects a deliberate integration of clinical expertise, scholarly productivity, and national leadership, advancing the profession from practice to policy. Her work is driven by the belief that technology should expand access, improve safety, and serve people first, never replacing the human connections at the heart of care.