Arifa Akbar is an experienced medical coder currently employed at Vee Technologies since January 2021. Prior to this role, Arifa worked as a Project Associate at Data-Core Systems Inc. from November 2016 to November 2019, specializing in emergency department medical coding. Arifa's earlier experience includes a position as an Academic Writer at Royal Research for a brief period in August 2016 and a summer internship at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in July 2013, focusing on the bioinformatic and biophysical characterization of the Leishmania donovani Aurora kinase-like protein. Arifa holds a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Presidency University (2012-2014) and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Gurudas College (2009-2012), alongside early education in Biology/Biological Sciences at St. Augustine's Day School from 1996 to 2009.