Dr. Khurshid served as a Senior Health Systems Strategist at the Louisiana Public Health Institute in New Orleans. He directed the successful $13.5 million Crescent City Beacon Community program in New Orleans that focused on improving management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He was also the Principal Investigator of the Louisiana Clinical Data Research Network, funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) that brings patients, clinicians, and researchers together to conduct clinical effectiveness research.