DrAamir Hameed

Dr Aamir Hameed is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is a Principal Investigator with the Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG) at RCSI and the Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering (TCBE) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Dr Hameed received his undergraduate degree in medicine (M.B., B.S) from Karachi Medical & Dental College (KM&DC) which is affiliated with the University of Karachi. Following completion of his Internship and basic surgical training in General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery from the Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi, he pursued and successfully completed his Doctorate of Medicine (MD) by research in the area of cardiovascular regenerative medicine from RCSI. His thesis focused on advanced protein/drug delivery strategies to the infarcted heart. Dr Hameed has special interest in translational research. He is the Co-Founder of Pumpinheart Ltd. (https://pumpinheart.com/), which is an RCSI spin-out and a high potential start-up. Pumpinheart is developing a novel device technology to treat Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). Dr Hameed has participated in different MedTech accelerator programmes, including the US based MedTech Innovator (MTI) programme. Pumpinheart Ltd. was 1 of 61 companies out of around 1500 applicants to be selected for the MTI accelerator 2023 cohort, a Los Angeles based world’s largest healthcare accelerator programme. Other accelerator programmes include EIT-HVL, KTI Lean Startup, and SFI I-Corps.