Zain Kassam
Physician-Scientist (MD, MPH)
Dr. Zain Kassam is the Chief Medical Officer at Seed Health. He
is an entrepreneur, investor, senior biotechnology executive,
and physician-scientist at the intersection of medicine,
biological engineering, and computer science. He co-founded and
led a healthcare company that scaled to become a national
supplier, delivering life-saving treatments to over 75,000
patients. Dr. Kassam co-founded and built a first-in-field
biotechnology company that resulted in an upsized IPO on the
NASDAQ with peak market capitalization of $1B and secured
leading pharmaceutical partnerships for AI-enabled drug
discovery. He has led Phase I-III clinical trials with top-tier
academic collaborators across multiple therapeutic areas. Dr.
Kassam is a mentor at Creative Destruction Labs, an investment
committee member of the UCeed Health and Child Health Funds, and
a steering committee member of the national MaRS-adMare
Therapeutic Accelerator. He has experience with diverse
technologies serving on the Board or as an advisor to venture
capital firms, foundations, and private healthcare companies.