— ABOUT QALAM

Redefining bone cancer surgery, one margin at a time.

Qalam Health Solutions is a Montréal-based deep-tech medical innovation company developing real-time intraoperative tools for bone cancer surgery.

Built at the intersection of clinical insight, spectroscopy, and explainable artificial intelligence, Qalam is creating technology that helps surgeons characterize bone tissue directly in the operating room. Our goal is simple: to turn complex tissue signals into clear, objective information at the surgical margin, when decisions matter most.

— Founding Team

FOUNDER
Dr. Haitham Shoman

Dr. Haitham Shoman

Founder & CEO
MD, MPH, MSc, GDBA, CHE, PhD — Harvard, Imperial College, Cambridge. Vanier Scholar.
Dr. Ahmed Aoude

Dr. Ahmed Aoude

Chief Medical Officer
MD, FRCSC, B.Eng, M.Eng — Oncology Orthopedic Surgeon & Engineer.

— Research Team

Dr. Maryam Ejaz

Dr. Maryam Ejaz

Research Coordinator
BDS, MSc, DMD(c) — Experimental Surgery, McGill Dental School.
Karim Elrakhawy

Karim Elrakhawy

Operations Coordinator
MD(c) — Université de Montréal.
Rahaf Ahmed

Rahaf Ahmed

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— Advisors

MD

Prof. Mario D'Acunto

Scientific Advisor
MSc, PhD — Spectroscopy and bone cancer research.

— The TEAM

A team of surgeons, scientists, and engineers.

From operating rooms in Montreal to research labs in Pisa, our team brings together decades of experience across surgical oncology, spectroscopy, AI, and medical device engineering.