Dr. Rashid Mazhar graduated from Dow Medical College, Pakistan and after completing MCPS & FCPS in Surgery, acquired surgical fellowships from Edinburgh & Glasgow in UK. Subsequently he did Cardio-thoracic surgical training at Harefield hospital London, one of the busiest CT surgery centers in the UK.
At present, Dr. Rashid is a senior consultant cardio-thoracic surgeon at HMC with minimal invasive & Robotic Thoracic surgery as his main areas of interest with a passion for teaching, research and innovations. Besides his surgical, clinical and educational activities, he has a successful track record for collaborating with engineering colleagues to bring about user-end driven innovative solutions in his field of specialization. Automation, objective monitoring and user-friendly signal processing are his focal areas.
He has extensively collaborated with engineering colleagues to develop user-end driven solutions in the form of novel medical devices. He has a particular interest in Artificial intelligence applications of medical use.
Dr. Rashid's research projects at HMC and Qatar foundation have secured five HMC, two
UREP, three NPRP and one Qatar foundation funded projects.
So far, he has more than 40 publications, including a book chapter; 3 granted patents, 7 patents under process, 5 HMC innovations award, 4 Stars of excellence awards in research category and more than 2.5 million USD in research grants/funds.
Innovation awards:
Oro Tracheal defibrillator (a novel device to improve the outcome of CPR). March 2014.
- “RM Monitor" (A novel monitoring device for objective monitoring of the efficacy of chest compressions), May 2015
- A novel device for fast-track diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome in Emergency Department, May 2017.
- Mechatronic research simulator for CPR. Nov.2019
- Portable Hyperbaric Oxygen hood. July 2020.
- A Dynamic ventilator circuit divider, June 2020.
- Tracheal Dilator Kit. Feb.2022.
HMC STARS OF EXCELLENCE (SOE) award in research. Team leader for the following projects:
- SOE for research category 2018. A research simulator model for maximal output CPR.
- SOE for research category 2016. Screen-less ECG monitor
- SOE for research category 2015. Electronic chest drain monitor
- SOE for research category 2014. Q- Stent
