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Amjed Kadhim-Saleh

Co-founder, Pippen AI

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Amjed (AJ) Kadhim-Saleh is a Toronto family physician and clinic owner who co-founded Pippen AI with Mary Aglipay to take administrative paperwork off family doctors. He studied medicine at the University of Ottawa and did his family medicine residency at the University of Toronto, and has said he spends a third of his working time on paperwork.

Amjed hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Amjed co-founded Pippen AI, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Amjed Kadhim-Saleh co-found Pippen AI?

Yes. Pippen AI's about page, checked September 23, 2026, lists "Amjed (AJ) Kadhim-Saleh, Family Physician / Co-Founder" alongside Mary Aglipay under "The Founders", and says "AJ developed Pippen so that family physicians could claim back their time, feel supported, and have a great day at work."

What is his medical background?

The Sustainable Clinical Medicine podcast's episode notes, published May 26, 2025, describe him as "a community family physician, clinic owner, and health technology entrepreneur in Toronto" who "graduated medical school from the University of Ottawa, and completed his family medicine residency at the University of Toronto." The same notes say he is a clinical lecturer at the University of Toronto.

Why did he build Pippen?

To cut paperwork. In an interview published by Dr.Bill on December 8, 2025, he said that after "12 years in university and over $250,000 in tuition fees" he found "I spend a third of my time on paperwork," and described Pippen AI as one of several companies using an "ambient AI scribe" to reduce that burden.

Has he talked about Pippen elsewhere?

Yes, on physician podcasts. The Primary Medicine Podcast published Episode 98, an interview with him about Pippen, on July 29, 2024, introducing him as "the brain behind Pippen", and Joan Chan, MD's podcast published a conversation on July 7, 2025 about "his journey as a family physician and the co-founder of Pippen AI".

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