Skip to main content
NANS 2026 Annual Meeting Main banner

    Salman Hirani, MD

    Associate Professor
    Oregon Health and Science University
    Portland, Oregon, United States

    Dr. Salman Hirani is a pain medicine physician, health service researcer, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine in the Division of Pain Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. Dr. Hirani serves as the Director of Innovation and Director at Large on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM). Dr. Hirani has dedicated his career to the pursuit of innovating and helping incubate new technologies whose aim is to improve the function of people living with pain. He has been the co-founder of multiple healthcare startups including a Y-Combinator backed startup where he raised millions in venture capital funding to build a company aimed at improving patient access to care. As the Director of Innovation for AAPM Dr. Hirani formed a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to found and launch the AAPM + MIT Hacking Medicine Innovation Challenge. Dr. Hirani is dedicated to creating access and bridging health disparities for underserved populations through research and implementation of innovative technologies in the healthcare arena.

    Presentation(s):