Msaada is a Buffalonian who is currently pursuing his Doctor of Medicine studies at the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical science. He is an alumnus of Canisius University attaining a bachelor’s degree in biology/All-College Honors Program. He subsequently completed the one-year accelerated MBA program from the Canisius Wehle School of Business.
He held several leadership positions including President of the American Medical Association Buffalo Medical Student Chapter. He has been involved in promising research projects including exploring the mechanism of castration recurrent prostate cancer at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the feasibility of outpatient benzodiazepine detoxification protocol in patients with substance use disorders at UBMD Primary Care Research Institute. He completed the Summer Health Professions Education Program at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He also participated in the Roswell Park Junior Robotics Surgery Challenge Competition and won the Champion of Compassion award.
He plans to start a personal health service platform that should help improve the quality and increase accessibility to healthcare for the underserved community in Western New York. The platform would help patients manage chronic conditions through coaching, fitness plans, tracking their health data, coordinating with their primary care provider, and matching the uninsured/underinsured to the appropriate insurance agency.
He enjoys running, soccer, and historical documentaries. He is multilingual, interpreters for refugee families in Buffalo, and was an ESL consultant for Erie 1 BOCES. He has volunteered extensively in the community.