The future of medicine and how software improves healthcare

Professor Shafi Ahmed is a world renowned, multi award winning surgeon, teacher, futurist, innovator and entrepreneur. He has delivered over 250 keynotes in 30 countries. He has been dubbed as the Virtual Surgeon. He studied medicine at Kings College Hospital Medical School London and completed his surgical training in London. He is currently a Laparoscopic Colorectal surgeon specialising in colorectal cancer at The Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals. He is faculty at Imperial College, Barts Medical School, Queen Mary University, Harvard Medical School and Singularity University where he teaches on innovation and digital transformation. He has set up surgical education programmes in over 20 countries including conflict zones. He has streamed live operations using Google Glass, Virtual Reality, social media and on national television on Operation Live which was shortlisted for a BAFTA award in 2019.

You can read more about Professor Shafi Ahmed here: https://www.professorshafiahmed.com/.