Dr Shafi Ahmed
Director for International Surgical Training Program at The Royal College of Surgeons of England | Co-founder at Virtual Medics
Biography
Dr Shafi Ahmed is a surgeon, teacher, futurist, innovator and entrepreneur. Professor Shafi Ahmed is a multi award winning cancer surgeon working at The Royal London Hospital. Shafi Ahmed is a world renowned, surgeon, futurist, teacher, innovator and entrepreneur. His PhD thesis was on colorectal cancer genetics and he has been awarded 5 honorary doctorates for his work on global health and education. He has been awarded the accolade of the most watched surgeon in human history.
He recently disrupting the traditional medical school curriculum by launching the Barts X Medicine Programme which has embedded future technologies and entrepreneurship into the medical school. He also chairman and a co-founder of the Global Innovation and New Technologies conference in London and Chair of WEBIT Health, Bulgaria.
He cofounded Medical Realties who released the worlds first VR Interactive Surgical Training Module. He is a non-executive director of Medic Bleep, a communications platform for healthcare professionals. He is an advisor for governments and major blue chip companies working in Pharma, Digital Health, Artificial intelligence, Robotics and Blockchain