#022 The VR Surgeon 🥽 — Professor Shafi Ahmed

Professor Shafi Ahmed is the world’s most watched surgeon. 

He has live-streamed operations using Google Glass, the Snapchat Spectacles — and even virtual reality technology. He’s really at the cutting edge of surgical innovation so it was a real privilege to speak to him.

He is the co-founder of Medical Realities; a company which specialises in surgical VR and AR tech. He has spoken at Wired Health, TEDx — he leads charity work in his native Bangladesh, he’s setting up a hospital of the future in Bolivia.

He has consulted for Google, PwC, Roche — he has advised the NHS on the Long Term Plan and was awarded the Future NHS Award by members of Parliament in 2018.

Find Professor Shafi Ahmed

Website: https://surgeon.ai

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShafiAhmed5

Wired Health Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vftA-_c1hYc

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