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Professor Shafi Ahmed
Professor Shafi Ahmed is a multi-award winning cancer surgeon, teacher, futurist, innovator, entrepreneur and humanitarian. He believes that education is a fundamental human right and has spent his career using exponential technologies to teach millions of students across the world which led to him being dubbed as the worlds most watched surgeon.
About
Professor Shafi Ahmed
Professor Shafi Ahmed is a multi-award winning cancer surgeon, teacher, futurist, innovator, entrepreneur and humanitarian. He believes that education is a fundamental human right and has spent his career using exponential technologies to teach millions of students across the world which led to him being dubbed as the worlds most watched surgeon.
His passion and work in democratising global surgical education led to the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019.
His mission is to make healthcare accessible, equitable and affordable through innovation, technology, digital transformation and disruptive thinking. He has worked with hospitals, governments, NGO’s universities, start-ups and large tech companies as well as taking board and non-executive director roles.
He is 3 x TEDx and a highly sought-after international speaker having delivered more than 300 keynotes in over 30 countries.
As an academic he holds a number of professorships and is faculty at universities including Singularity University, Harvard Medical School, Imperial College and Barts Medical School. He is an Honorary Professor of Practice at the new UCL Global Business School for Health and also teaches on the MBA programme at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
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Prof.Shafi Story
Professor Shafi Ahmed is a multi-award winning cancer surgeon, teacher, futurist, innovator, entrepreneur and humanitarian. He believes that education is a fundamental human right and has spent his career using exponential technologies to teach millions of students across the world which led to him being dubbed as the worlds most watched surgeon. His passion and work in democratising global surgical education led to the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019.
He is 3 x TEDx and a highly sought-after international speaker having delivered more than 300 keynotes in over 30 countries.
As an academic he holds a number of professorships and is faculty at universities including Singularity University, Harvard Medical School, Imperial College and Barts Medical School. He is an Honorary Professor of Practice at the new UCL Global Business School for Health and also teaches on the MBA programme at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
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Professor Shafi Ahmed is a multi-award winning cancer surgeon, teacher, futurist, innovator, entrepreneur and humanitarian. He believes that education is a fundamental human right and has spent his career using exponential technologies to teach millions of students across the world which led to him being dubbed as the worlds most watched surgeon.
His passion and work in democratising global surgical education led to the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019.
His mission is to make healthcare accessible, equitable and affordable through innovation, technology, digital transformation and disruptive thinking. He has worked with hospitals, governments, NGO’s universities, start-ups and large tech companies as well as taking board and non-executive director roles.
He is 3 x TEDx and a highly sought-after international speaker having delivered more than 300 keynotes in over 30 countries.
As an academic he holds a number of professorships and is faculty at universities including Singularity University, Harvard Medical School, Imperial College and Barts Medical School. He is an Honorary Professor of Practice at the new UCL Global Business School for Health and also teaches on the MBA programme at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Prof.Shafi Story
Professor Shafi Ahmed is a multi-award winning cancer surgeon, teacher, futurist, innovator, entrepreneur and humanitarian. He believes that education is a fundamental human right and has spent his career using exponential technologies to teach millions of students across the world which led to him being dubbed as the worlds most watched surgeon.
His passion and work in democratising global surgical education led to the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019.
He is 3 x TEDx and a highly sought-after international keynote speaker having delivered more than 300 keynotes in over 50 countries. He has been called a "storyteller in scrubs" as he creates a unique connection to his global audiences.
As an academic he holds a number of professorships and honorary doctorates and has been is faculty at universities including Singularity University, Harvard Medical School, Imperial College and Barts Medical School. He is an Honorary Professor of Practice at the new UCL Global Business School for Health and also teaches on the MBA programme at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.