The Surgeon Show 2027

Name: The Surgeon Show 2027
Start: 2027-02-19
End: 2027-02-19
Location: Business Design Centre

The Surgeon Show 2027 takes place on 19 February 2027 at Business Design Centre, London. It is organised by SURGERY, and B2DB lists 101 speakers and 45 sessions announced so far.

The Surgeon Show 2027 is a free-to-attend, attendance-by-application summit for surgical leaders held on Friday 19 February 2027 at the Business Design Centre, London. It brings together senior clinicians, academics, NHS leaders, policymakers and innovators to discuss the future of surgery, technology and healthcare, with a focus on how innovation is implemented in real clinical practice.

Key facts

Dates	19 February 2027 (upcoming)
Venue	Business Design Centre, London, United Kingdom
Organiser	SURGERY
Series	The Surgeon Show
Speakers	101
Sessions	45
Stages	Intuitive Stage, Plenary Stage, Independent Practice Stage, Innovation Stage, Robotics Stage
Sponsors	12
Official site	events.surgeonshow.com/event/f44be14a-7e2b-4af5-aa75-47163526337d/agenda

Speakers (101)

Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.

Joe Varrasso Kiedimi Ltd.
Emily Mills President; Past representative to the RCS Women in Surgery Forum, Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT)
Nuha Yassin Consultant Colorectal Surgeon & Honorary Associate Clinical Professor, University Hospitals Birmingham
Oliver Sowerby Vice President of MedTech Innovation, Cambridge Consultants
Ryan Kerstein Consultant Plastic Surgeon; Innovation Lead Royal College of Surgeons; Chief Medical Officer Health Innovation Oxford and Thames, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Amir Sheikh Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Barts Health
Ben Challacombe Consultant Urological Surgeon, Assistant Clinical Lead for Urology, MDM Cancer Lead, and Trust Lead for Clinical Robotics, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Bijen Patel Founder, The Society of Surgical Simulation
Celia Riga Professor of Practice (Surgery & Education); Vascular Surgeon & Head of School of Surgery (London)
David McCormack Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon NZ; Healthcare innovator focused on future surgery, AI and high-performance healthcare systems
Domenico Veneziano Internationally renowned surgical education leader; Urologist, USA, Bronxcare Health System
Ekpemi Irune Consultant Laryngology, Head & Neck and Robotic Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Gemma Batten National Surgical Innovation Fellow, The Royal College of Surgeons of England and London Institute for Healthcare Engineering
Jim Khan President ACPGBI; Professor of Surgery, University of Portsmouth
Joanna Bovis Locum Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Pedro Basilio Colorectal Surgeon, Oncology Institutional Private Group at Clinica São Vicente, Gávea, Brazil
Peter Gogalniceanu Transplant Surgeon; Director, GSTT Centre for a Health Security
Rafael J. Grossmann Global Keynote Speaker, General & Trauma Surgeon & XR-AI-in-Healthcare Innovator, USA
Sally Williams Director, inQuisit
Sandip Sarkar Consultant Vascular Surgeon, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust
Zameer Shah Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon; Senior Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Kings College London, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospitals
Lawrence Tallon Chief Executive, MHRA
Aneel Bhangu Professor of Surgery at the University of Birmingham and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospitals Birmingham
Anne Osdoit Chief Executive Officer, Moon Surgical
Chris Fryer Chief Technology Officer, CMR Surgical
Joseph Corrigan CTO Leading Deep tech and AI, Cambridge Consultants
Stella Vig Director Workforce, Productivity and Elective Care, NHS England
Vanash Patel Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Colorectal Lead WHTH NHS Trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer Imperial College London
Adam Peckham-Cooper Consultant Emergency General Surgeon; Director of EGS ASGBI, Clinical Lead for Sustainability, Leeds NIHR Health tech research centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Alex Joseph Chief Executive Officer, Microsure
Ali Haddad Neurosurgeon and Founder and CEO, XRlabs
Angela Meyburg VP Customer Training & Genesis, Europe, Intuitive
April Roslani Director, RCSEd International Office, Malaysia
Ash Kalraiya CEO, MediShout
Aymeric Lim CEO, National University Hospital, Singapore
Babar Vaqas Consultant Neurosurgeon, Co-Founder and CMO, Neurolase
Barry McGuire Consultant Urologist; Professor of Postgraduate Surgical Education and Academic Development, RCSI
Charlotte Harris Head of Front End Innovation and Digital Health, Team Consulting
Chloe Flower Patent Strategy for MedTech and Energy Innovation, Mewburn Ellis
Clare McNaught President; Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at Harrogate District General Hospital, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Conrad Heid Co-Founder, Symphera
Danny Goel Orthopaedic Surgeon, CEO & Founder, PrecisionOS
David Hare Chief Executive, Independent Healthcare Providers Network
David Marante Vice President UK & Ireland, Italy & Iberia, Intuitive
Dhuleep Sanjay Wijayatilake Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Dimitri Pournaras Upper Gastrointestinal, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, North Bristol NHS Trust
Dmitri Nepogodiev Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham
Dorothy Kufeji Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon, Guys & St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Edward St John Co-founder & CMO; Consultant Breast Surgeon & Hon. Assoc. Prof, Portsmouth, Concentric
Elena Novakovskaya Sr. Manager Robotic surgery & Digital OR EMEA, Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Eman Aboulnasr Assistant Director of Commercial Development & Contracting, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH)
Evangelos Mazomenos Professor of Medical Robotics and AI
Farah Bhatti President, British Medical Association (BMA)
Jacqueline Mallender Co-founder, Economics by Design
Jag Dhanda Founder, delivering global extended reality surgical training to thousands, including UK, VRiMS
James Glasbey NIHR Assistant Professor and Doctoral Research Fellow in Global Surgery; General Surgery Registrar at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Birmingham
James Kinross Clinical co-founder, Medical iSight
Jennifer Cole President & CEO, X-Biomedical Inc.
John Camilleri-Brennan Vice President (Surgical), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Justin Collins Consultant Urologist; Professor of Robotic Surgery Training and Curricula Development at University College London (UCL), University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH)
Kashif Ikram First Vice President - Total Solutions Surgical Robotics, Europe, MicroPort
Lara Zaki Senior FEI Strategy and Innovation Consultant
Maria Leiloglou CEO, Enacuity
Maura Bellio Principal Clinical UX Designer, Medtronic
Michael Kerin President, RCSI
Michael Power Consultant Colorectal and Robotic Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals
Mindy Duffourc Assistant Professor of Private Law and a member of the Law and Tech Lab
Mohammed Enayat GP, Longevity Physician & Founder, HUM2N Clinics
Moises Ramos Founder, CLARO Surgical
Nahid Gul Consultant gynaecological pelvic, robotic and laparoscopic surgeon; Chair of robotic training portfolio and BIARGS immediate past president
Nigel Tai Defence Professor of Military Surgery & Trauma, Professor of Trauma Surgery & Innovation, QMUL; Consultant Surgeon, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health
Nikita Symes Chief Operating Officer, Carebit
Nora Colton UCL Director, UCL Global Business School for Health (GBSH)
Odette Harris Professor, Neurosurgery; Endowed Professor of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Paralyzed Veterans of America
Owase Jeelani MBE Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Founder Gemini Untwined
Pedro Gouveia Head Breast Surgeon and Chief Medical Officer of Digital Surgery LAB, Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal
Peter Gorham CMR Surgical
Peter McCulloch Professor of Surgical Science and Practice; Past Chair, IDEAL Collaboration; Chair, QRSTU Research Group
Raj Jena Clinical Oncology Lead AI Advisor, The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
Rana Madani Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Riccardo Secoli Technical lead in Physical AI, Cambridge Consultants
Richard Aris Director of Strategic Partnerships and External Affairs, Healthcode
Robert Masson Neurosurgeon and founder, Masson Spine Institute
Ryan Mathew Consultant Neurosurgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Associate Professor, University of Leeds (UoL)
Shivam Natarajan Senior healthcare transformation leader, clinician, and digital health strategist
Simon Bach Director, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science Faculty of Medical Sciences; Professor of Surgery, Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, UCLH
Stefano Bini Orthopaedic surgeon and UCSF Professor, Sensor/AI researcher; Digital Orthopaedics Advocate, Technology
Sudhir Srivastava Founder & Chairman; Cardiac Surgeon & Robotic Surgery Pioneer, SS Innovations
Susan Shelmerdine Consultant Academic Paediatric Radiologist; Associate Professor at the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)
Tan Arulampalam Consultant Surgeon, School of Medicine Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Tas Qureshi Consultant Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgeon, University Hospitals Dorset
Thomas Knox Founder & Chief Executive Officer, VitVio
Tim Horeman Associate Professor in Sustainable Surgery & Translational technology & Academic Portfolio Director (APD)-Medical technology (extension school 3.0), Delft University of Technology
Valentina Vitiello Head of Clinical Translation and Governance, London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE)
Yossi Bar CEO and Founder, LEM Surgical AG
Yujia Gao Consultant Surgeon and Assistant Group CTO Singapore, National University Health System
Zdenek Fred Fous Serial Entrepreneur & HealthTech Investor
Zubin Daruwalla Group Director, Technology Innovation Office, National University Health System, Singapore
Josh Burke NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Colorectal Surgery, Co-Director, RCS England Innovation Hub
Nikhil Vasdev Professor and Chair of Robotic Surgery, Hertfordshire Medical School
Tessa Balach Prof and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Chicago

Most represented companies

Cambridge Consultants — 3 speakers
CMR Surgical — 2 speakers
Intuitive — 2 speakers
RCSI — 2 speakers
University Hospitals Birmingham — 2 speakers
University of Birmingham — 2 speakers

Agenda (45 sessions)

Day 1 — Friday 19 February 2027

Exploring the Next Generation of Robotic-Assisted Surgery 09:00–17:30 · Intuitive Stage
Opening Address | Beyond the Operating Room: Connecting the Future of Surgery 09:00–09:30 · Plenary Stage
The Surgeon Beyond the Operating Room: Leadership, Portfolio Careers and Entrepreneurship 09:00–09:30 · Independent Practice Stage — Bijen Patel, April Roslani, Dorothy Kufeji, Edward St John
The AI Advantage: What Surgery Can Learn from the Technology Frontier 09:00–09:30 · Innovation Stage — Ryan Kerstein, Joseph Corrigan
The Next Era of Laparoscopy? Rethinking Minimally Invasive Surgery 09:35–10:05 · Innovation Stage — Rafael J. Grossmann, Anne Osdoit, Tan Arulampalam
From Invention to Investment: The Business of Surgical Innovation 09:35–10:05 · Independent Practice Stage — Sandip Sarkar, Chloe Flower, Jacqueline Mallender, Zdenek Fred Fous +1 more
The NHS Robotics Revolution: From National Strategy to Standard of Care 09:35–10:05 · Plenary Stage — Jim Khan, Stella Vig, David Marante, Peter Gorham
Surgery Has an Efficiency Problem: Rethinking How We Deliver Surgical Care 10:10–10:40 · Plenary Stage — Stefano Bini
The Connected Surgical Patient: From Hospital to Home 10:10–10:40 · Innovation Stage — Amir Sheikh, Vanash Patel, Nikita Symes, Rana Madani +1 more
The Changing Landscape of UK Healthcare: What the Data Tells Us 10:10–10:40 · Independent Practice Stage — Richard Aris
Who Owns the Operating Room? Surgical Data in the Age of AI 10:45–11:15 · Plenary Stage — Aneel Bhangu, Anne Osdoit, Chris Fryer, Thomas Knox
What Makes High-Quality Surgical Care? The Payer Perspective 10:45–11:15 · Independent Practice Stage
Building a Successful Independent Surgical Practice 10:45–11:15 · Independent Practice Stage — Eman Aboulnasr
Operate Before You Operate: Digital Twins and the Virtual Patient 10:45–11:15 · Innovation Stage — Owase Jeelani MBE
Behind the Scenes: How Leading Healthcare Providers Deliver Excellence 11:20–11:50 · Independent Practice Stage
Regulating the Future: The MHRA's 2030 Vision for Healthcare AI 11:20–11:50 · Plenary Stage — Lawrence Tallon
Beyond the Screen: Transforming Surgical Visualisation and Image Guidance 11:20–11:50 · Innovation Stage — Ekpemi Irune, Ali Haddad, James Kinross, Maria Leiloglou +1 more
The Surgeon and Longevity: Sustaining Health and Performance Throughout a Surgical Career 11:20–11:50 · Independent Practice Stage — Mohammed Enayat
The GLP-1 Revolution: What Does the Future of Obesity Treatment Mean for Surgery? 11:55–12:25 · Independent Practice Stage — Dimitri Pournaras
The AI-Enabled Hospital: From Ambition to Implementation 11:55–12:25 · Plenary Stage — Aymeric Lim
From Prototype to Patient: Producing the Surgical Technologies the NHS Will Actually Adopt 11:55–12:25 · Innovation Stage — Oliver Sowerby, Ryan Kerstein, Ash Kalraiya, Ryan Mathew +1 more
The Economics of NHS Surgery: Funding Innovation and Long-Term Financial Viability 12:30–13:00 · Plenary Stage — Zameer Shah, Stella Vig, David Hare, Nora Colton
Seeing the Future: What Ophthalmology Can Teach Surgical Innovation 12:30–13:00 · Innovation Stage — Oliver Sowerby
Sustainable Surgery: Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Surgical Care 12:30–13:00 · Independent Practice Stage — Sally Williams, Aneel Bhangu, Adam Peckham-Cooper, Tim Horeman
AI Innovation Spotlights | NVIDIA Showcase Zone | Ten companies 13:00–14:00 · Intuitive Stage
Signal, Not Noise: Designing Devices for Effective Communication in the Digital OR 13:00–14:00 · Plenary Stage — Babar Vaqas, Charlotte Harris, Lara Zaki, Maura Bellio
The Robotic Skills Gap: Are We Leaving Today's Consultant Surgeons Behind? 14:05–14:35 · Robotics Stage — Nuha Yassin, Ben Challacombe, Vanash Patel, Angela Meyburg +2 more
Intuitive Headline Session | Advancing Robotic-Assisted Surgery 14:05–14:35 · Plenary Stage
From Generative AI to Physical AI: Are Humanoids Coming to the Operating Room? 14:05–14:35 · Innovation Stage — Domenico Veneziano, Riccardo Secoli
The Next Generation of Surgical Robots: What Does Good Evidence Look Like? 14:40–15:10 · Robotics Stage — Joanna Bovis, Alex Joseph, Peter McCulloch, Yossi Bar
The Future Surgical Workforce: Who Will Deliver Surgery in 2035? 14:40–15:10 · Plenary Stage — Farah Bhatti
Training Surgeons in a World That Doesn't Exist Yet: The Rise of Surgical World Models 14:40–15:10 · Innovation Stage — Emily Mills, Gemma Batten, Joseph Corrigan
Robotics Without Borders: Democratising Access to Robotic Surgery 15:15–15:45 · Robotics Stage — Sudhir Srivastava
Four Colleges, One Profession: Leading Surgery Through a Decade of Change 15:15–15:45 · Plenary Stage — Emily Mills, Nuha Yassin, Clare McNaught, John Camilleri-Brennan +1 more
When AI Starts Acting: Human Judgement, Trust and Accountability in Healthcare 15:15–15:45 · Innovation Stage — David McCormack, Dhuleep Sanjay Wijayatilake, Mindy Duffourc, Raj Jena +2 more
Build Your Surgical Tech Stack: The AI Tools Every Surgeon Should Know 15:50–16:20 · Innovation Stage — James Glasbey
The Multi-Robot NHS: Competition, Choice and the Future of Robotic Surgery 15:50–16:20 · Robotics Stage — Pedro Basilio, Conrad Heid, Elena Novakovskaya, Kashif Ikram +1 more
Is British Surgery Prepared? Surgical Readiness in an Uncertain World 15:50–16:20 · Plenary Stage — Peter Gogalniceanu, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Nigel Tai, Tas Qureshi
Operating Across Continents: Is the UK Ready for Telesurgery? 16:25–16:55 · Robotics Stage
The Immersive Operating Room: Bringing Augmented Reality into Surgical Practice 16:25–16:55 · Plenary Stage — Celia Riga, Jennifer Cole, Moises Ramos, Robert Masson
AI Meets Robotics: The Rise of Intelligent Surgical Systems 16:25–16:55 · Innovation Stage — Nuha Yassin, Chris Fryer, Evangelos Mazomenos, Simon Bach
The Unwritten Rules of Surgery: What It Takes to Become a Trailblazer 17:00–17:30 · Plenary Stage — Odette Harris
Building an Innovation Ecosystem: From Bright Ideas to Clinical Impact 17:00–17:30 · Innovation Stage
Beyond the Simulator: Immersive Technologies for Robotic Surgery 17:00–17:30 · Robotics Stage — Joe Varrasso, Emily Mills, Barry McGuire, Danny Goel +1 more
Closing Reflections 17:30–17:35 · Plenary Stage

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