Hutan Ashrafian

Hutan Ashrafian is the chief scientific adviser at Imperial College London’s the Institute of Global Health Innovation directed by professor the Lord Darzi of Denham.

As a surgeon-scientist, his research includes composite evidence synthesis models and the clinical translational impact of healthcare innovations and their diffusion. This comprises of the application of digital and machine learning solutions in precision medicine and those of global health. Additionally the role of improved health outcomes on national macroeconomics. He has introduced a global index for innovation taking into account national wellbeing and diffusion lags.

He has introduced a novel meta-analytical methodology for combining heterogenous research trial data sets and his policy work includes the setting up of a Treasury-based working group on Distributed Ledger Technology.

He was the winner of the Arris and Gale lectureship at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Hunterian Prize. His work on bariatric surgical modulation of gut microbiome-host co-metabolism was a novel finding in this field that has generated several new approaches to treat diabetes and metabolic diseases. As clinical lecturer in surgery, he has authored over 350 peer-reviewed publications and has had 3 eponymous conditions and techniques named after him.

The ranges of his books and book chapters cover surgery, precision medicine, philosophy and ancient history including the era of Alexander the Great. As a result, he has appeared on several documentaries including those on the BBC regarding his work on Tutankhamun. His clinic background ranges from senior fellow in paediatric cardiac surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital, registrar in Metabolic Medicine at Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust to senior fellow in bariatric and metabolic surgery at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.