Trauma and robotic surgeon - Maine, USA
A surgeon, educator, speaker, patient advocate, healthcare futurist, and immigrant, originally from Caracas, Venezuela. He was one of the earliest Google Glass Explorers in the world and was the first doctor to ever use Google Glass during live surgery.
After doing his surgery residency in Ann Arbor, MI, USA, he developed as a General, Trauma, Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic surgeon and now practices in Maine, USA. Throughout his career, he has focused on tapping the paradoxical power of technology to coexist with better, more humane medical care.
As a healthcare futurist, being a full-time practising surgeon gives him the rare skills, qualities and advantages that clinicians have but most technology innovators lack. That duality of expertise makes him a voice that impacts and addresses both ends of the spectrum, diversifying the target audience, feeding multiple interests and curiosities.
As an Exponential Medicine and Singularity University alumnus and faculty, his passion is about the intersection of Innovation Technology and Healthcare. Rafael is an advisor and consultant to several entities, including many startup enterprises in the technology landscape. He has lectured at MIT Media Lab, Stanford, Google and many other pivotal digital health industry players.
His first Google Glass surgery catapulted him into the digital medicine ecosystem as a disrupter of established medical paradigms and traditional ways of practising. In addition to being a 5x TEDx speaker, Rafael has also been a national and global keynote speaker on all continents.
I know that the exponential development of technology and its smart use, will profoundly, positively impact the healthcare system in ways that are difficult to even imagine.
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