# Prof. Manoj Ramachandran **Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon and Professor; Co-founder, Viz.ai** — London, United Kingdom > Consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal London Hospital and co-founder of Viz.ai, advising health systems, medtech companies and investors on clinical and commercial strategy. Author of 175+ peer-reviewed papers and 19 books, with over £7M in grant funding as chief or principal investigator. Career Archetype: **Beacon Navigator** (RE-DG) — One of the first Beacon Navigators on Saywise ## Links - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/prof-manoj-ramachandran-6186ba4 ## Experience ### Visiting Professor, SickKids Hospital (2025-05 – present) ### Clinical/Strategy Advisor, morph. (2025-02 – present) London Area, United Kingdom ### Visiting Professor, Stanford University (2023-10 – present) ### Visiting Professor, Nemours (2023-10 – present) ### Co-Founder, halfloop (2022-12 – 2025-04) London, England, United Kingdom · The Patient Powered Intelligence Platform For Medical Implants ### Co-founder, Viz.ai (2016-08 – present) Stanford, California, Tel Aviv, Israel and London, England · Co-founded an AI care-coordination company now valued at $1.2B (Series D), with $251M+ raised across seven rounds. Led clinical strategy and evaluation for 50+ FDA-cleared deep-learning algorithms in 2,000+ partner hospitals, and turned frontline clinical requirements into product roadmaps and patient-safety standards. ### Advisory and Board Member (Consulting), INDIC8 LTD (2016-04 – present) London and St Albans, England · Own consulting company for advisory and strategy work in healthcare and health technology. Sits on advisory and boards across medtech, health tech and venture capital, including OrthoPediatrics, Eolas Medical, Strive Health, Atman Labs, Amorphous Health, Sanctuary Health, NLC Health and Ada Ventures. Has built partnerships between the NHS, industry and academia. ### Honorary Reader, Queen Mary University of London (2014-09 – 2023-01) School of Engineering and Material Sciences ### Honorary Professor, National University Hospital (2013-01 – present) Singapore ### Co-founder, EduSurg Ltd (2012-01 – 2023-01) Innovative online medical education solutions e.g. www.passthemrcs.co.uk ### Consultant/Advisor in Medical Devices/Technology, OrthoPediatrics (2011-01 – present) ### Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London (2008-01 – 2014-08) Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry ### Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, Professor and Director of Innovation, Barts Health NHS Trust (2007-07 – present) Centre for Orthopaedics, Royal London & Barts and The London Children's Hospital · Lead clinical strategy for innovation programmes in one of the UK's largest orthopaedic departments. Chief investigator on a £2.9M Barts Charity grant and a £1.4M Innovate UK study (PRINT, 3D-printed orthotics across multiple NHS sites), with £7M+ total grant funding as chief or principal investigator. ### Chief Clinical Information Officer and Director of Informatics, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust (2007-01 – 2015-01) London, UK · Active practice across paediatric orthopaedics and complex trauma at a major London teaching hospital and trauma centre. Chief of Paediatric Orthopaedics and investigator on 15+ NIHR Portfolio and commercial trials, including SCIENCE, BOSS, GUST, PRINT, BAHA, STARTT and Latella. ### Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (2006-08 – 2007-06) ### Fellow in Paediatric and Young Adult Orthopaedics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles CHLA (2006-06 – 2006-08) ### Fellow in Paediatric Orthopaedics, The Sydney Childrens's Hospital Network (Randwick and Westmead) (2005-07 – 2006-06) ### Specialist Registrar in Orthopaedics and Trauma, RNOH/Stanmore Specialist Registrar Orthopaedic Rotation (2000-01 – 2005-01) ### Senior House Officer in Surgery, Oxford and Hammersmith Basic Surgical Rotation (1997-01 – 1999-01) ### House Officer in Medicine and Surgery, King's College Hospital, London and Royal County Sussex Hospital, Brighton (1996-01 – 1997-01) ## Education ### Masters in Leadership, FranklinCovey (2008-01 – 2008-01) ### FRCS(Tr&Orth) in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in England (2005-01 – 2005-01) ### MRCS(Eng) in Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1999-01 – 1999-01) ### BSc(Hons) MBSS(Hons) in Medicine, University of London (1990-01 – 1996-01) Double honours first class degree University of London Gold Medal (proxime accessit) Multiple prizes, awards and scholarships ### MBBS, King's College London (Hons); University of London Gold Medal (proxime accessit) ### BSc(Hons) Anatomy and Basic Medical Sciences, King's College London First Class ## Projects ### PRINT 3D-printed orthotics across multiple NHS sites, funded by Innovate UK · Chief investigator on a multi-site study of 3D-printed orthotics across NHS sites. ### Barts Charity Academic Orthopaedic Award Grant award for academic orthopaedic research · Chief investigator on a Barts Charity grant supporting academic orthopaedic work. ## Skills Medical Education, Pediatrics, Medicine, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Innovation, Surgery, Education, Online Publishing, Clinical Research, Art, Medical History, Orthopedic, Hospitals, Clinical Trials, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Research, Internal Medicine, Healthcare Information Technology, Cancer, Sports Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Healthcare Management, Epidemiology, Oncology, Lifesciences, Treatment, Public Health, Orthopedics, Life Sciences, Research, Strategy, Start-ups, Strategic Planning, Management, Patient Safety, Clinical strategy, Paediatric orthopaedics, Trauma surgery, EHR integration, Clinical decision support, Data governance, Medical informatics, Healthcare AI, Grant funding, Academic publishing, Medical writing, PowerPoint, Keynote, Investor presentations ## AI Fluency - **Claude** (https://claude.ai) - **ChatGPT** (https://chatgpt.com) - **Codex** (https://developers.openai.com) --- Source: https://saywise.com/member7249 (last modified 2026-10-13T19:27:14.994Z)