Our team

Professor Sebastien Ourselin
Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, Principal Investigator, GIFT-Surg
sebastien.ourselin@kcl.ac.uk
Dr Valentina Vitiello
Specialist Technical Operations Manager, King's College London
valentina.vitiello@kcl.ac.uk
Professor Tom Vercauteren
Professor of Interventional Image Computing, King's College London
tom.vercauteren@kcl.ac.uk
Professor David Atkinson
Professor of Imaging in Medicine, University College London
d.atkinson@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Paul Beard
Professor of Biomedical Photoacoustics, University College London
paul.beard@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Anna David
Director at Institute for Women's Health, University College London
a.david@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Paolo De Coppi
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)
paolo.decoppi@gosh.nhs.uk
Professor Adrien Desjardins
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University College London
a.desjardins@ucl.ac.uk
Rozi Harsanyi
Science Communications & Marketing Officer, King's College London
rozi.harsanyi@kcl.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Melbourne
Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Technologies, King's College London
andrew.melbourne@kcl.ac.uk
Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab
Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality, Technische Universität München (External Advisor)

Professor Donald Peebles
Chair and Head of the Research Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University College London
d.peebles@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Terry Peters
Professor, Medical Imaging, Medical Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Western University (External Advisor)

Daniel Taylor
Public Engagement and Patient Involvement Manager, University College London
d.s.taylor@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Emmanuel Vander Poorten
Associate Professor, Surgical Robotics, Haptic Interfacing, Medical Devices, Surgical Training, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
emmanuel.vanderpoorten@kuleuven.be
Dr Wenfeng Xia
Lecturer, Department of Surgical & Interventional Engineering, King’s College London
wenfeng.xia@kcl.ac.ukAdvisory board
The GIFT-Surg Advisory Board meets once every 6 months to review the project and advise on placement within the public, academic and industry domain.
The advisory board is made up of both internal and external parties.