Alan Karthikesalingam MD PhD

CEO

London, England, United Kingdom18 yrs 6 mos experience
AI EnabledHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Cofounder of multiple AI healthcare projects at DeepMind.
  • Published over 200 peer-reviewed research articles.
  • Expert in medical AI and clinical research.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare AI Expert with extensive research and clinical experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)TeachingMedical AiClinical ResearchTeam ManagementLeadershipProduct Management

Other Skills

University TeachingMedical ResearchMedicineDigital HealthSurgeryResearch managementCross-functional Team LeadershipMedical Device R&DHealthcare AnalyticsResearchMedical EducationCustomer ServiceScienceStatisticsQualitative Research

About

Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare and Biomedicine at DeepMind. At Google/DeepMind: cofounder of projects including MedPaLM, Med-Gemini, AMIE and AI-co-scientist & research published in “Nature” and “Nature Medicine” with coverage ranging from the BBC to New Scientist. Prior to DeepMind, clinical and research experience includes >200 peer-reviewed research articles, including first-author original papers in the Lancet, the NEJM and research attracting mainstream press. 11 years' clinical practice, leading PhD programme in outcomes research, medical imaging and smartphone applications for risk stratification. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=karthikesalingam

Experience

Google deepmind

2 roles

Director/Principal Scientist

Promoted

Nov 2025 – Present · 4 mos

Research Scientist

May 2025 – Dec 2025 · 7 mos

Google

3 roles

Senior Staff Clinician Scientist and Research Lead

Jan 2021 – May 2025 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Promoted to Senior Staff Clinician and Research Scientist - medical AI research at Google.
  • Published our deep learning research in Nature and Nature Medicine on medical imaging (mammography, ophthalmology) and predictions from electronic health records.
  • Our most recent work explores the encoding of clinical knowledge by Large Language Models - work that was featured in the “New Scientist”, and whose altmetric ranks in the top 5% of all tracked research: https://www.altmetric.com/details/140573851
MedicineMedical AIProduct ManagementDigital HealthClinical ResearchSurgery

Medical AI Research Lead, Google Health UK

Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 · 2 yrs

  • Promoted to Team Lead for Health AI research in London. Team of ~30 machine learning engineers, research scientists, clinician scientists and cross-functional support. Collaborations with multiple external partnerships in academia and healthcare institutions including Moorfields Eye Hospital, Cancer Research UK, Mayo Clinic, US Veterans Affairs and NYU
Team ManagementResearch managementLeadershipCross-functional Team Leadership

Staff Clinician Scientist

Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 · 2 yrs

  • Promoted to Staff Clinician Research Scientist (RS) at Google. Leading an array of medical AI research in Google UK, including partnerships with Moorfields Eye Hospital, Cancer Research U.K., the US Veterans Affairs; and internal collaborations at Alphabet with researchers at Google Brain and DeepMind.
Medical AIMedical Device R&DProduct Management

Harvard t.h. chan school of public health

Faculty

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

Artificial Intelligence (AI)TeachingUniversity TeachingMedical Research

Deepmind

Senior Clinician Scientist

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs · DeepMind Health

  • Joined DeepMind as a clinician Research Scientist (RS) and pioneered medical AI projects in mammography, ophthalmology and electronic health records.
Medical AIProduct Management

University hospital of lille

British Society of Endovascular Therapy: Travelling Fellow

Apr 2016 – Oct 2016 · 6 mos · Lille Area, France

  • Initiated a clinical and research collaboration with Prof. Jonathan Sobicinski at CHRU Lille

Imperial college healthcare nhs trust

Higher Surgical Training: ST6 Vascular Surgery

Oct 2015 – Apr 2016 · 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

Albany medical center

AVIA Program Vascular Fellow

Jun 2014 – Aug 2014 · 2 mos · Albany, New York Area

  • Awarded a position as a visiting fellow by Prof. Manish Mehta

Nhs

Higher Surgical Training ST4-8 and Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery

Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 · 4 yrs · London, United Kingdom

  • Clinical roles in Vascular/Endovascular Surgery, alongside research role as PhD Supervisor (2 students), Principal Investigator and Director of Imaging Core Lab. First author of prize-winning medical research published in the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet alongside over 150 other peer-reviewed papers.
Medical AIProduct Management

St georges healthcare nhs trust

Higher Surgical Training: ST4 and ST5 Vascular Surgery

Oct 2013 – Oct 2015 · 2 yrs · London, United Kingdom

Kingston hospital nhs foundation trust

Higher Surgical Training: ST3

Oct 2012 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr · London, United Kingdom

  • Higher Surgical Training Year 1: Colorectal Surgery Specialist Registrar

National institute for health research (nihr)

NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow

Oct 2011 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr · London, United Kingdom

  • Personal award of NIHR Doctoral Fellowship (£300,000), producing an internationally-validated Risk Score for durability of aortic stent grafts. Outputs included >10 peer-reviewed publications, the incorporation of aneurysm and iliac diameter as risk factors in the UK National Vascular Registry, and a commercial research collaboration with Medtronic Endovascular (LEAR).

Chelsea and westminster hospital nhs foundation trust

Core Surgery 1 and 2

Oct 2009 – Oct 2011 · 2 yrs · London, United Kingdom

  • CT1 and CT2 Rotations in the Burns Unit, Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery and General Surgery

Cambridge university hospitals nhs foundation trust

Foundation Year 1 and 2

Feb 2007 – Feb 2009 · 2 yrs · Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • Rotations in Vascular Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, General Medicine, Intensive Care (Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit), Endocrinology

Harvard university

University of Cambridge (Clare College)-Harvard Medical School Exchange Fellowship

Jun 2004 – Aug 2004 · 2 mos · Boston, USA

  • Training in Biomedical Research in the Immunology laboratory of Prof. Mark C. Poznansky

Clare college- mgh studentship

Medical Student

Jan 2004 – Jan 2004 · 0 mo · University of Cambridge

Education

University of Cambridge

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) — Medicine

Jan 2001 – Jan 2007

University of London

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) — Vascular Surgery

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013

Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

Master’s Degree — MSc in Advanced Surgical Practice

Jan 2007 – Jan 2009

University of Cambridge

Master’s Degree — MA (Cantab) Neuroscience

Jan 2001 – Jan 2004

Royal College of Surgeons

MRCS (Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons)

Jan 2008 – Jan 2009

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