Dr. Ahmed Hussein

Kuopio University Hospital

Ahmed Hussein MD PhD, is a Neurosurgery Consultant with 20 years of experience in the field, The Clinical Instructor of the Microsurgery Center of Eastern Finland and a Research Director for surgical Innovation in the University of Eastern Finland. He gained global experience in the neurosurgical practice by training in 4 different continents (USA, Europe, Asia and Africa). The diversity in his educational background motivated
him to dedicate part of his time to contribute in the establishment and managing the Microsurgical Center of Eastern Finland, a surgical training center with passion in developing medicine and support medical industry.

Ahmed’s main goal was to involve the state-of-art updated medical technology to provide best solutions in health care education and services. He worked as surgical advisor for many innovative projects and startups over the past decade as well as participating and collaborating in funding application for different medical Innovation projects. As a personal interest, Dr.Hussein is managing international projects for medical technology development and educational exchange. He believes that improving health care services is based on improving the educational tools for health care personnel. Hussein has completed his medical degree at Assiut University/Egypt Neurosurgical Residency fellowships in Hospital Kuala Lumpur/Malysia, Allegheny General Hospital/Pittsburgh/PA/USA, Kuopio University Hospital/Kuopio/Finland.

Lately, his research focus was about image processing in surgical application and objective
evaluation of surgical skills. Through managing the Microsurgical center of Eastern Finland, Ahmed has been able to offer the facilities and collaboration and sustain the growth of numerous regional startups with patented medical technologies like Seetrue Technologies, VR4Health, Marginum, Surgify and Surgerix.

11:30am - 12:00pm (GMT+2)

November 15 Friday

Innovating Together: How a Collaborative Ecosystem Transforms Healthcare