Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng FMedSci
Assistant Principal (Innovation)
- Head of School, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences
- Professor of Healthcare Engineering
Research interests
- Biomedical and life sciences
- Computer science
Biography
Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng FMedSci is the Assistant Principal (Innovation) and Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King's College London.
He is the Director of the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering and the Digital Health and Data Science theme for King’s Health Partners.
Alongside Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, he leads the MedTech Hub, located at St Thomas’ campus. The Hub creates a unique ecosystem, enabling academia, industry and the NHS to work in synergy developing digital health technologies and medical devices of global significance.
Professor Ourselin has over 25 years of experience within academia and research organisations (across three countries) and has significant experience in translating and commercialising healthcare technology and in MedTech entrepreneurship.
News
LIHE wins European Healthcare Design Award
Congratulations to the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering team, who have been awarded Best Project – Life Sciences at the 2025 European Healthcare...
King's first to benefit from two whole-body PET-CT imaging systems
King’s College London is the first in the UK to benefit from two Biograph Vision Quadra systems from Siemens Healthineers, marking a new era of PET-CT. This...
Professor Sebastien Ourselin appointed Assistant Principal (Innovation)
Professor Sebastien Ourselin has been appointed to a new role of Assistant Principal (Innovation).
Inaugural King's MedTech Accelerator completes at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering
The King's MedTech Accelerator is a 6-month, part-time programme for King's researchers and staff focused on transforming research innovations into viable...
London Institute for Healthcare Engineering to host Radiology AI Summit 2025
The Radiology Al Summit (RAIS) is an exclusive annual event uniting industry-leading experts, academics, clinicians, and policy advocates for two days to...
Professor Ourselin presents recent successes from St Thomas' MedTech Hub at the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Professor Sebastien Ourselin, Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences was invited to present at the Science, Innovation and Technology...
Hospital of the Future completes three-year winning streak at New Scientist Live
The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences presented its 'Hospital of the Future' exhibit at New Scientist Live 2024 and was voted the most...
Secretaries of State for Health and Science unveil new cutting-edge scanner at King's
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting MP and the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle MP met with...
New software developed to support surgical robotics
Researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences have successfully integrated KUKA's Fast Robot Interface (FRI) with ROS 2 and Python,...
Celebrating 10 years of innovation: Siemens Healthineers joins King's at LIHE
King’s College London celebrates the 10th anniversary of its partnership with Siemens Healthineers as the company takes residence at the newly opened London...
Events
Learning Across Millions of Patients: Platforms and Applications in Acute Care
Keynote from Professor Sebastien Ourselin on using AI to transform care across UK hospitals.
Please note: this event has passed.
The MedTech scale-up journey: Opportunities for UK-Greece collaboration
The Embassy of Greece in London and the the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) are hosting a panel discussion on the MedTech scale-up journey:...
Please note: this event has passed.
Living well with technology: AI and the future
Amidst the rapid changes affecting all industries, how do we navigate the AI revolution?
Please note: this event has passed.
AI Deployment Engine – Demonstration and Q&A
Join the AI Centre for an overview of its work and a demo of the latest AI Deployment Engine (AIDE) Technology
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Join Professor Sebastien Ourselin in this online lecture on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Join Professor Sebastien Ourselin in this online lecture on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Join Professor Sebastien Ourselin in this online lecture on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Transforming cancer care at King's
King’s is the site of future breakthroughs, transforming cancer care and therapies through innovative research. An injection of philanthropic donations...
King's contributes to pandemic response
Staff and students from across the King’s community are supporting efforts to combat the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
Spotlight
ZOE COVID Study app: How King's researchers slowed the spread of COVID-19
On March 24th 2020, the ZOE COVID Symptom Study App was launched. Since then, it has more than 4 million users and is now the world’s largest ongoing study...
News
LIHE wins European Healthcare Design Award
Congratulations to the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering team, who have been awarded Best Project – Life Sciences at the 2025 European Healthcare...
King's first to benefit from two whole-body PET-CT imaging systems
King’s College London is the first in the UK to benefit from two Biograph Vision Quadra systems from Siemens Healthineers, marking a new era of PET-CT. This...
Professor Sebastien Ourselin appointed Assistant Principal (Innovation)
Professor Sebastien Ourselin has been appointed to a new role of Assistant Principal (Innovation).
Inaugural King's MedTech Accelerator completes at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering
The King's MedTech Accelerator is a 6-month, part-time programme for King's researchers and staff focused on transforming research innovations into viable...
London Institute for Healthcare Engineering to host Radiology AI Summit 2025
The Radiology Al Summit (RAIS) is an exclusive annual event uniting industry-leading experts, academics, clinicians, and policy advocates for two days to...
Professor Ourselin presents recent successes from St Thomas' MedTech Hub at the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Professor Sebastien Ourselin, Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences was invited to present at the Science, Innovation and Technology...
Hospital of the Future completes three-year winning streak at New Scientist Live
The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences presented its 'Hospital of the Future' exhibit at New Scientist Live 2024 and was voted the most...
Secretaries of State for Health and Science unveil new cutting-edge scanner at King's
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting MP and the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle MP met with...
New software developed to support surgical robotics
Researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences have successfully integrated KUKA's Fast Robot Interface (FRI) with ROS 2 and Python,...
Celebrating 10 years of innovation: Siemens Healthineers joins King's at LIHE
King’s College London celebrates the 10th anniversary of its partnership with Siemens Healthineers as the company takes residence at the newly opened London...
Events
Learning Across Millions of Patients: Platforms and Applications in Acute Care
Keynote from Professor Sebastien Ourselin on using AI to transform care across UK hospitals.
Please note: this event has passed.
The MedTech scale-up journey: Opportunities for UK-Greece collaboration
The Embassy of Greece in London and the the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) are hosting a panel discussion on the MedTech scale-up journey:...
Please note: this event has passed.
Living well with technology: AI and the future
Amidst the rapid changes affecting all industries, how do we navigate the AI revolution?
Please note: this event has passed.
AI Deployment Engine – Demonstration and Q&A
Join the AI Centre for an overview of its work and a demo of the latest AI Deployment Engine (AIDE) Technology
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Join Professor Sebastien Ourselin in this online lecture on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Join Professor Sebastien Ourselin in this online lecture on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Please note: this event has passed.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Join Professor Sebastien Ourselin in this online lecture on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Transforming cancer care at King's
King’s is the site of future breakthroughs, transforming cancer care and therapies through innovative research. An injection of philanthropic donations...
King's contributes to pandemic response
Staff and students from across the King’s community are supporting efforts to combat the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
Spotlight
ZOE COVID Study app: How King's researchers slowed the spread of COVID-19
On March 24th 2020, the ZOE COVID Symptom Study App was launched. Since then, it has more than 4 million users and is now the world’s largest ongoing study...