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Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng
Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng

Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng FMedSci

Professor of Healthcare Engineering

  • Head of School, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences

Research interests

  • Biomedical and life sciences
  • Computer science

Biography

Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng, is Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London.

He is also Director of the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering and Deputy Director of the London Medical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value Based Healthcare.

He has over 20 years of experience within academia and research organisations across three countries. Alongside Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, he is leading the establishment of a MedTech Hub, located at St Thomas’ campus.

The vision for the Hub is to create a unique ecosystem, enabling academia, industry and the NHS to work in synergy and develop health technologies (including medical devices), workforce and operational improvements that will be of global significance.

He has significant experience in translating and commercialising healthcare technology and is a co-founding member of two academic spin-out companies.

    News

    Back to (Hospital of) the Future: New Scientist Live 2023

    The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences is headed back to New Scientist Live with their award-winning exhibit, Hospital of the Future.

    NSL new banner v2

    Dr Tianrui Zhao awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship

    Dr Zhao has been awarded the prestigious Fellowship for his research into new methods of photoacoustic imaging to improve the diagnosis of breast cancer.

    rae banner new

    Biomedical Engineering scores highest rating for an Undergraduate Programme at King's

    The Biomedical Engineering BEng/MEng programme has achieved an overall average of 87% positive responses in the National Student Survey (NSS) for 2023.

    NSS image v2

    Micro-robots meet the public at the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023

    The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences showcases how micro-robotics can be used for eye surgery and the delivery of regenerative therapies.

    Royal Society Exhibition Team

    World first surgery at Guy's and St Thomas'

    A team from Guy’s and St Thomas’ have become the first in the world to operate through a patient’s mouth using the Versius robotic surgery system.

    Versius robot group

    New Digital Health Hub awarded to King's College London as part of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council investment

    The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences (BMEIS) is part of an investment plan of £16.5 million to create new digital healthcare hubs across...

    digital hub

    Professor Gary Cook Awarded Roll of Honour

    Professor Gary Cook has been awarded the British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS) Roll of Honour at their Annual Awards Ceremony.

    Cary Cook Award

    King's surgical AI spin-out Hypervision Surgical secures £6.5M seed investment

    A spin-out company originally formed by clinicians, medical imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) experts at King’s has raised £6.5 million in seed...

    Hyperspectral Intelligence

    Professor David Edwards receives James Spence Medal

    Professor David Edwards has been awarded the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s (RCPCH) highest honour, the James Spence Medal for 2023.

    david edwards in front of computer

    Professor Sebastien Ourselin elected as new Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

    Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng FMedSci, Head of School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical...

    seb-ourselin

    Events

    18NovAIDE-Demo_banner

    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.

    02MarAI 1

    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.

    18NovAI 1

    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.

    18NovAI 1

    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...

    cancer-cells-blue

    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.

    Coronavirus CDC promo

    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...

    COVID and RBC

      News

      Back to (Hospital of) the Future: New Scientist Live 2023

      The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences is headed back to New Scientist Live with their award-winning exhibit, Hospital of the Future.

      NSL new banner v2

      Dr Tianrui Zhao awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship

      Dr Zhao has been awarded the prestigious Fellowship for his research into new methods of photoacoustic imaging to improve the diagnosis of breast cancer.

      rae banner new

      Biomedical Engineering scores highest rating for an Undergraduate Programme at King's

      The Biomedical Engineering BEng/MEng programme has achieved an overall average of 87% positive responses in the National Student Survey (NSS) for 2023.

      NSS image v2

      Micro-robots meet the public at the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023

      The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences showcases how micro-robotics can be used for eye surgery and the delivery of regenerative therapies.

      Royal Society Exhibition Team

      World first surgery at Guy's and St Thomas'

      A team from Guy’s and St Thomas’ have become the first in the world to operate through a patient’s mouth using the Versius robotic surgery system.

      Versius robot group

      New Digital Health Hub awarded to King's College London as part of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council investment

      The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences (BMEIS) is part of an investment plan of £16.5 million to create new digital healthcare hubs across...

      digital hub

      Professor Gary Cook Awarded Roll of Honour

      Professor Gary Cook has been awarded the British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS) Roll of Honour at their Annual Awards Ceremony.

      Cary Cook Award

      King's surgical AI spin-out Hypervision Surgical secures £6.5M seed investment

      A spin-out company originally formed by clinicians, medical imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) experts at King’s has raised £6.5 million in seed...

      Hyperspectral Intelligence

      Professor David Edwards receives James Spence Medal

      Professor David Edwards has been awarded the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s (RCPCH) highest honour, the James Spence Medal for 2023.

      david edwards in front of computer

      Professor Sebastien Ourselin elected as new Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

      Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng FMedSci, Head of School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical...

      seb-ourselin

      Events

      18NovAIDE-Demo_banner

      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.

      02MarAI 1

      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.

      18NovAI 1

      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.

      18NovAI 1

      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...

      cancer-cells-blue

      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.

      Coronavirus CDC promo

      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...

      COVID and RBC