Council opportunities

Fawz Kazzazi is a London-based Plastic Surgery Registrar and Co-Founder of the Association of Surgeons in Technology & Innovation (ASTI). A Cambridge medical graduate, he holds an MBA and an LLM in Medical Law and Ethics and is currently finalising his PhD in Law at the University of Edinburgh, focusing on patient data exchange and healthcare innovation.

He has served in various national committee innovation roles. His interests span artificial intelligence, digital health, surgical education, microsurgery and advanced prosthetics.

Through ASTI, he aims to empower surgeons to lead technological innovation and shape the future of healthcare.

Matthew is a surgeon and healthcare executive working at the intersection of clinical practice, health innovation and commercial leadership. Working within the NHS, he draws on frontline surgical experience to shape how care is delivered and improved.

He focuses on applying and scaling innovation in surgery, from redesigning clinical pathways with lean principles to contributing to clinical AI initiatives and adoption of new technologies.

He holds senior leadership roles at TSC Group, as well as advising early-stage health technology companies, and serves on editorial boards for international digital health journals.

Ahmed ElBaz is a plastic surgery registrar. He trained on the Barts East London rotation in Trauma & Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery, within the Barts Health network, and now trains in the East of England Plastic Surgery programme. He holds an MSc in Reconstructive Microsurgery from Queen Mary University of London and is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS).

A founder since his university days in Egypt, he led his Enactus chapter, pitching to corporate judges at PwC, Coca-Cola and Vodafone among others, and co-founded an AIESEC chapter.

Ahmed is passionate about entrepreneurship and about building bridges between the medical profession and industry, believing the best innovation happens when surgeons, technologists and business leaders work together. Through ASTI, he is helping surgeons lead that conversation.