Dr. Vishaal Virani, MBBS
London, England, United Kingdom
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About
Vishaal started his career as an NHS doctor, and subsequently transitioned into…
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Dispatches from the Valley: YC Demo Day dissected
Dispatches from the Valley: YC Demo Day dissected
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So Doc, You Want To Be An Entrepreneur?
So Doc, You Want To Be An Entrepreneur?
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Sofar Sounds, gigs served with intimacy
Sofar Sounds, gigs served with intimacy
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Activity
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⭐ YouTube's UK Civics Accelerator begins ⭐ We had a wonderful group from across an array of influential civic organisations join us to kick off the…
⭐ YouTube's UK Civics Accelerator begins ⭐ We had a wonderful group from across an array of influential civic organisations join us to kick off the…
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🚀 I just wrapped up my first week at Google as an Apprentice Software Engineer, and it’s truly been an incredible start! 🎉 It's been amazing…
🚀 I just wrapped up my first week at Google as an Apprentice Software Engineer, and it’s truly been an incredible start! 🎉 It's been amazing…
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I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Trustee at Royal College of Anaesthetists! The Board of Trustees is the College’s governing…
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Trustee at Royal College of Anaesthetists! The Board of Trustees is the College’s governing…
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Experience
Education
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University College London, U. of London
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Activities and Societies: Editor-in-Chief of UCL global health magazine Captain of UCL basketball team Member of UCL squash team
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Studied modules on global development, international health policy, and medical anthropology
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Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Board Member
YHA (England & Wales)
- 3 years 1 month
Children
Advised CEO and executive team on property investments and strategic growth strategies to reach one million young people by 2017.
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Chair of Curriculum and Standards
Hyde Primary School
- Present 11 years
Education
Responsibilities include setting annual budget and designing curriculum. Achieved 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating in 2015
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Volunteer Consultant
Grow Movement
- Present 10 years 10 months
Economic Empowerment
Working in partnership with an SME entrepreneur in Uganda to build a financial model for 2014-2015 revenue projections, streamline marketing strategies, and advise on expansion into new markets.
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Sales Trustee
Sonrisa
- 2 years 10 months
Children
Managed UK division of sales team, responsible for marketing and distribution of Christmas cards and jewellery handcrafted in Quito, Ecuador. Proceeds from the sales were sent to the CENIT school for Street Children, where I volunteered as a summer school teacher in 2004.
Publications
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How accurate are digital symptom assessment apps for suggesting conditions and urgency advice? A clinical vignettes comparison to GPs
BMJ Open
To compare breadth of condition coverage, accuracy of suggested conditions and appropriateness of urgency advice of eight popular symptom assessment apps
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Patients’ Utilization and Perception of an Artificial Intelligence–Based Symptom Assessment and Advice Technology in a British Primary Care Waiting Room: Exploratory Pilot Study
JMIR Human Factors
When someone needs to know whether and when to seek medical attention, there are a range of options to consider. Each will have consequences for the individual and for the wider health system.
Digital symptom assessment technologies that leverage artificial intelligence may help patients navigate to the right type of care with the correct degree of urgency. However, a recent review highlighted a gap in the literature on the real-world usability of these technologies.Other authorsSee publication -
Specialist care for people with intellectual disabilities remains special for adaptable providers
Healthcare Europa
It’s not rocket science, it’s clear that a good service has to be designed for individuals with learning disabilities, well maintained and adjusted as needed. For the providers who can do this, the fundamental shift in mix and demographic pressures should offer genuine upside over the next decade.
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Make some room for private hospital patients
Health Service Journal
Adding dedicated private patient facilities and partnering with private hospital groups can help trusts generate a surplus in an otherwise flat funding environment.
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Compensation for the brain drain from developing countries
The Lancet
The movement of skilled health workers constitutes a major transfer of riches from poor societies to the affluent, and the only appropriate redress is a bilaterally managed scheme of direct reimbursement of the value lost.
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Professional working proficiency
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Hindi
Limited working proficiency
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Gujarati
Limited working proficiency
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Stop vilifying doctors who choose to leave their profession. It's not cute. It's not funny. It's ignorant at best, and lethal at worst. I…
Stop vilifying doctors who choose to leave their profession. It's not cute. It's not funny. It's ignorant at best, and lethal at worst. I…
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I have had an interesting, inspiring and at times mind blowing week on the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine summer school. I'd recommend it to…
I have had an interesting, inspiring and at times mind blowing week on the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine summer school. I'd recommend it to…
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