Rafael Grossmann

Dr. Rafael J. Grossmann Zamora is a surgeon, educator, speaker, patient advocate, healthcare futurist, and immigrant, originally from Caracas, Venezuela.

After doing his surgery residency in Ann Arbor, MI, USA, he developed as a General, Trauma, Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic surgeon and now practices in Maine, USA. Throughout his career, he has focused on tapping the paradoxical power of technology to coexist with better, more humane medical care. As a healthcare futurist, being a full-time practicing surgeon gives him the rare skills, qualities and advantages that clinicians have but most technology innovators lack. That duality of expertise makes him a voice that definitely should be heard. A voice that impacts and addresses both ends of the spectrum, diversifying the target audience, feeding multiple interests and curiosities.

As an Exponential Medicine / Singularity University alumnus and faculty, his passion is about the intersection of Innovation Technology and Healthcare. Rafael is an advisor and consultant to several entities, including many startup enterprises in the technology landscape. He has lectured at MIT Media Lab, Stanford, Google and many other pivotal digital health industry players.

Rafael is an avid blogger and healthcare social media user. He was one of the earliest GoogleGlass Explorers in the world and was the first doctor to ever use Google Glass during live surgery. This event catapulted him into the digital medicine ecosystem as a disrupter of established medical paradigms and traditional ways of practicing. In addition to being a 5x TEDx speaker, Rafael has also been a national and global keynote speaker in all continents.

Convinced that Innovation in Healthcare Technology along with the current developments in mobile and wearable platforms will exponentially improve healthcare connectivity, communication and data management, and result in a more efficient, intuitive, less expensive and ultimately better and more humane patient care, Rafael states, “I know that the exponential development of technology and its smart use, will profoundly, positively impact the healthcare system in ways that are difficult to even imagine. After graduating from Singularity, I have constantly worked to define myself as a Healthcare Futurist.”