Stephanie Kuku, MD, MRCOG

Chief Knowledge Officer

A surgical oncologist specializing in women’s cancers, Stephanie spent over 15 years engaged in both clinical practice and research at Britain’s National Health Service and HCA Healthcare. She was an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London where she was awarded a Doctorate in Clinical Research in Oncology. During her clinical career Stephanie was awarded numerous international travelling fellowships including to Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Cancer Hospital Pernambuco in Brazil, and Centre du Cancer Oscar Lambret in France. She was awarded a Doctorate in Clinical Research at UCL (Oncology) where she remains an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Women’s Health. 

During her clinical career Stephanie sat on the council of the British Gynecological Cancer Society. She was also appointed as Board Trustee of The King’s Fund; the UK’s foremost healthcare think tank in 2021.

More recently, Stephanie served as Senior Advisor and consultant in Clinical AI/Medical devices at the World Health Organization’s Department of Digital Health & Innovation. She has also worked extensively as a Health Technology Director for a leading consultancy in digital health and artificial intelligence, leading deep due diligence and clinical/scientific validation of technology associated with regulatory approvals for over 50 AI & Deeptech startups at the intersection of scientific, product, regulatory and go-to-market strategy.