Built by medical students.
Backed by clinicians.
A team of three medical students, supported by consultant-level clinical leadership. The event is run by people who will build the future they're asking you to invest in.
Student Leaders
Medical students leading the programme
Yasin Belhocine
University of Manchester · 2nd Year Medical Student
Pavan Benning
University of Manchester · 4th Year Medical Student
Hamza Abbas
University of Manchester · 2nd Year Medical Student
Clinical Advisor
Senior clinician anchoring the programme
Prof. Dr. Ram Senasi
Consultant Radiologist
Clinical Director, Fujifilm
A track record, not a pitch deck.
The student leaders run Manchester MedTech at University of Manchester. The hackathon is built on the operational muscle from delivering the events below over the past year.
Surgical MedTech Hackathon
Surgical oncology innovation
Britain's largest undergraduate MedTech hackathon of 2025. Over 20 teams, one surgical-oncology brief, one day to ship.
- Keynotes: Prof Deena Harji, Dr Ryhan Hussain, Prof Dr Ram Senasi
- Teams ideated, prototyped, and pitched to clinical judges at Salford Royal Hospital
- Winners placed onto Health Innovation Manchester's accelerator programme
Northern MedTech Conference
Cutting Edge: robotic surgery meets innovation
The first-ever northern undergraduate MedTech conference. 150 students and clinicians from 11 universities converging on surgical robotics.
- Keynote: Mark Slack, Co-Founder of CMR Surgical, on robotic surgery
- Speakers: Dr Duncan Light, Prof Jag Dhanda, Dr Rachael Coates
- 6 workshops and undergraduate research presented across 11 universities