A Different Perspective with Dr Zaid Al-Fagih: How AI Can Make Medicine More Human

This week Nick talks to Dr Zaid Al-fagihZaid is Founder and CEO of Rhazes AI, an award-winning AI-powered virtual assistant designed to transform clinical workflows. Drawing on his experience as an NHS doctor and humanitarian first responder, he founded Rhazes AI to help clinicians improve productivity, reduce errors and burnout, and strengthen patient care. A graduate of Imperial College London and the University of Oxford, Dr Al-Fagih combines expertise in medicine, policy, and AI, and has published research on the application of emerging technologies in healthcare.  Nick and Zaid discuss Zaid’s journey from NHS doctor to founding Rhazes AI, an AI-powered clinical assistant designed to reduce administrative burdens, improve diagnostic support, and give doctors more time with patients. They explore the challenges facing modern healthcare, including clinician burnout, inefficient workflows, regulatory barriers, and slow technology adoption, while examining how AI can transform healthcare delivery without replacing human judgement. The conversation also covers entrepreneurship, fundraising, healthcare innovation in the UK versus the US and Gulf region, and Zaid’s vision for a future where AI acts as a trusted co-pilot for clinicians, making medicine both more efficient and more human. Zaid's Book Choices David Copperfield by Charles DickensGuns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Zaid's Music Choicesal nahr al khalid - eternal river (m. abd al wahhab) Don't Worry be Happy by Bobby McFerrinThis content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed within, constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.