Rowland Illing, DM, MRCS, FRCR

Dr. Rowland Illing is the Chief Medical Officer and Director of Global Healthcare and Non-Profits for Amazon Web Services (AWS). He has responsibility for healthcare and non-profit go-to-market strategy and engagement. This encompasses healthcare providers, payors and health technology companies. He is particularly focused on new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and image guided intervention.

Rowland is an Academic Interventional Radiologist, trained at University College Hospitals London, where he was Director of the Interventional Oncology Service. He undertook research into focused ultrasound ablation of solid tumours in Oxford and remains Honorary Associate Professor at University College London, in the Division of Surgery and Interventional Science. He is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists and Senior Fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management in the UK. He continues to present and publish in the academic literature, is a member of the Digital Health Roster of Experts for the WHO and member of the European AI Alliance for the European Commission.