Speaker: Peter Kahrilas, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

Peter Kahrilas is a gastroenterologist in Chicago, Illinois, and is affiliated with Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and has been in practice for more than 20 years. As a specialist gastroenterologist, he has advanced expertise on diverse digestive disorders, such as stomach pain, ulcers, reflux, constipation and Crohn’s disease.

Speaker: Pali Hungin, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK

Pali Hungin, emeritus professor of general practice, Newcastle University, was the founding dean of medicine at Durham University (2003–14) and the resident of the British Medical Association in 2017. A GP for over 30 years, he has experience of both primary and secondary care with a clinical research career across health care boundaries. He is currently leading a commission at the Academy of the Medical Royal Colleges on the future direction of medicine and the evolving role of the doctor in a world of shifts in societal and technological advances.