The Metabolic Majlis

Join host Ali Hashemi in conversation with Professor Shafi Ahmed—a pioneering colorectal surgeon, teacher, entrepreneur, and humanitarian—who’s transforming medicine through live-streamed surgeries, augmented reality, and virtual reality. From training 45,000 students worldwide i ...  Show more

Dr. Karan Rajan—surgeon, social media sensation, and gut-health educator to 10 million followers—joins Ali Hashemi to unpack some of the biggest myths about the gut. They discuss why we’re all “donuts,” how to manage IBS, the critical importance of fiber, and the surprising ways ...  Show more

In this episode of The Metabolic Majlis, Ali Hashemi sits down with Ali Parsa— father, entrepreneur, former CEO of Babylon Health, and founder of Quadrivia AI — to dissect healthcare’s biggest challenges. They explore AI's promise (and pitfalls) in clinical practice, how payment ...  Show more

Join Ali Hashemi and Dr. Ihsan Almarzooqi as they reflect on a decade of building hospitals and healthcare ventures across the UAE. From deploying multi-billion-dirham investments to facing insurance pushback, they pull back the curtain on the challenges of innovation in a risk-a ...  Show more

In this episode of Metabolic Majlis, we dive deep into the limits of AI in healthcare. Our conversation with Naveen unpacks how AI tools grant us access to massive amounts of information—but fall short on understanding the nuance and context of human interaction. We cut through t ...  Show more