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Deeban Ratneswaran
BSc (Hons) MBBS MRCP (UK) AMInstLm PGCert (MMed) FHEA PhD
I have a multi-faceted career spanning design, medicine, academia, education, entrepreneurship, and subsequently investment and venture capital in emerging technologies. My research has been cited in government policy in the US, UK, Singapore, Australia and the EU.
I have a multi-faceted career spanning design, medicine, academia, education, entrepreneurship, and subsequently investment and venture capital in emerging technologies. My research has been cited in government policy in the US, UK, Singapore, Australia and the EU.
My journey
I was raised in South London, I went to school there with my two brothers. I won a prestigious Arkwright Scholarship for a career in Product Design, inevitably opting for Medical School at King's College London. Here, I met a series of mentors who set me off on a journey of academia and entrepreneurship. I established self-designed public health research as a medical student, which led to my first series of accolades (American Thoracic Society Abstract Scholarship Award, British Lung Foundation Research Grants, Royal Society of Medicine Young Respiratory Investigator Prize and RSM Young Epidemiologist Award, and others). I've been awarded 30+ national and international awards alongside a multitude of academic publications and book chapters. During these years I also built medical education courses, teaching students from 8 countries across Europe, India and the States, and helped establish research awards with the British Lung Foundation. My PhD focused on electrical stimulation to treat obstructive sleep apnoea, including the TESLA home-based trial published in The Lancet's eClinicalMedicine. My research on tobacco health warnings, e-cigarette advertising and sleep apnoea has since been cited in government policy by the US FDA, the UK Government and UK Parliament, the Parliament of Singapore, the Australian Government and the European Commission, and in clinical guidelines from the European Respiratory Society and the US Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense. My current focus is two-fold: 1) building health tech in the largely untapped 'sleep' space to optimise patient health globally for a more focused, healthier society, and 2) laying the foundations for truly benevolent AI. I feel both are important societal missions. Welcome!
Conferences, Press, Videos
Important links
Awards and Accomplishments
Awards, Honors, and Noteworthy Accomplishments
- Session chair, European Respiratory Society International Congress (Barcelona) 2026
- Research cited in government policy by the US FDA, US VA/DoD, UK Government, UK Parliament, Parliament of Singapore, Australian Government, European Commission and Washington State 2016-25
- Research cited in clinical guidelines of the European Respiratory Society, World Sleep Society and European Society of Hypertension 2021-24
- PhD, King’s College London: transcutaneous electrical stimulation in obstructive sleep apnoea 2025
- First Author Publication in The Lancet E-Clinical Medicine 2023
- Invited speaker, 6th Clinical Update Sleep, Royal College of Physicians, London 2023
- Ran First Home-based RCT Investigating Electrical Stimulation for OSA (TESLA Trial) 2020-22
- St George's Emergency Department Junior Doctor of the Year (voted by colleagues) 2019
- Ranked #1 Applicant to Respiratory Medicine (during most competitive year historically) 2019
- British Sleep Society Colin Sullivan Award (electrical stimulation meta-analysis) 2019
- British Sleep Society Travel Fellowship 2019
- Guangzhou Respiratory Fellowship; invited speaker in China 2019
- Guest Editor, Journal of Thoracic Disease (Clinical Update Sleep focused issue) 2018
- MSRA: clinical mark top 5% amongst applications to 8 medical specialities nationwide (UK) 2018
- Co-founded and funded 1st KCL - BLF Award: Sleep and Ventilation (2016-17)
- Royal Society of Medicine Respiratory Branch Nomination: Trainee of the Year 2017
- Royal Society of Medicine Young Respiratory Investigator Prize 2016
- Royal Society of Medicine Young Epidemiologist Award 2016
- CARE Convention: Fisher & Paykel Poster Competition winner (e-cigarette research) 2016
- St George's Excellence in Healthcare Education: Top 10 poster (certificate of merit) 2016
- Health Education England, Developing Health Educators for the Future: poster prize 2015
- Continuing Adult Respiratory Education (CARE) Convention; best poster 2015
- St George's Excellence in Education: three co-authored posters in the Top 10 (certificates of merit) 2015
- American Thoracic Society Abstract Scholarship Award (Behavioral Science and Health Services Research Assembly) 2015
- British Lung Foundation NAPP Travel Award 2014
- Italian Society of Hypertension Poster Prize (Second Author) 2014
- King's College London; Excellence in Education; highest nominations 2013
- South Thames Foundation School FY1 Portfolio Prize Winner 2013
- The George Cochrane Prize in Rehabilitation Medicine (KCL) 2011
- Psychology BSc project prize (KCL) 2010
- Arkwright Scholarship in Product Design 2006
- British Telecommunications Product Design (BTPD) South East Regional Team Champions 2005
- Other: St George's Foundation Year audit competition: runner up; 2015; BTPD National 3rd place 2005
Current interests
Reach out to me if
You're a medical student or junior doctor interested in medical education and enterprise. You're working on sleep medicine, respiratory health or AI in healthcare and would like to collaborate. You're inviting me to speak at an event. Would love to hear from you!