Happiest catalysing the communication of science and improving clinical care.

Educator, experimenter, systems builder, broadcaster, ex-surgeon and cyclist.

There were no doctors in my family, and medicine reached me first through family tragedy. Then, at fourteen, it saved me. I am dyslexic, and nobody knew until I was well into my career. This has shaped everything since. Read my story.

We used to defer to the doctor. Now we refer, and increasingly ask an AI.

Kishan Rees smiling at the camera while filming a packed conference auditorium with a phone rig. — Filming at ERA Glasgow, 2026 Photo: ERA's official photographer

110M+ 110M+
cumulative broadcast impressions (estimated) as a health contributor for Sky News, the BBC and LBC, 2015 to 2021.
50K+ 50K+
healthcare professionals reached through GME:X across the US, Japan, India and the UK.
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PM Society Award Pharma Marketing Pioneer 2025 for country-first, studio-produced, turning conference moments into newsworthy video.

Six strands of work

Life Sciences

D:CAM and GME:X: modular medical content that cut cost and time-to-market by 80% and reached 50,000+ healthcare professionals across four markets.
Education

Adaptive teaching before AI made it fashionable: (PBL-SGT)-Fusion, five years as a Clinical Teaching Fellow, 500+ professionals taught through WatMed Educational.
WatMed Media

The social media health broadcaster that started it all, founded in 2015: direct-to-public health communication, and the springboard to Sky News, the BBC and LBC.
Broadcast

Health contributor for Sky News, the BBC and LBC from 2015 to 2021, with an estimated 110 million+ cumulative broadcast impressions through the defining moments of COVID-19.
Research

Three theses, one thread: how people learn, and how knowledge actually moves. The flagship finding: the shift from a deferrer society to a referrer society.
Reflections

Reflections on my practice, written in the open: what happened, why it mattered, and what I changed. Structured, dated, and used for appraisal.

Happiest catalysing the communication of science and improving clinical care.

Numbers

Six strands of work

Life Sciences

Education

WatMed Media

Broadcast

Research

Reflections