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Conference report: The Royal Free x ASiT x PLASTA Hackathon – hacking the future of sustainability and chatbots in surgery
Zahra Ahmed
University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
Alexander Zargaran
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Matthew Harris
Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Angela Lam
Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Christian Asher
Plastic Surgery Trainees Association, United Kingdom
Allan Ponniah
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Ali Esmaeili
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Afshin Mosahebi
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
28 February 2024
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