I am a colorectal and general surgeon, Head of the Department of Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Otago, Christchurch, and a clinician with Health New Zealand. My research focuses on the development, validation and implementation of artificial intelligence to improve surgical and cancer care. Current programmes include digital pathology, computer vision for surgery, multimodal prediction models integrating pathology, imaging and clinical data, and AI-supported clinical decision-making. I am particularly interested in translating AI from research into routine clinical practice through multidisciplinary collaborations involving clinicians, engineers, computer scientists, health providers and industry. My goal is to develop clinically useful, trustworthy AI that improves patient outcomes, supports healthcare professionals and advances precision medicine.