Ep. 214 - Human Element Series - Augmented Reality and Thought Suppression with Dr. David Rawaf REPLAY (Original Air Date: June 12, 2023)

Today we are joined by Dr. David Rawaf. Dr. Rawaf is a surgeon, researcher, technologist, innovator and policy developer. As well as studying and working in both UK and US, David is involved with Imperial College WHO Collaborating Centre (for Public Health Education & Training), as well as medical writing, research and hosting conferences. David has a role as Surgical Skill Faculty and is Centre Accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons. In addition, he is an abstract and content reviewer for a number of institutions including the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation amongst a number of other scientific societies. In addition, David is the Clinical Excellence Lead for Inovus Medical, the world-leaders in high-fidelity medical and surgical simulation, and beyond this is also heavily involved in medical device & software consulting, including validation, accreditation and approval through bodies such as the FDA. David is a Co-Executive Director for the International Organization for Reconstruction for war torn-countries, and a Director for QCapital Ventures specializing in tailored start-up advice including investment acquisition, financial & business-strategy and scale up methods. [June 12, 2023]

00:00 – Intro

00:34 – Intro Links

• Social-Engineer.com– http://www.social-engineer.com/
• Managed Voice Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
• Managed Email Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
• Adversarial Simulations– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
• Social-Engineer channel on SLACK– https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
• CLUTCH– http://www.pro-rock.com/
• org– http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

03:18 – Dr. David Rawaf Intro

05:01 – From Studies to Startups

07:22 – Practice Makes Perfect

09:16 – How do you “simulate” surgery?

11:48 – Simulation Benefits

14:47 – Redefining Fidelity

19:16 – Augmented Over Virtual

20:30 – Minority Report

23:08 – Google Glass 2.0

25:48 – Depressing Desire

29:39 – Stop Thinking!

35:33 – The Value of Support

41:17 – Mentors

• Professor Adrian Wilson
• Professor Fares Haddad
• Father
• Late Uncle

46:33 – Book Recommendations

• The Genius Zone – Gay Hendricks
• The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership – Jim Dethmer, Kaley Klemp & Diana Chapman

50:02 – Find Dr. Rawaf online

• LinkedIn: com/in/davidrawaf/
• Twitter: com/DavidRawaf
• David’s Paper: Effect of Suppressing Thoughts of Desire to Smoke on Ratings of Desire to Smoke and Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms

50:51 – Guest Wrap Up & Outro

• social-engineer.com
• innocentlivesfoundation.org