Khalid Shamiyah

Plot twist: surgeon trying to code
OBGYN Resident- Oxford

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

Story time!
1/I'm an OBGYN trainee based in Oxford with zero coding background. Eight months ago I didn't know what an API was. Last week I launched a full-stack platform for doctors across the UK. Here's how that happened.

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

RT @zachdotai: I applied to YC 10 times and failed.

If you know me then you will know how important this has been for me. I grew up readin…

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

@zachdotai @paulg @ycombinator Never ever ever had a doubt, above and beyond boys 🚀!!!!!!!

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

@r_mcguire I'm intrigued! Lets chat

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

@inthehm01 @jasonryanmd Aviation didn’t abandon safety metrics because no two flights are identical. Risk-adjusted models exist. We just haven’t built them for clinicians. It’s just a hard problem, but not a reason to stop trying.

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

@the2ndfloorguy Love this! 😂

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

@HalletJulie @AnnalsofSurgery @SocSurgErgo @jennyshaomd @chrouserMD @GeetaLalMD @SAGES_Updates @urogabe Interesting! Do you know of any wearable tech for surgeons?

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

@Markmanson How did you get to this conclusion?

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

Been meaning to write more, so I finally did. There's a section called Thoughts on my site now. No theme, just bits from the hospital and the OR, my messy journey into coding, and wherever else my head goes.
First couple are up, think you might enjoy them.
https://t.co/FGQe16Liwi

[The BMA @TheBMA]

The BMA remains concerned and calls on the Israeli government to immediately release all arbitrarily detained Palestinian healthcare workers, including Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.

With @AmnestyUK we have written to the foreign secretary demanding action to ensure that the Israeli government adheres to international law and medical neutrality.

https://t.co/UimLJpsvtG

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

Nothing beats an Oxford sunset 🌅

📷 Instagram | UmairAtOxford (March, 2026)

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

But here's what really gets me. The NHS can hand £330m to a surveillance company and the system shrugs. But a junior doctor uses AI to help write a referral letter (with no identifiable data) and suddenly it's a datix and three emails from clinical governance 😅

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

The NHS is paying a spy company to run your patient data. This story is insane and nobody is talking about it.
Story time 🧵

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

Palantir now holds £670m+ in UK government contracts. Defence. Police. Healthcare. And this weekend their CEO posted a manifesto on X about AI weapons and military conscription. MPs want a review. There's a break clause next spring.

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

📎 Source: Nature Medicine — https://t.co/KtePkvQcHD

[Khalid Shamiyah @doctorshamiyah]

New @Nature Medicine study showed that LLMs alone got 95% of diagnoses right.

Humans using the same LLMs got 34%.

Same model, same cases.

Curious to know what people think we are actually doing wrong in the middle? 😅