Joel Philpott

Joel

Joel Philpott

Senior Technical Officer, UCT Medtech

Joel is a South African Innovator at heart. He holds a BSc in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, as well as an MSc in Biomedical Engineering. He works at the University of Cape Town Medical Devices Laboratory as a Senior Technical Officer where he is in the process of developing a medical device that streamlines the sleep apnea diagnostic and treatment pathway. He is also the founder of Khaya HealthTech, a company which has been created to commercialise his research and development. Joel was selected by the Royal Academy of Engineering to participate in the Leaders in Innovation fellowship as a result of this research.