Curriculum Vitae:

Professor Tufail Ahmed F.M. Patankar

PhD, FRCR, DNBE, DMRD, DMRE,MSc, MBBS.
European Diploma in Neuroradiology

Professor, University of Bolton, UK
Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist, Leeds General Infirmary, UK and Nanavati super speciality Hospital Mumbai, India
Director of Radiology, University of Bolton, UK
Visiting Professor King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
Adjunct faculty Christian Medical College Vellore, India
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds, UK

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Accomplished Interventional Neuroradiologist highly motivated to leverage a broad expertise in the field and a dedication to driving continuous improvement across all services to deliver immediate and measurable results within a new capacity. Rich, hands-on experience in the development, establishment, and enhancement of services for a network of dynamic medical and academic institutions complimented by a history of critical involvement and contribution within the neurovascular and neurointervention community. Focused on exploring affective solutions to enhance current best practices, improve standard procedures, optimize patient outcomes, and integrate new bleeding-edge technologies to strengthen service.

Key Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to stand up highly effective neurovascular and neurointerventional services from the ground up while heading efforts to continuously improve, enhance, and revitalized previously established services.
• Proven expertise in neurointervention and neurovascular diseases. Specialist expertise in coiling of complex brain aneurysms, brain and spinal arteriovenous and dural malformations embolization, tumour embolisation and other neurointervention procedures. Have been forefront of new technology for treatment of brain aneurysm particularly involved in intrasaccular devices for brain aneurysms.
• Proficient author, researcher, clinical, and academic professional passionate about contributing to the ever-evolving field of Neuroradiology with a specialized focus on developing improved technologies to boost the quality and standard of care associated with the treatment of brain aneurysms including both robotic and AI assisted neurointervention.

Education and Credentials

• Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroradiology PhD
  University of Manchester, Manchester, England
• Fellowship in Radiology FRCR
  Manchester Radiology Training Scheme, Royal College of Radiologists, Manchester, England
• European Diploma in Neuroradiology, E Dipl
  European Diploma exams, European Union
• Diplomate of National Board of Examinations in Radiology (MD Equivalent)
  Ministry of Health, Delhi, India
• Diploma in Medical Radiology & Electrology DMRE
  College of Physicians & Surgeons, Bombay, India
• Diploma in Medical Radiodiagnosis DMRD
  University of Bombay, Bombay, India
• Master of Science in Neurovascular Diseases MSc
  Chiang Mai University /Paris University, Chiang Mai, Thailand / Paris, France
• Visiting Fellowship in Head & Neck and Neuroradiology
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• Visiting Fellowship in Neuroradiology
  Rush Presbyterian University, St. Luke's Medical Centre, Chicago, IL, USA
• Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery MBBS
  Grant Medical College, University of Bombay, Bombay, India

Professional Experience

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
Consultant Neuroradiologist / Interventional Neuroradiologist
2009 – Present

Drive continuous improvement across the Neurointerventional Service in Leeds by engaging with a network of skilled doctors and medical experts to explore current practices and performance metrics and develop new solutions, processes, and interventional procedures aligned with the core mission and strategic objectives of the service. Own full accountably for the successful stand up of new neurovascular, neurointerventional, and stroke services for a portfolio of client institutions. Play an instrumental role in the cultivation of a high-performance workforces of neurointerventionist, skilled nurses and radiographers through hands-on control of talent development including training, continued mentorship, and routine performance evaluations on interventional procedural assists and the investigation and diagnosis of neurovascular disease. Deliver strategic, results-driven leadership while designing protocols and local guidelines for the successful management of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and SAH.  

• Extensive experience in 3K+ aneurysm coiling cases and acted as the Primary Operator for 2K+ of those cases and performed 10K+ diagnostic catheter angiograms.
• Headed the development and implementation of multiple new interventional procedures including the highly effective utilization of flow diverters like Pipeline, Streamline, Surpass Evolve, P64, Silk vista, and intrasaccular devices like WEB, Contour, Neqstent, Pconus, Pulse rider and eclips in UK and worldwide.
• Proficient in wide neurointerventional procedures including balloon and stent assisted treatment of brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformation embolisations, dural malformation embolisation, spinal malformation embolisations, Tumour embolisations, venous stenting, stroke thrombectomy, intracranial stenting, carotid stenting, Vasospasm angioplasty, epistaxis treatment.
• Proficient in Diagnostic Neuroradiology including a myelograms, spinal biopsies and spinal interventions, advanced neuroimaging techniques like MR diffusion, CT and MR perfusion, MR spectroscopy, fMRI.
• Played an instrumental role in the stand up and continued growth of a neurovascular service within Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, NHS Glasgow and Clyde Queen Elizabeth Hospitals, Glasgow, Royal Stoke University Hospitals, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sion Hospital, Mumbai, KEM hospital, Mumbai.
• Empowered up-and-coming neuroradiologists with the skills and knowledge to excel in the function by delivering a series of comprehensive instructional courses including “LINNC” ESMINT, SNIS, 3C, ABCNR, ISNR, and “Neuroradiology for Neurosurgeons” and ABCNR over the past several years.
• Revitalized and strengthened neurological service for patients of the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust by introduced MR and CT perfusion imaging, implementing new techniques to diagnose and manage vasospasm in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage, engaging with neurosurgeons to establish a joint neurovascular MDT and clinic, re-activating a transcranial doppler service, and serving in a front-line capacity to perform cerebral angioplasty.
• Demonstrated a superior expertise in advanced neuroimaging including spectroscopy and diffusion and perfusion in brain tumour imaging along with a deep proficiency in aneurysm coiling, arteriovenous malformations embolisation, intracranial stenting, spinal interventional procedures, epistaxis and tumour embolization, and the utilization of both Onyx, Squid, glue and Menox.
• Achieved zero increase in complications while spearheading efforts to leverage balloon remodelling techniques to address 90% of aneurysm coiling cases throughout the practice.
• Selectively recruited to conceptualize, develop, and establish the dynamic Radiology Department operating out of the University of Bolton.
• Actively enrolled and local PI in multiple trials including PISTE, EESIS, VIST, GOSH, Lantern, DARS, IMA 950 glioblastoma, and VIST, TOPSAT, P64, Pconus trials.
• Chief Investigator for Presize neurovascular software trial.
• PI for PMCF study for Contour
• Pioneered the development of stroke services in close collaboration with the stroke network and other NHS entities.
• Interpreted complex information on aneurysm coiling into clear and concise booklets to educate patient and family members understand and cope with the illness.
• Functioned as the Primary Operator for 100+ carotid stenting cases
• Experienced in vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty cases.
• Operated as a PhD Mentor for two doctorate-level medical students involved in CT perfusion on brain tumours and proactively investigated the role of CTA and CT perfusion in SAH.
• Supervisor of PhD, BSc Intercalated Projects at Leeds university
• Proctor and trained a number of neurointerventionist in UK, US, Asia and Middle East and worldwide in various devices and techniques including flow divertors, liquid embolic material and intrasaccular devices.
• Served as a medical expert in medicolegal cases for 10+ years.
• Published 110+ peer viewed articles in various journals, recent publications listed below.

Additional ExperienceConsultant Neuroradiologist / Interventional Neuroradiologist, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Preston.

• Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist, Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital, India
• Professor, School of Medicine, University of Bolton, Mumbai, India
• Visiting Professor, King Edward Mumbai Hospital, Mumbai, India
• Special Registrar, Neuroradiology & Neurovascular Intervention, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
• Clinical Research Associate / Specialist Registrar, Neuroradiology, University of Manchester /Department of Neuroradiology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford UK
• Lecturer – Radiology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India
• Radiology Resident – Radiology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India
• Resident - Internal Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India
• Internship (Equivalent to Pre registration House Officer) Grant Medical College J.J. Hospital, Bombay, India

Book chapters

• Patankar, T., “100 interesting case studies,” in Neurointervention: Tips and Tricks. Editors: Vipul Gupa, Ajit Puri, Rajsrinivas Parthasarathy. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1346-2 (2019)

• Patankar, T., Cliffe, H., “Treatment using “Pulse Rider” as an adjunctive device,” Recurrent Wide Necked Bifurcation Aneurysm. (2019)
• Patankar, T., Cliffe, H., “Wide necked bifurcation aneurysm treatment with woven endobridge (WEB) device,”. (2019)

• Patankar, T., Chong, W., Campion, T., et al., “Paediatric stroke: current diagnostic and management challenges,” Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 8(10):984-991. doi: 10.21037/qims. 2018.11.09. PMID:30598876; PMCID: PMC6288056 (2018)
• Patankar, T., McCullagh, H., et al., “Paediatric neurovascular disorders” Oxford Textbook of neurological disorders.Editors: Ramez Kirollos, Adel Helmy, Simon Thomson, Peter Hutchinson. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198746706.003.0090. (2019).

Published Papers

• El-Hindy, N., Kalantzis, G,, Patankar, T., Georgalas, I., et al., “Difficult carotid cavernous fistulas - Alternative techniques to gaining access for treatment,” Clinical Interventions in Ageing. (2015).
• Bodey, C., Goddard, T., Patankar, T., et al., “Experience of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Paediatric Arterial ischaemic stroke,” European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2014.07.006. (2014).
• Yap, L., Patankar, T., Pysden, K., Tyagi, A., Goddard, T., “Spontaneous Dissecting Lenticulostriate Artery Aneurysm in Children,” Journal of Child Neurology. (2014).
• Mallett, S., Patankar, T., Peebles, C., et al., “Could post-mortem imaging be an alternative to autopsy in the diagnosis of adult deaths? A validation study,”Lancet. 14;379(9811):136-42. (2011).
• Patankar, T., Mitra, D., Baldwin, R., Jeffries, S., et al., “Dilated Virchow Robin spaces on MRI are a sensitive indicator of cerebral micro-vascular disease and predict treatment resistance in patients with late onset depression,” Journal of Affective Disorders. 97(1-3):265-70. (2007).
• Haroon, H., Patankar, T., Zhu, XP., Li, KL., et al., “Cerebral Blood Volume Maps generated from T2*- and T1-weighted MRI in Intra- Axial Cerebral Tumors,” British Journal of Radiology.80(951):161-8. (2007)
• Mills, SJ., Patankar, T., Haroon, H., Baleriaux, D., et al., “Do Cerebral Blood Volume (CBV) and Contrast Transfer Coefficient (Ktrans) predict prognosis in Human Glioma?” American Journal of Neuroradiology. 27(4):853-8. (2006).
• Naish, JH., Baldwin, RC., Patankar, T., Jeffries, S., et al., “Abnormalities of CSF Flow Patterns in the Cerebral Aqueduct in Treatment Resistant Late Life Depression: A Potential Biomarker of Microvascular Angiopathy.”. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 56(3):509-16. (2006).
• Patankar, T., Widjaja, E., Chant, H., McCollum, C., Baldwin, R., et al., “Relationship of deep white matter hyperintensities and cerebral blood flow in severe carotid stenosis,” European Journal of Neurology. 13(1):10-6. (2006).
• Patankar, T., Mitra, D., Varma, A., Snowden, J., et al., “Virchow Robin space dilatation is a sensitive indicator of cerebral micro-vascular disease: A study in elderly patients with dementia,” American Journal of Neuroradiology. 26(6): 1512-20. (2005).
• Talwalkar, A., Patankar, T., Laitt, R., Herwadkar, A., “Subarachnoid haemorrhage: An Update’” Radiology Update. 5(1):27-35. (2005).
• Patankar, T., Haroon, H., Mills, SJ., Baleriaux, D., et al., “Is Volume Transfer Coefficient (Ktrans) Related to Histological Grade in Human Gliomas?” American Journal of Neuroradiology. 26(10):2455-65. (2005).

Pub Med Publications

• Rajani NK, Pearce K, Campion T, Salpietro V, Planells M, Chong W, Patankar T, Mankad K. Pediatric stroke: current diagnostic and management challenges. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2018 Nov;8(10):984-991. doi: 10.21037/qims. 2018.11.09. PMID:30598876; PMCID: PMC6288056.
• Akhunbay-Fudge CY, Deniz K, Tyagi AK, Patankar T. Endovascular treatment of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms using the novel Contour Neurovascular System: a single-center safety and feasibility study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2020 Oct;12(10):987-992. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-015628. Epub 2020 Jan 22. PMID: 31974281; PMCID: PMC7509519.
• Raw RK, Wilkie RM, Mon-Williams M, Ross SA, Deniz K, Goddard T, Patankar T. Kinematic measures provide useful information after intracranial aneurysm treatment. J Rehabil Assist Technol Eng. 2017 Dec 4;4:2055668317744999. doi: 10.1177/2055668317744999. PMID: 31186944; PMCID: PMC6453038.
• Gout T, Patankar T, El-Hindy N, Kalantzis G. Comment on: Carotid-cavernous fistula: current concepts in aetiology, investigation and management. Eye (Lond). 2018 Oct;32(10):1675-1680. doi: 10.1038/s41433-018-0112-5. Epub 2018 May 18. PMID: 29773880; PMCID: PMC6189058.
• Mukherjee S, McCullagh H, Goddard T, Patankar T. Delayed mid-basilar artery stenosis following paediatric acute mechanical thrombectomy: a rare complication from a rare case. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Aug 2;12(8):e216876. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-216876. PMID: 31377714; PMCID: PMC6685367.
• Bodey C, Goddard T, Patankar T, Childs AM, Ferrie C, McCullagh H, Pysden K. Experience of mechanical thrombectomy for paediatric arterialischaemic stroke. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2014 Nov;18(6):730-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn. 2014.07.006. Epub 2014 Jul 29. PMID: 25135471.
• Mukherjee S, Chandran A, Gopinathan A, Putharan M, Goddard T Eldridge PR, Patankar T, Nahser HC. PulseRider-assisted treatment of wide-necked intracranial bifurcation aneurysms: safety and feasibility study. J Neurosurg. 2017 Jul;127(1):61-68. doi: 10.3171/2016.2.JNS152334. Epub 2016 Sep 30. PMID:27689454.
• El-Hindy N, Kalantzis G, Patankar T, Georgalas I, Jyothi S, Goddard T, Chang B. Difficult indirect carotid-cavernous fistulas—alternative techniques to gaining access for treatment. Clin Interv Aging. 2014 Oct 6;9:1687-90. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S69920. PMID: 25336933; PMCID: PMC4199976.
• Jeeva I, Chang BY, Bagdonaite L, Kalantzis G, Fearnley TE,Ismail A, Patankar T, Goddard T. Treatment of orbital haemangiopericytoma with surgery and preoperative embolization. Eye (Lond). 2013 Feb;27(2):283-4. doi: 10.1038/eye.2012.238. Epub 2013 Jan 4. PMID: 23288140; PMCID:PMC3574241.
• Caroff J, Mihalea C, Klisch J, Strasilla C, Berlis A, Patankar T, Weber W, Behme D, Jacobsen EA, Liebig T, Prothmann S, Cognard C, Finkenzeller T, Moret J, Spelle L. Single-Layer WEBs: Intrasaccular Flow Disrupters for Aneurysm Treatment—Feasibility Results from a European Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015 Oct;36(10):1942-6. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4369. Epub 2015 Jul 9. PMID: 26159516; PMCID: PMC7965028.
• Anil G, Goddard AJ, Ross SM, Deniz K, Patankar T. WEB inPartially Thrombosed Intracranial Aneurysms: A Word of Caution. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016 May;37(5):892-6. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4604. Epub 2015 Nov 19. PMID: 26585255; PMCID: PMC7960297.
• Kemp S, Prendergast G, Karapanagiotidis T, Baker G, Kelly TP, Patankar T, Keller SS. Concordance between the Wada test and neuroimaging lateralization: Influence of imaging modality (fMRI and MEG) and patient experience. Epilepsy Behav. 2018 Jan;78:155-160. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.09.027. Epub 2017 Dec 22. PMID: 29245083.
• Lawson A, Goddard T, Ross S, Tyagi A, Deniz K, Patankar T. Endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms using the Woven EndoBridge technique in a single center: preliminary results. J Neurosurg. 2017 Jan;126(1):17-28. doi: 10.3171/2015.4.JNS142456. Epub 2016 Apr 15. PMID: 27081907.
• Lawson AL, Chandran A, Puthuran M, Goddard T, Nahser H, Patankar T. Initial experience of coiling cerebral aneurysms using the new Comaneci device. J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Aug;8(8):e32. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-011726.rep. Epub 2015 Jul 2. PMID: 26138730.
• Lawson AL, Chandran A, Puthuran M, Goddard T, Nahser H, Patankar T. Initial experience of coiling cerebral aneurysms using the new Comaneci device. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jun 29;2015:bcr2015011726. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-011726. PMID: 26123460; PMCID: PMC4488707.
• Roberts IS, Benamore RE, Benbow EW, Lee SH, Harris JN, Jackson A, Mallett S, Patankar T, Peebles C, Roobottom C, Traill ZC. Post-mortem imaging as an alternative to autopsy in the diagnosis of adult deaths: a validation study. Lancet. 2012 Jan 14;379(9811):136-42. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61483-9. Epub 2011 Nov 21. PMID: 22112684; PMCID: PMC3262166.
• Yap L, Patankar T, Pysden K, Tyagi A, Goddard T. Spontaneous Dissecting Lenticulostriate Artery Aneurysm in Children: Radiologic Findings and Clinical Management. J Child Neurol. 2015 Jul;30(8):1060-4. doi:10.1177/0883073814541477. Epub 2014 Jul 29. PMID: 25080469.
• Liebig T, Kabbasch C, Strasilla C, Berlis A, Weber W, Pierot L, Patankar T, Barreau X, Dervin J, Kuršumović A, Rath S, Lubicz B, Klisch J. Intrasaccular Flow Disruption in Acutely Ruptured Aneurysms: A Multicenter Retrospective Review of the Use of the WEB. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015 Sep;36(9):1721-7. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4347. Epub 2015 Jul 2. PMID: 26138139; PMCID: PMC7968782.
• Anderson I, Kumar R, Patankar T, Tyagi A. Lateral ventricle haemangioblastoma: the role of perfusion scanning and embolization in diagnosis and management. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Sep 25;2014:bcr2014205736. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205736. PMID: 25257888; PMCID: PMC4180557.
• Al-Tamimi YZ, Palin MS, Patankar T, MacMullen-Price J, O'Hara DJ, Loughrey C, Chakrabarty A, Ismail A, Roberts P, Duffau H, Goodden JR, Chumas PD. Low-Grade Glioma with Foci of Early Transformation Does Not Necessarily Require Adjuvant Therapy After Radical Surgical Resection. World Neurosurg. 2018 Feb;110:e346-e354. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.172. Epub 2017 Nov 10. PMID: 29129767.
• Mishra A, Stockley H, Goddard T, Sonwalker H, Wuppalapati S, Patankar T. Emergent extracranial internal carotid artery stenting and mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischaemic stroke. Interv Neuroradiol. 2015 Apr;21(2):205-14. doi: 10.1177/1591019915583213. Epub 2015 May 5. PMID: 25943850; PMCID: PMC4757254.
• Lawson A, Molyneux A, Sellar R, Lamin S, Thomas A, Gholkar A, Patankar T. Safety results from the treatment of 109 cerebral aneurysms using the Woven EndoBridge technique: preliminary results in the United Kingdom. J Neurosurg. 2018 Jan;128(1):144-153. doi: 10.3171/2016.9.JNS152849. Epub 2017 Feb 3. PMID: 28156251.
• Wanklyn P, Ramadan H, Patankar T. Letter by Wanklyn et al regarding article, "Clot length distribution and predictors in anterior circulation stroke: implications for intra-arterial therapy". Stroke. 2014 Feb; 45(2):e30. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.004201. Epub 2014 Jan 9. PMID: 24407953.

Electronic Publications & Case Reports

• Ashtekar, J., Patankar, T., “Brain Haemorrhage,” www.emedicine.com. (In Press).
• Jackson, A., Varma, A., Patankar, T., Snowden, J., “Dilated Virchow- Robin spaces: They do matter,” Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry Letter Online. (2004).
• Pankhania, A., Patankar, T., Laitt, R., DuPlessis, D., Jackson, Br. “Neck pain: an unusual presentation of a common disease,” Journal of Radiology. 79(942):537-9. (2006).
• Patankar, T., Hughes, D., “Resolution of temporal lobe epilepsy and MRI abnormalities following coiling of a cerebral aneurysm,” American Journal of Roentgenology. 185(6):1664-5. (2005).
• Ansari, A., Patankar, T., Jackson, A., “Whispering Enigma Case of the month,” The British Journal of Radiology. 78(927): 283-4. (2005).

Full list available upon request

Scientific Posters

• Fatania, K., Patankar, A., Patankar, T., “Preliminary retrospective comparison of Stroke Viewer and Rapid AI CTA and CT perfusion software results in patients presenting with suspected acute anterior circulation stroke.” ISC.
• Hemant Sonwalkar, Isabella Tea Li Ming, Siddhartha Wuppalapati, Somenath Chatterjee, Nihal Gurusinghe, Gareth Roberts, Tufail Patankar . Partially thrombosed aneurysms; Classification scheme and role of flow diversion. Leeds
• Coutinho, C., Gunawardena, WJG., Patankar, T.,” Clinical applications of Diffusion weighted imaging in Neuroradiology. A pictorial review.” British Society of Neuroradiologists.
• Munusamy, S., Phadke, R., Herwadkar, A., Patankar, T.,” “Venous anomalies and pathologies - An imaging spectrum,” British Society of Neuroradiologists
• Radiation induced lens injury in interventional neuroradiologists. Jyothi S, Goddard T, Patankar T, Jeeva I, Patel A, Chang BYP British Ophthalmology Society
• Jackson, A., Patankar, T., Varma, A., Snowden, JS., Neary, D., “Virchow Robin space dilatation is a sensitive indicator of cerebral microvascular angiopathy: A study in elderly patients with dementia.” The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
• Mills, SJ., Patankar, T., Haroon, H., et al., “Do Cerebral Blood Volume (CBV) and Contrast Transfer Coefficient (Ktrans) predict prognosis in Human Glioma?” American Society of Neuroradiology.
• Rajiah, P., Patankar, T., Hoggard, N., et al., “CT Angiogram: Aneurysms and beyond.” European Congress of Radiology.
• Rajiah, P., Patankar, T., Hoggard, N., Laitt, R., et al., “CT Venogram: A Pictorial review.” The UK Radiological Congress (UKRC).

Full list available upon request

Lectures & Presentations – National & International Conferences & Symposium

• BSNR
• LINNC
• LINNC Masterclass
• ESMINT
• SNIS
• 3C
• JSNET
• ISNR
• ABCNR
• ICENS Russia
• Mena-Sino Egypt
• ABC- WIN
• Oswestry MSK Course
• Medtronic symposium
• BALT symposium
• Stryker symposium
• Cerenovus symposium
• Microvention symposium
• Phenox symposium
• European, US, and British Mortality and Morbidity meetings

Neurointerventional Workshops in Europe & the UK

• SLICE, Montpellier
• ABCNR, India
• ESMINT, NICE
• Stroke, Leeds

Recent Presentations

• Contour new tool for brain aneurysms
• Endovascular treatment of brain aneurysms: It"s sexy and you shall know it
• Robotic assisted neurointervention
• Innovations in wide neck bifurcation aneurysms
• Intrasaccular flow diversion: WEB vs Contour
• Acute neurointervention
• Blister and dissecting aneurysms
• Mechanical thrombectomy for hyperacute stroke: what every radiologist needs to know
• Intrasaccular devices for brain aneurysms
• Complex Aneurysm Treatment symposium
• BALT webinar
• My experience with WEB
• Cerebral Infections
• Flow divertors in posterior circulation
• Acute neurointervention in SAH
• Use of laser cut stents in complex brain aneurysms
• Interventional radiology and stroke
• Dural vascular malformations : Diagnoses to treatment
• BALT Webinar. Complex management of MCA aneurysms
• Paediatric stroke
• Spinal cord and meninges: imaging
• Surpass Evolve symposium
• Complications in aneurysm treatment
• Advanced treatment of brain aneurysm
• Hyperacute stroke treatment: How do I do it
• Endovascular treatment of brain AVMs
• Hyperacute stroke treatment: Diagnosis to treatment.
• WEB: Tips and tricks
• Stroke intervention: where are we now?
• Spinal Vascular Diseases- Anatomy, Classification and Treatment-  What you need to know

Full list available upon request

Community Involvement

• Committee Member, 3C cerebrovascular complications Conference
• Academic Subcommittee Member, British Society of Neuroradiologists (BSNR)
• Training Subcommittee Member, British Society of Neuroradiologists (BSNR)
• Mentor for Indian Society of Radiology
• Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Radiology
• Associate Editor, British Journal of Radiology
• Associate Editor, Annals of Neurosurgery
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, British Journal of Radiology
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, American Journal of Neurosurgery
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, Annals of Neurosurgery Online
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, Journal of Neurology
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, European Journal of Neurology
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, Journal of Journal of Cardiovascular and Interventional radiology
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, American Journal of Neuroradiology
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, JNNP
• Scientific Journal Reviewer, Neurolog

Departmental Audit Experience

• Contour Audit
• Stroke thrombectomy audit
• WEB Audit, MCA aneurysms with sylvian fissure hematoma
• Pulse Rider Audit
• Pconus Audit
• SAH audit in elderly patients
• Web Audit in Brain Aneurysms, Leeds
• Mortality & Morbidity with SAH Patients in Leeds
• Incidence of Rebleed in Patients with SAH in Leeds Post ISAT, Leeds General Infirmary
• Patient Satisfaction Survey Attending Neurovascular Clinic in Leeds
• Endovascular Management of Symptomatic Vasospasm in SAH Patients, Royal Preston Hospital
• Management of Poor Grade SAH Patients, Royal Preston Hospital
• Evaluation of the Investigations Performed in Patients with Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
• Interpretation of Radiology Registrars versus Neuroradiologist for On-Call Neuro Imaging in 100 Patients at Hope Hospital
• Total Duration of HDU and ICU Bed Usage after GDC Coiling of Aneurysms from August to March 2003 in 120 patients at Hope Hospital

Professional Associations

• Fellow. Royal College of Radiologists
• Member, UK Neurovascular group
• Member, British Society of Neuroradiology
• Member, Indian Society of Radiology
• Member, Indian Society of Neuroradiology

Awards & Recognition

• Post FRCR Phillips Prize for “Relationship of deep white matter hyperintensities and cerebral blood flow in severe carotid stenosis,” University of Manchester
• Post FRCR Phillips Prize for “Intracanalicular optic nerve meningiomas. A serious diagnostic pitfall,” University of Manchester

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