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Date: 15 January 2021
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Consultant directory
With so many consultants, all with special interests, we appreciate it can be difficult for GPs to make the right referral choice, and it can be confusing for patients.
This consultant directory is offered as an easy reference guide to the specific clinical services and interests of all the consultants working at or for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
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Dr Steve Amerasekera, Consultant Radiologist
MB BCHir MA (Cambridge), MRCP (London) FRCR awarded during specialist training in the West Midlands.
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Dr Rashid Amir, Consultant Radiologist
Biography pending.
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Dr Sharon Balamoody, Consultant Radiologist
Graduated from Manchester and trained in radiology at the North Western Deanery. Fellowship in MSK radiology in Liverpool. Interests in musculoskeletal (MSK) radiology and a member of the Bone infection MDT and Major Trauma Collaborative MDT.
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Lt Col Dr Mark Ballard, Consultant Radiologist
Graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine in 2003. Completed specialist training in Radiology at Brighton with a fellowship in Trauma and Head and Neck imaging at St Bartholomew's. Interests in trauma and extra cranial head and neck imaging.
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Dr Waseem Bashir, Consultant Radiologist
Qualified from Ninewells Hospital & Medical School. MRCP (UK) after medical rotation in Newcastle. SpR Radiology in Aberdeen. Fellowship in musculoskeletal radiology in Canada and Royal National Orthopaedic in London.
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Lt Col Robert Briard, Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Graduated from Southampton. Completed surgical training in Plymouth. Specialist training in Radiology in Brighton. Fellowship in Interventional Radiology at The Royal London Hospital. Interests in Interventional Radiology (vascular and non vascular).
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Mr Guy Burkill, Consultant Radiologist
Graduated in London in 1993, after fellowship training at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Was a consultant oncological radiologist in Brighton for 15 years, covering several cancer sub-sites.
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Dr Swarupsinh V Chavda, Consultant Neuroradiologist, MRI
Subspecialty expertise in ENT and ophthalmology and neuropsychiatry imaging. Qualified from Nairobi. Postgraduate training in the West Midlands and at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London.
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Dr Surabhi Choudhary, Consultant Radiologist
Graduated from Pondicherry University, India. Completed subspecialist training in musculoskeletal radiology. Interest in diagnostic and interventional imaging for trauma and orthopaedics, hand surgery, sport medicine and rheumatology.
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Dr Steve Colley, Consultant Radiologist
Qualified from Bristol Medical School in 1998 and became consultant at UHB in 2008. Professional sub speciality interests include radiology of the extra cranial head and neck, sialography/interventional sialography, neck ultrasound and skin oncology.
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Dr Hassan Douis, Consultant Radiologist
Biography pending.
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Dr Martin J Duddy, Consultant Radiologist
Originally from Birmingham, he trained at Cardiff University and qualified in 1981. His interests are in vascular interventional radiology and vascular imaging.
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Dr Colm Forde, Consultant Radiologist
Graduated 1998 from National University of Ireland, Dublin. Radiology training in Oxford 2001-06. Took up consultant post in UHB 2006. Particular interests include gastrointestinal radiology and endoscopic ultrasound.
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Dr Jonathan Freedman, Interventional Radiologist
Consultant Interventional Radiologist and Uroradiologist. MBChB awarded with honours (Cape Town) 2000. Special interests: Interventional Uroradiology, diagnostic uroradiology, fibroid embolisation, renovascular disease and dialysis access management.
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Dr Rakesh Gadvi, Consultant Radiologist
Graduated in India 2001,completed basic surgical training & MRCS in the UK. Clinical radiology training in the West Midlands 2014. Consultant at UHB from January 2015. Special interest in: nuclear medicine, PET CT and musculoskeletal ultrasound
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Dr Benjamin Holloway, Consultant Radiologist
He qualified from the University of Sheffield in 1993 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists in 2005. He introduced the cardiac CT service and further developed the cardiac MRI and interstitial lung disease imaging services.
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Dr Jonathan D Hopkins, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Intervention and Vascular Imaging
Qualified from Nottingham in 1993. Basic surgical rotation in the West of Scotland. Trained in radiology in West Midlands. Appointed consultant in 2004. Interests include interventional radiology (with special interest in vascular intervention).
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Dr Robert Jones, Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Qualified in 1997 from Leicester University. Radiology training in West Midlands and an interventional fellowship in Canada. Joined UHB in 2008. Interests include renal, vascular, urological and emergency interventions.
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Dr Saleh M Lamin, Consultant Neuroradiologist, MRI
Trained at the Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow he qualified in 1990. His main clinical interests are in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology and main research interests are in cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations.
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Dr Gareth Lewis, Consultant Radiologist
A graduate of Birmingham Medical School, Dr Lewis completed his specialist radiology training in the West Midlands and specialises in cardiothoracis radiology.
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Dr Angela Luck, Consultant Radiologist
MB BChir MA (Cambridge). Completed MRCP and FRCR in the East Midlands with a research fellowship at the Nottingham Breast Institute. Joined UHB in 2008. Specialist interest in skin oncology imaging.
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Dr Helen Mathias, Consultant Radiologist
Graduated from Guys & St Thomas. Radiology training in South Wales, fellowship in cardiac radiology in Bristol & fellowship in cardiothoracic radiology at University of Alberta Hospital, Canada. Interests: cardiac MRI and cardiac CT.
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Dr Ian J McCafferty, Consultant Radiologist, Nephrology
First graduated in 1989 from University College London, his special interests are in interventional and oncology radiology. He has helped develop new imaging techniques for colon disorders and is especially interested in CT colonography.
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Dr Homoyoon Mehrzad, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Hepatobiliary
Qualified at Imperial & surgical training in London. CCT in interventional radiology. Fellowship in hepatobiliary interventional radiology. Interests: Hepatobiliary & oncology procedures, liver tumour ablation, SIRT and embolisation.
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Dr Kurdow Nader, Consultant Neuroradiologist
Radiology-Neuroradiology training in Birmingham. FRCR 2012, MSc Neuro-imaging for research-The University of Edinburgh 2012, EDINR 2015. Interest in imaging of Stroke, traumatic brain/spinal injury, Neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disorders.
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Dr Julie F Olliff, Consultant Radiologist, Head and Neck
Qualified from Nottingham University Medical School in 1979. Trained in Radiology at St George's Hospital London. Joined UHB in 1990. Areas of interest are cross sectional, oncological, head and neck, haematological and gynaecological imaging.
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Dr Simon P Olliff, Consultant Radiologist, Hepatobiliary
Specialises in ultrasound, CT, MRI and interventional radiology procedures for liver, biliary and pancreatic diseases. Interests include portal hypertension, liver and biliary tumours, and liver transplants.
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Dr Alison J Page, Consultant Radiologist
Qualified with honours from the University of Birmingham in 1992; undertook her radiology training in the West Midlands. She is a Radiologist with interests in colorectal, anal, head and neck cancer. She is the college tutor for radiology.
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Dr Arvind Pallan, Consultant Radiologist
Gained an MBChB in Birmingham 1997 and a MRCP (UK) in 2001. Radiology training received in West Midlands Deanery in 2004. Specialist interests include hepatobiliary and both large and small bowel imaging.
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Dr Satheesh Ramalingham, Consultant Neuroradiologist
Trained in general radiology & neuroradiology at Aberdeen, Nottingham & Birmingham. Did a post CCT fellowship in Neuroradiology, joined UHB in 2013. Interests in traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, seizure and movement disorders, brain tumours.
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Dr Vijay Sawlani, Consultant Neuroradiologist
Masters in neurovascular diseases, from the University of Paris and Mahidol. Interests include: advance applications of MRI including spectroscopy, perfusion, DTI and functional imaging in brain tumours, epilepsy and neurological disorders.
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Dr Latha Senthil, Consultant Neuroradiologist, Xray
Graduated from MGR Medical University in India. Specialises in diagnostic and Interventional neuroradiology. Particular interests: treatment of neurovascular disorders and skull base radiology. Joined UHB in 2008.
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Dr Deborah J Tattersall, Consultant Radiologist
Qualified from Manchester University in 1991. Professional areas of interest include chest and colorectal imaging.
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Dr Allan Thomas, Consultant Radiologist, MRI
Trained in interventional & diagnostic neuroradiology and head & neck radiology and has an international masters diploma in neurovascular diseases. main interests: AVMs of the brain, spinal cord and dura, skull base and face in children and adults.
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Dr Colin P Walker, Consultant Radiologist
Qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital, London in 1981. Special interests are in breast radiology and CT scanning in oncology, and image guided biopsies.
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Dr Andrew Willis, Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Graduated St Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1997. Completed surgical training in London and Essex. Received radiology training in Birmingham, and a fellowship in interventional radiology. Specialist interests: embolisation and venous intervention.
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Dr Laura Zilinskiene, Consultant Radiologist
Completed medical school in Vilnius University, Lithuania. Radiology training in Birmingham. Specialises in head and neck oncological radiology.
