Dr Irfan Ahmed

Dr Irfan Ahmed is a consultant interventional and diagnostic radiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’. He has been a consultant for over 10 years and performs a wide variety of minimally invasive interventional radiological procedures.

Irfan graduated from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School in 2000, and after obtaining his MRCP he embarked on a career in radiology. He underwent his SpR training at Guy’s and St Thomas’ followed by a fellowship in interventional radiology at St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals.

In addition to his clinical responsibilities Irfan is a clinical and educational supervisor for radiology trainees and has been an invited speaker at various national and international conferences.

Special interests

Irfan has a special interest in uterine artery and prostate artery embolisation as well as peripheral vascular interventions. He offers peripheral and visceral arterial angioplasty and stenting, endovascular aneurysm repair and image-guided biopsy and drainage procedures. Irfan also does regular ultrasound, CT and MRI reporting.

Treatments

• Central venous access including Hickman and Port-a-cath line placement
• Uterine artery embolisation
• Prostate embolisation
• Venous interventions
• Fistuloplasty
• Biliary interventions
• Gastrointestinal stenting
• Vascular malformation treatment.

Education

2006: FRCR

2003: MRCP

2000: MBBS

1997: BSc

Membership of professional bodies

• Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists
• Member of British Society of Interventional Radiologists
• Member of CIRSE