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Bonus Episode: Dr. Shah Islam - UKIO President 2026/202
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- Rad Chat
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- Apr 8, 2026
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- 1873
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Summary
Trigger Warning: this episode discusses cancer, cancer treatment, medical intervention and failure. Bonus Episode: which features the incredible Dr. Shah Islam. Shah graduated in 2010 from Barts and The London School of Medicine with Distinction. He immediately entered combined clinical academic training, followed by being awarded an NIHR clinical academic fellowship in Radiology between St. Georges Hospital, London and The Institute of Cancer Research. Following completion of his FRCR in 2016, he undertook formal research in advanced brain tumour imaging under Prof. Adam Waldman and Prof. Eric Aboagye at Imperial College London. He led a number of clinical trials including the multicentre ‘Diffusion in Glioma’ study’ and the first in brain tumour studies using a novel PET tracer (18F- FPIA). His interventional neuroradiology training in adult and paediatric neurointervention was exclusively between London, UK (Queen Square and Great Ormond Street for Children) and Toronto, Canada (Toronto Western Hospital and The Hospital for Sick Children, 'SickKids'). In Toronto he was trained by Prof. Pascal Mosimann, and Dr Prakash Muthusami with a focus on endovascular cerebral AVM treatments using both trans-arterial and trans-venous approaches. He has also trained extensively in image guided spine interventions e.g. Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty and Radiofrequency nerve ablations under the mentorship of Prof Kieran Murphy (Toronto Western Hospital). He has a strong commitment to delivering high quality teaching through innovation having worked closely with engineers to fabricate 3D printed models of neurovascular lesions, enabling trainees to practise skills in a simulated environment. In addition, he is the co-founder of the Queen Square Interventional Neuroradiology Symposium,…