About this episode

This bonus episode features Dr. Shah Islam discussing his extensive background in radiology and neurointervention.

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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Naman Julka-Anderson, Jo McNamara

Guest: Dr. Shah Islam

Topics covered

• cancer
• medical intervention
• radiology
• clinical trials
• neurointervention

Keywords

• cancer treatment
• brain tumour imaging
• clinical trials
• neurointervention
• radiology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barts and The London School of Medicine, St. Georges Hospital, The Institute of Cancer Research, Imperial College London, Toronto Western Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children

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