Syed Mustafa

Dr Syed Mustafa is a Senior Interventional Radiologist with vast experience in image-guided, endovascular, percutaneous body and oncology interventions. He worked in the NHS for 19 years. He obtained his medical degree from Bangalore University in India. He did surgical training in his initial years and completed MRCS (Edinburgh) and the CCBST (UK) before entering the specialist radiology training at the National Imaging Academy Wales, UK. He obtained FRCR (London) and did subspecialist complex vascular interventional radiology training at the Leicester Vascular Institute and University Hospitals of Leicester Interventional Radiology department. He successfully received dual accreditation from The General Medical Council, UK with Certification of Completion of Training (CCT) in Diagnostic Radiology along with sub-specialisation in the field of Interventional Radiology (IR). He worked as a Consultant in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at The University Hospitals of Leicester, one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK with more than 2000 beds. Leicester Vascular Institute has pioneered several vascular interventional radiology procedures such as the well-known subintimal angioplasty technique and the aortic endovascular graft. Dr Mustafa particularly enjoys exploring new technology and challenges to improve future patient-care and treatment options. He has participated in several research projects including the BASIL3 and PAVE. He has many international presentations and publications to his credit. He is highly focused on patient safety and quality improvement, and was the IR lead for Vascular access and the Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) lead for Body Intervention at Leicester. He has extensive experience in endovascular procedures including peripheral, visceral arterial and aortic procedures. He paticularly enjoys complex embolisations (including chemo-embolisation and radio-embolisation) as well as the ablation therapy procedures. He has a special niche at venous access procedures and has developed complex venous recanalisation and has mentored his consultant colleagues in this area. Dr Mustafa has a keen interest in under-graduate and post-graduate education of his juniors and colleagues. He is a Royal College of Radiology (RCR) Educational Supervisor for senior radiology trainees and an Educational Supervisor and mentor to Foundation trainees. He has taught in various FRCR courses within the UK and abroad. He has also been a faculty on several Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Anaesthesia run courses. He is a medical examiner and an interviewer for Leicester Medical School.

Spoken Languages : English, Hindi, Kannada, Urdu
Types of Physician : Full-time
DHA License : Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Branches : American Hospital Dubai

Credentials:

  • Certification of Completion of Training (CCT) in Interventional Radiology, General Medical Council, UK.
  • Certification of Completion of Training (CCT) in Diagnostic Radiology, General Medical Council, UK.
  • Fellowship of Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR), Royal College of Radiologists, UK.
  • Certification of Completion of Basic Surgical Training (CCBST), Royal College of Surgeons, UK.
  • Member of Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK.
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bangalore University, India.

Professional Experience:

  • Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Consultant lead for vascular access and Body IR M&M , University Hospitals of Leicester, UK, 2018, 2022,

Clinical Expertise & Services Offered:

  • Endovascular & Vascular minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Oncology minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Gastrointestinal minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Hepatobiliary minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Urology minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Respiratory minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Paediatric minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Nephrology minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Musculoskeletal / Orthopaedic minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Obstetric minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Gynecology minimal-access image-guided surgery / percutaneous intervention
  • Vascular imaging including CT Angiogram / Venogram, MRI and Ultrasound Doppler
  • Oncology imaging including cross-sectional imaging