Dr Ali Alsafi

Consultant interventional radiologist

Primary medical qualifications:

MBBS BSc FRCR EBIR

GMC number:

7049641

Specialities:

Diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures

Ali Alsafi

Background

Dr Ali Alsafi is a consultant radiologist, dually accredited in diagnostic and interventional radiology. He qualified from Imperial College Medical School and undertook his specialty training in the Imperial College radiology training scheme. He undertook a post-CCT senior clinical fellowship in pulmonary vascular and hepatobiliary intervention at Hammersmith Hospital. His unit is an international centre of excellence for hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and PAVM management.

Expertise

Pulmonary Vascular intervention: PAVM & bronchial artery embolisation, Hepatocellular carcinoma: TACE, TAE, Hepatobiliary intervention: Percutaneous biliary drainage and stenting, Neuroendocrine tumour (NET) imaging, Endocrine venous sampling, Angiography, angioplasty, embolisation., Imaging: CT, MRI, Ultrasound

Research & publications

Patients with in-situ metallic coils and amplatzer vascular plugs used to treat pulmonary arteriovenous malformations since 1984 can safely undergo magnetic resonance imaging.

Radioembolisation with 90Y microspheres for neuroendocrine liver metastases: an institutional case series, systematic review and meta-analysis.