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Dr Ankur Patel

​BMedSc, MB ChB, MRCS, FRCR, MMed (Diagnostic Rad), FAMS

Head & Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests

Interventional Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Clinical Appointments

About

Dr Ankur Patel is Head and Senior Consultant Radiologist in the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Education and Training

  • ​B.Med.Sc - Bachelor of Medical Science, University of Birmingham, UK (2001)
  • MBChB - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Birmingham, UK (2001)
  • MRCS - Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (2005)
  • FRCR - Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom (2010)
  • M.Med – Master of Medicine (Diagnostic Radiology), Singapore (2010)
  • FAMS - Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore (2013)

Awards

  • Young Investigator of the year award – Singapore Radiological Society, 2008
  • SingHealth - HMDP Fellowship Award in Vascular Interventional Radiology 2013

Research Interests

  • ​​Germinoma of the Corpus Callosum: a rare case of a non-synchronous germ cell tumour arising from an unusual location. Case Report. Awaiting Submission
  • Single centre experience of Transjugular Liver Biopsy in 151 Patients. Accepted to Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
  • Massive lower gastrointesitinal haemorrhage managed with emergent embolization with glue. Awaiting submission
  • IVC filter strut fracture - an unusual mechanism of fracture.  Awaiting submission
  • The role of renal artery embolisation in the management of Iatrogenic renal injury. Awaiting submission
  • Angiosome oriented angioplasty for limb salvage in patients with critical limb ischemia.  In progress.

Publications

ORAL & POSTER PRESENTATIONS

  • Case-control study in Parkinson’s disease of 151 patients using Diffusion Tensor imaging (DTI) – SRS conference 2008 (1st prize – Young investigator of the year award)
  • Embolization of renal artery Pseudoaneurysms after percutaneous and surgical interventions – APCCVIR 2008 (Kuala Lumpur)
  • Usefulness of catheter directed intrahepatic CT angiography using a hybrid CT-Angiography system in the treatment of HCC with Yttrium-90 micorspheres – (moderated poster presentation) ECR 2011, Austria, Vienna (2011)
  • Angiosome Directed Angioplasty for Limb Salvage in Critical Limb Ischemia APCCVIR 2012  (Kobe, Japan)
  • Subintimal Arterial Flossing with Antegrade Retrograde Intervention (SAFARI) for PVD - case review - SingLive 2013, Singapore