Our Aims

Interventional radiology is one of the most exciting and dynamic medical specialties, yet there is still a huge shortage across the UK. Exposure to the field continues very limited as a junior, with many medical students having zero IR teaching in their curriculum, despite the speciality being essential to clinical practice.

IR Juniors is a UK-founded, international group of aspiring interventional radiologists who are passionate about the field and want to help spread the word about what this amazing speciality has to offer. Our aims are to provide medical students and junior doctors with career information, opportunities and events in interventional radiology, and to advocate for minimally invasive, image-guided procedures to the wider public.

IR Juniors Team

Founders

Indrajeet

Mandal

Founder. Electives & Global Lead

Indra is a junior doctor in the Oxford deanery. He is passionate about improving medical student opportunities to get involved in IR. He has also spent time in IR abroad and is particularly keen on driving international collaboration in IR.

Niall

Burke

Co-Founder. Events Lead.

Niall is a foundation doctor at Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Trust in London and a recent Uni of Edinburgh graduate. Before studying medicine he studied & worked in radiography and developed a strong interest in IR. He is interested in spreading the word about IR with medical students across the UK.

Sachin

Modi

Co-Founder. Careers Lead.

Sachin is an academic Foundation Doctor at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. He is passionate about recruitment into IR and raising awareness of this evolving specialty.

Navin

Nagesh

Co-Founder. Engagement Lead.

Navin is an academic Foundation doctor at Queen's Hospital Romford. He is enthusiastic about promoting IR to students, trainees and the public.

Regional Leads

Rosemary

Ho

Northern Lead

Rosemary is a final year medical student at the Hull York Medical School with an intercalated degree in Bioengineering from Imperial College. She is interested in MedTech, teaching and IR research. She is keen to inspire medical students to pursue a career in IR and help them prepare an IR-related CV.

Anna Podlasek

Midlands Lead

Anna is an Academic Radiology FY3 from Nottingham. She is particularly excited about neuroworld, technology, and research.

Chris

Grieco

Southern Lead

Chris is an FY1 Doctor in Taunton, Somerset and University of Bristol graduate. He has an intercalated degree in Regenerative Medicine & Innovation Technology from King’s College London and is interested in improving medical education, particularly in Interventional Radiology.

Iakovos Theodoulou

London Lead

Iakovos is an Academic Foundation doctor at Guy’s & St Thomas’. He graduated from King’s College London, where he also received his BSc in Healthcare Management. He was the King’s Radiology Society president in 2019-2020 and the founder of both KiRCo conference and ESMSC International IR Simulation course based in Greece.

Education & Website Team

Stefan

Lam

Education Lead

Stefan is a final year medical student at Barts and the London with an intercalated BSc in Imaging Sciences from King's College London. He is passionate about raising the profile of IR amongst students and junior doctors and hopes to make IR an integral part of medical education today.

Eri

Aung

Women in IR Lead

Eri is a final year medical student at Imperial College London with an intercalated BSc in Biomedical Engineering. She is passionate about cultivating interest in IR as an innovative and exciting specialty. She is the current president of Imperial College Radiology Society for 2020/21.

Miraen

Kiandee

Education Site Lead

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Jack

Starkie

Newsletter Lead

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Research Team

Robin

Borchert

Research Lead

Robin is a recent University of Edinburgh graduate and an incoming junior doctor in the Cambridge Clinical Neuroscience Academic Foundation Programme. His interests lie in interventional neuroradiology and research.

Tym

Turlejski

Audit Lead

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Advisors

Greg

Makris

Senior Advisor

Dr Makris is a consultant interventional radiologist at Guys & St Thomas Hospital. He has been very active in medical student engagement and held positions with BSIR and CIRSE.

Yiwang

Xu

SPR Advisor

Yiwang is a radiology registrar at Imperial College London. He is one of the founders of the National Interventional Radiology Symposium (NIRS) conference, the first national IR conference for junior doctors and medical students.

Anum Pervez

SPR Advisor

Anum is a radiology registrar at Guys & St Thomas. She is one of the founders of the National Interventional Radiology Symposium (NIRS) conference, the first national IR conference for junior doctors and medical students.

Join the team

We are calling out for enthusiastic students, foundation doctors and trainees to join us in learning, sharing and promoting IR. Let's start our movement!

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