Dr. Mohammed Zaki Ahmed Consultant - Interventional Radiologist
Years of Experience : 19
Nationality : United Kingdom
Languages Known : English, Arabic
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Dr. Mohammed Zeki Ahmed is an experienced Vascular and Non-Vascular Interventional Radiologist. Dr. Ahmed graduated in 1996 from Mosul College of Medicine in Mosul, Iraq. He completed two years of surgical training (vascular) at Leeds and Bradford hospitals in the UK and obtained his MRCS in Surgery in 2005. He then undertook his higher specialty training in Radiology at the East Yorkshire Radiology Academy (UK), obtaining a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Radiology in 2010. Dr. Ahmed also completed a one-year advanced Interventional Radiology fellowship at the prestigious Royal Free London NHS Trust hospital, Centre for Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary (HPB) Surgery and Liver Transplantation. He worked at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, where he served as a full-time Vascular Interventional Radiologist Consultant at Hull University Hospital for five years. He holds the European Board in Interventional Radiology (EBIR) certification. Dr. Ahmed is one of the first Interventional Radiologists to hold a HAAD (DOH) Interventional Radiology License in the UAE. Throughout his career, Dr. Ahmed has worked at numerous renowned hospitals in the Gulf region, including King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in KSA, Al Ain Hospital, and Tawam Hospital in the UAE. With 19 years of extensive experience, he has performed a wide range of emergency and elective vascular procedures such as embolization for trauma, gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, bleeding control, aortic intervention, peripheral vascular intervention, stenting, fistula work, and dialysis access management. Dr. Ahmed is skilled in venous interventions, including IVC filter insertion and the management of acute DVT and SVC obstruction syndrome. He is also experienced in vascular access procedures, such as portacath, PICC lines, and Hickman line placement in both children and adults. He is an expert in oncology interventions, including tumour biopsy, ablation, chemoembolization (TACE), and radioembolization (TARE) for liver cancer. Notably, Dr. Ahmed performed the first TARE procedure in Abu Dhabi. He also has extensive experience in hepatobiliary interventions, including TIPS, transjugular liver biopsy, urological interventional procedures, uterine fibroid embolization, scrotal varicocele embolization, and prostate artery embolization.
Awards & Achievements
- Reviewer for the Clinical Radiology Journal, the official journal of the Royal College of Radiologists, UK, since 2013.
- Winner of the BSIR Award for the Best Poster (Closure Device) in 2014.
- Letter of Appreciation from the Chief Medical Officer's office at Alain Hospitals, SEHA.
- Achieved the SEHA Hero Award for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
- Received the Innovation Award while serving as Head of Department of Radiology at Burjeel Medical City in 2024.
- Oncology Meeting Award for his contributions to oncology work at Burjeel Medical City in 2024.
Education & Training
- MBChB
- MRCS
- FRCR
- CCT (UK)
- EBIR (European Board of Interventional Radiology)
- PG Certificate in Healthcare Law and Ethics from Dundee University, UK
Membership
- Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd)
- British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR)
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)
- European Society of Radiology (ESR)
- Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
- Pan Arab Radiology Interventional Society (PARIS)
