Background
Professor Tufail Patankar is an accomplished consultant diagnostic and interventional neuroradiologist in central London. He specialises in diagnostic neuroradiology, interventional neuroradiology, and coiling of brain aneurysms, stenting and flow divertor treatment of brain aneurysms and Intrasaccular device treatment of brain aneurysms, alongside embolization of brain AVM (arteriovenous malformation), cerebral angiograms, embolization of brain dural fistula, cerebral catheter angiograms, carotid stenting, embolisation of CSF fistula for intracranial hypotension, cerebral venous stenting for intracranial hypertension and mechanical thrombectomy for brain stroke. He is a specialist in minimally invasive vascular surgery for brain and spine conditions, including aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
A Consultant Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiologist in the UK since 2005, Professor Patankar held a senior Consultant post at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for 16 years (2009–2025) and previously at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Preston, before taking up his current post at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) in London in August 2024, where he also serves as Clinical Director for Interventional Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology and Breast Radiology Services. He privately practises at The Wellington Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK, and also works internationally as a Consultant Neuroradiologist at Nanavati Max Super Specialty Hospital in Mumbai.
Professor Patankar is highly qualified, with 10 certifications including a PhD in Neuroradiology from the University of Manchester, an FRCR from the Royal College of Radiologists, an EDiNR (European Diploma in Diagnostic Neuroradiology) and MSc in Neurovascular Diseases from Chiang Mai University and Paris University. He also has several diplomas, a DMRD in Medical Radiodiagnosis from the University of Bombay, a DMRE in Medical Radiology & Electrology from the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Bombay and a Diplomate of National Board of Examinations in Radiology from the Ministry of Health, Bombay, which is equivalent to an MD. Furthermore, he went on to specialist diagnostic neuroradiology training as a visiting fellow in North Carolina and Chicago in the USA.
Alongside Professor Patankar’s extensive experience in complex endovascular procedures especially complex aneurysm treatment, involved with over 3,000 aneurysm coiling cases having acted as the Primary Operator for more than 2,000 of these cases, and performed over 10,000 diagnostic catheter angiograms, alongside advanced aneurysm treatments using intrasaccular devices such as WEB, Contour, Neqstent, Nautilus, Eclips and flow diverter techniques such as Pipeline, Surpass Evolve, P64, Derivo, Silk stents, he has an esteemed reputation as an educator and proctors cases all over the world. He is Director and Professor of Radiology at the University of Bolton and Honorary Professor in Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences at the University of Manchester. His teaching roles include visiting professorships at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai and adjunct faculty posts at Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, in addition to serving as Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds. He has delivered teaching and specialist instructional courses at leading international meetings including LINNC, ESMINT, SNIS, SLICE, 3C, ABCNR, ISNR, WLNC and ALICE. He is also actively involved in postgraduate education, mentoring and fellowship training in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology.
Professor Patankar is a proficient author, teacher, researcher, and clinical professional with a passion for contributing to the evolving field of Neuroradiology, proven academic track record in developing and supporting new diagnostic and interventional neurovascular services and engaging with emerging technologies and has published 110+ peer-reviewed articles in various journals and teaching experience over last 32 years for medical students and residents in radiology, neurosurgery and various clinical specialities.
Professor Patankar has been a Principal Investigator and Local PI in multiple clinical trials, including the PMCF study for Contour and the MEVO study. He has served as Chief Investigator for the NIHR-supported multicentre prospective Presize trial: “Real world performance evaluation of Presize neurovascular medical software in a clinical setting,” and for the Innovate UK Project: “Presize diagnostic medical device software for increased precision in advance selection of the best surgical scenario for every patient at the point of diagnosis.”
Professor Patankar has a special interest in undertaking research into in silico trials and computer modelling flow studies and simulation studies for brain aneurysms. He is an Invited Faculty on National & International Conferences & Symposiums over the past several years and has provided comprehensive instructional courses to equip emerging neuroradiologists with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in their roles. He serves as a member on various national and international committees.
A member of the Royal College of Radiologists, UK Neurovascular Group, British Society of Neuroradiology, Indian Society of Radiology and Indian Society of Neuroradiology, Professor Patankar has contributed extensively to the academic field. He has served as Associate Editor for the Indian Journal of Radiology, British Journal of Radiology, and Annals of Neurosurgery, and as Scientific Journal Reviewer for the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, among numerous other national and international journals. His work has been recognised with six national CEA points awarded by the NHS for his contribution to clinical excellence.
Clinical Expertise
Professor Patankar has performed over 3,000 aneurysm coiling cases (primary operator in over 2,000) and more than 10,000 diagnostic catheter angiograms. His procedural expertise includes:
- Complex aneurysm treatment — coiling, balloon and stent-assisted techniques, flow diversion (Pipeline, Surpass Evolve, Streamline, P64, Silk Vista, Derivo), and intrasaccular devices (WEB, Contour, Neqstent, Pconus, Pulse Rider, Eclips, Nautilus, Artisse)
- AVM and DAVF embolisation — brain, dural, spinal, and carotico-cavernous fistulas
- Mechanical thrombectomy — adult and paediatric stroke, including medium vessel occlusion
- Carotid and intracranial stenting — 100+ cases as primary operator
- Venous sinus stenting for IIH and venous sinus stenosis
- Spinal interventions — vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, biopsies, spinal AVM/DAVF embolisation
- Vasospasm angioplasty, tumour embolisation, MMA embolisation, epistaxis treatment, CSF fistula management
- Diagnostic neuroradiology — adult and paediatric CT/MR reporting, stroke, brain tumours, demyelinating and neurodegenerative diseases, skull base, ENT, and head & neck imaging
Academic Appointments
- Professor Tufail Ahmed F.M. Patankar
PhD, FRCR, EDiNR, DNBE, DMRD, DMRE, MSc, MBBS - Clinical Director: Interventional Radiology & Interventional Neuroradiology & Breast Radiology Services
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust UK [BHRUT], Romford, London (since August 2024) - Consultant Diagnostic & Interventional Neuroradiologist
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust UK [BHRUT], Romford, London (since August 2024) and Nanavati Max Super Specialty Hospital, Mumbai, India - Consultant Diagnostic & Interventional Neuroradiologist
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK (2009–2025) - Consultant Neuroradiologist & Interventional Neuroradiologist
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Preston, UK - Director and Professor of Radiology
University of Bolton, UK - Honorary Professor in Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester
Visiting Professor, Radiology
King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India - Adjunct Faculty in Radiology
Christian Medical College Vellore, India
Honorary Senior Lecturer
University of Leeds, UK - Associate Editor
British Journal of Radiology
Research
Professor Patankar has published 110+ peer-reviewed articles in journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JNIS, AJNR, and the British Journal of Radiology. He is Chief Investigator of the NIHR-supported multicentre Presize neurovascular software trial, and Principal Investigator for multiple national and international trials including ESCAPE-MeVO, PISTE, VIST, and the Contour long-term follow-up series. His academic interests include intrasaccular aneurysm technology, in-silico computational modelling, AI-assisted neuroimaging, and robotic endovascular neurointervention.
View publications & researchMedicolegal Experience
Awards
- Post-FRCR Phillips Prize — "Relationship of deep white matter hyperintensities and cerebral blood flow in severe carotid stenosis"
- Post-FRCR Phillips Prize — "Intracanalicular optic nerve meningiomas"
- 6 national Clinical Excellence Award (CEA) points awarded by NHS for contribution to NHS service
Qualifications & Memberships
Expert Medical Witness
Professor Patankar has been a practising Expert Medical Witness in the UK since 2009, bringing over 17 years of dedicated experience to medicolegal practice. His work as an expert witness draws directly on his clinical expertise as a senior Consultant Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiologist, giving solicitors, barristers, and the courts access to a highly specialist and practising clinician at the forefront of the field.
He currently completes 1–2 clinical negligence reports per month, maintaining a focused but active medicolegal practice alongside his NHS and private clinical commitments. His claimant-to-defendant ratio is approximately 80:20, reflecting wide instruction from both claimant and defendant solicitors, as well as acceptance of court-appointed joint expert instructions.
Areas of Specialist Expertise
Professor Patankar's medicolegal work is concentrated in the areas where he has the deepest clinical experience:
- Diagnostic Neuroradiology — Standard of reporting in CT and MRI of the brain and spine, missed diagnoses, incidental findings, and interpretation errors in adult neuroimaging
- Interventional Neuroradiology — Technical standards, procedural decision-making, complication management, and outcomes in neurovascular intervention
- Brain Aneurysm Treatment — Clinical negligence in aneurysm diagnosis, timing of treatment, technique selection (coiling, flow diversion, intrasaccular devices), and peri-procedural management
- Adult Brain Radiology — Stroke imaging, tumour detection and characterisation, demyelinating and neurodegenerative disease, skull base and head & neck pathology
- Spine Neuroradiology — Spinal cord and nerve root pathology, disc disease, myelopathy, post-operative imaging, and vascular spinal conditions
Types of Reports
Professor Patankar provides the full range of medicolegal reports required in clinical negligence litigation, including:
- Breach of duty (bench) reports — independent assessment of whether the standard of care fell below that expected of a reasonably competent specialist
- Causation reports — analysis of whether any identified breach caused or materially contributed to harm
- Prognosis reports — expert opinion on long-term clinical outlook and impact of neurological or neurovascular injury
Academic Contributions to Legal Practice
Professor Patankar has contributed to the academic interface between neuroradiology and the law. He co-authored the chapter "Post Mortem Imaging of the Brain" in the textbook The Autopsy: A Guide for the Legal Profession (eds. Paul Marks and Ian Richmond), providing forensic and legal professionals with a specialist reference on post-mortem neuroimaging.
Instructing Professor Patankar
Enquiries from solicitors wishing to instruct Professor Patankar as an expert witness in clinical negligence matters involving neuroradiology are welcome. He accepts instructions from claimant solicitors, defendant solicitors, and as a jointly-instructed expert.
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Lectures & International Talks
Professor Patankar is an internationally recognised authority in interventional neuroradiology and has been invited as faculty at major national and international conferences, symposia, and instructional workshops. He delivers lectures, debates, and hands-on teaching on advanced neurointerventional techniques, emerging devices, and stroke management worldwide.
- Intrasaccular device: evidence and present status
- Artisse device in brain aneurysms
- Giant aneurysm treatment
- Partially thrombosed intracranial aneurysm treatment: endovascular techniques
- Contour and Neqstent in brain aneurysms
- Brainomix vs RAPID AI in stroke treatment
- ACOM aneurysm: endovascular treatment
- Novel INR devices and evidence
- Large and giant aneurysms: how good are they?
- 3C debate: Coil vs Flow Divertor vs Endosaccular device
- Neck-focused intrasaccular device: the next step in aneurysm treatment
- WEB 5-year follow-up: does it work?
- Neqstent-assisted endovascular treatment
- Contour: a new tool for brain aneurysms
- Robotic-assisted neurointervention
- Innovations in wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms
- Intrasaccular flow diversion: WEB vs Contour
- Acute neurointervention
- Blister and dissecting aneurysms
- Mechanical thrombectomy for hyperacute stroke: what every radiologist needs to know
- Intrasaccular devices for brain aneurysms
- My experience with WEB
- Flow divertors in posterior circulation
- Acute neurointervention in SAH
- Use of laser cut stents in complex brain aneurysms
- Dural vascular malformations: diagnosis to treatment
- Complex management of MCA aneurysms (BALT Webinar)
- Paediatric stroke
- Surpass Evolve Symposium
- Complications in aneurysm treatment
- Advanced treatment of brain aneurysm
- Hyperacute stroke treatment: how do I do it?
- Endovascular treatment of brain AVMs
- WEB: tips and tricks
- Stroke intervention: where are we now?
- Spinal vascular diseases: anatomy, classification and treatment
- Flow divertors: pitfalls, complications and management
- Paediatric aneurysmal diseases: management
- Brain tumour imaging
- Brain trauma: diagnosis and imaging
- Stroke imaging and management
- White matter diseases: differential diagnosis and imaging
- Vascular diseases in the brain: imaging
- Sella and parasellar lesions
- Lesions in the CP angle: diagnosis and imaging
- Paediatric spinal diseases
- Advanced brain tumour imaging
- Sinonasal imaging
- Spinal infections
- Imaging in temporal bone
- MR imaging in acute stroke
- Neuroradiology for neurosurgeons
- Spinal cord imaging
- Cerebral infections
Full lecture list available upon request.
- Clinical & Academic colleagues
- International collaborators
- NHS Medical Directors
- Medicolegal instructing solicitors
Professional References
Professor Patankar has an extensive network of senior clinical and academic colleagues across the UK and internationally, built over more than 26 years of specialist practice in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology.
Professional references are available upon request and can be provided for:
- Clinical appointments — consultant, directorial, and advisory roles in NHS and private practice
- Academic and professorial positions — including university and postgraduate medical education roles
- Medicolegal work — confirmation of specialist expertise and clinical standing as an expert witness
- International collaborations and proctoring — industry, research, and training partnerships
Referees are drawn from senior NHS medical directors, academic heads of department, international conference faculty, and long-standing clinical collaborators in the UK, Europe, and internationally.
To request professional references or a CV with full contact details for referees, please get in touch directly.
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