Dr Fahmid Chowdhury : Clinical radiology , Nuclear medicine

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Dr Fahmid Chowdhury

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About me

Dual-certificated consultant in radiology and nuclear medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, since 2008. Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Leeds, since 2017. High-volume practice offering an expert service covering the entire spectrum of nuclear medicine investigations. This includes PET/CT and SPECT/CT in oncology, and Nuclear Medicine imaging in orthopaedics, cardiology, gastrointestinal disease and neurological disorders.

Areas of interest

• Nuclear Medicine • PET/CT • SPECT/CT • Nuclear Cardiology • CT

Medical secretaries

Mrs Sunita Sharda
Department of Nuclear Medicine Bexley Wing Level 1 St James's University Hospital Beckett Street LEEDS LS9 7TF
0113 206 8212
0113 206 8228
sunita.sharda@nhs.net

About me

External resources

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Current NHS consultant posts held

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Research interests

Hybrid imaging in oncology (PET/CT and SPECT/CT), Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine imaging of functional gastrointestinal disorders, Nuclear Medicine imaging of neurological disease.

Awards received

Bronze Clinical Excellence Award, ACCEA, 2017

Publications

50 peer-reviewed publications, including:

Motara H, Olusoga T, Russell G, Jamieson S, Ahmed S, Brindle N, Pillai A, Scarsbrook AF, Patel CN, Chowdhury FU. Clinical impact and diagnostic accuracy of 18F(fluorine)-FDG (2-fluoro-D-deoxy-glucose) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) brain imaging in patients with cognitive impairment â€“ a tertiary centre experience in the UK. Clin Radiol 2017.

The basic science of nuclear medicine. Orthopaed Trauma 2016.

The management of gall bladder dyskinesia: patient outcomes following positive 99m-Technetium(Tc)-labelled hepatic iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) scan with cholecystokinin (CCK) provocation and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Clin Radiol 2015.

Rapid-acquisition myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) on a novel gamma camera using multipinhole collimation and miniaturized cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) detectors: prognostic value and diagnostic accuracy in a â€˜real worldâ€™ nuclear cardiology service. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014.

Prevalence of, and predictors of, bile acid malabsorption in outpatients with chronic diarrhea. Neurogastroenterol motility 2012.

Contemporary nuclear medicine imaging of neuroendocrine tumours. Clin Radiol 2012.

The influence of FDG PET/CT in the management of patients with potentially operable metastatic colorectal cancer. Clin Radiol 2011.

My outcomes

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

MBChB University of Leicester School of Medicine 1996
MRCP(UK) Royal College of Physicians, London 2001
FRCR Royal College of Radiologists 2006
FRCP Royal College of Physicians, London 2015

Additional training

PET/CT Fellow University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 2008
Specialist Registrar in Nuclear Medicine Oxford University Hospitals 2007

GMC registration

Reference number 4291705

Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)

Head of Service, Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 2012
Lead Clinician, Clinical Radiology Leeds Teaching Hospitals 2016
Clinical Director, Radiology Leeds Teaching Hospitals 2018

Details of entry to specialist register

Clinical Radiology , 2007
Nuclear Medicine , 2008

Affiliations / memberships

Member, British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS)
Member, British Nuclear Cardiology Society (BNCS)
Member, British Medical Association (BMA)

My private practice

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