Afshin Gangi

Dr. Afshin GANGI received his primary and secondary education at the French International School of Tehran (Lycée RAZI) where he graduated in 1980.  He studied medicine at the University of Reims in France. After passing the internship examination, he started his medical studies in Strasbourg in 1987, first in internal medicine, then in the pneumology department in intensive care and finally in the imaging department where he quickly became interested in interventional radiology. After his internship, he worked one year in Luxembourg with Professor R.F. DONDELINGER in interventional radiology. Doctor GANGI started his clinical training in Strasbourg in November 1991 in the neuroradiology and osteoarticular department with a particular interest in interventional radiology.  He performed his first vertebroplasty in 1989, during his internship, and continued to develop image-guided procedures in interventional oncology, notably under combined guidance of televised scopy associated with CT as well as under MRI guidance.  In 1995, Dr. GANGI completed his post-graduate thesis and obtained his doctorate in physics (laser thermics) at the University of Strasbourg. In the same year, he was appointed as a lecturer at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg and in 2000 he became Associate Professor in Radiology.  Since 2014 he has been working at King's College London for research in interventional oncology and HIFU as a Visiting Professor with Professor Andy ADAM. He holds numerous patents and is the author of over 300 refereed papers. He has over 40 book chapters to his credit and has presented over 500 papers at numerous national and international conferences. Currently, Professor GANGI is the head of the radiology and nuclear medicine department at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg and works in the interventional radiology department, with a special interest in interventional oncology. He actively participates in various international societies and is the former president of the European Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (CIRSE).