Our expert faculty, consisting of expert MSK Radiologists with years of experience in reporting, and disseminating skills and practical knowledge to peers from leading hospitals:
Course director
Dr David Elias
Dr David Elias is a Consultant MSK Radiologist who has worked at King’s College Hospital, London, since 2001. He trained in radiology at the Royal London Hospital and then completed a one year fellowship programme in musculoskeletal imaging in Toronto, Canada. His interests include patellofemoral joint imaging (on which he has several peer reviewed publications), hand and wrist imaging and sports injury imaging.
Faculty members
Dr Andreas Panayiotou
Andreas is a Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at the Alpha Evresis Diagnostic Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus. Prior to this he was a senior specialist registrar at King’s College Hospital London subspecialising in Musculoskeletal and Paediatric Radiology.
During his time at King's he was an associate committee member at the British Society of Skeletal Radiologists, where he was involved in organising national trainee events as well as the development of national guidelines in musculoskeletal radiology.
He is actively involved in academia and medical education with several publications and has written book chapters. He has also lectured on several national and international courses
Dr Paul Sookur
Paul is a consultant MSK radiologist at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, which is a tertiary referral orthopaedic centre for hand & wrist management and paediatric orthopaedics. He has 12 years experience as a consultant. Paul studied at UCL Medical School with an intercalated BSc in Physiology & Pharmacology. He held posts in medicine and obtained membership to the Royal College of Physicians prior to his radiology training at Barts and The London with a subspecialist fellowship year in musculoskeletal and trauma imaging.
Dr Shayan Ahmed
Dr Shayan Ahmed is a Consultant Radiologist at Barts Health NHS Trust with a special interest in musculoskeletal and urological imaging.
Dr Ahmed graduated from Kings College London with a distinction in 2011 and went on to complete his core radiology specialist training in the East Anglia region encompassing hospitals in Cambridge, Essex and Bedfordshire. He undertook higher subspecialty training in musculoskeletal and trauma imaging at two internationally renowned institutions – The Royal National Orthopadic Hospital and Kings College Hospital.
Dr Ahmed regularly teaches on musculoskeletal radiology courses, has presented at international conferences and is actively involved in organising national radiology educational events.
Dr Mo Elsayad
Dr Mohamed Elsayad is a consultant radiologist with a special interest in Musculoskeletal imaging, ultrasound-guided injections and cross-sectional body imaging.
In his current role as a consultant, he has developed an interest in pelvic imaging including Colorectal, Gynaecological & Multiparametric prostate MRI imaging. He is a core member of these Multi-Disciplinary Meetings.
He has established and led the introduction of Microbubble Contrast Ultrasound in the liver and renal imaging.
Dr Elsayad has a Specialist Ultrasound Masters degree, including the abdomen, Pelvis, MSK, Vascular, Gynae, small parts & lumps and bumps.
He teaches many national and local radiology courses. He is passionate about teaching junior doctors and is working with GP partners, clinicians & all Radiology teams to deliver an outstanding service to all patients.
Dr Elsayad plays tennis, loves swimming and enjoys travelling and listening to audiobooks on psychology and human behaviours.