HPB Imaging Course 2026
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- For consultant general radiologists and trainees. Everything the General Radiologist needs to know about HPB Imaging
- Content will be delivered with a practical and comprehensive update on advanced interpretation and reporting practice in HPB imaging
- Format: Short theory presentations, followed by interactive cases on PACS
- CPD: 12 CPD credits in accordance with the CPD Scheme of the Royal College of Radiologists
Pre-course viewing: Introductory session [50 minutes]
A systematic approach to Liver Imaging with practical tips
Dr Gayathri Yogarajah
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Free Hospital
An introductory session for the general radiologist to provide a structured approach to reviewing liver imaging, focusing on the key sequences that should be assessed first.
Day One
60 minutes
Focal Lesions in the non-Cirrhotic liver
Dr Conrad von Stempel
Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, and University College London Hospitals
50 minutes
Focal lesions in the Cirrhotic liver [HCC LIRADS structured reporting, imaging interpretation and management]
Dr Joshua Bell
Consultant Radiologist (HPB), St James's University Hospital, Leeds
60 minutes
Diffuse Liver Disease in the Non-Cirrhotic Liver
Dr Anthie Papadopoulou
Consultant interventional Radiologist, Royal Free London, NHS Foundation Trust
50 minutes
The Benign Pancreas
Dr Mahan Mathur
Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Division Chief: Body Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, USA
60 minutes
Paediatric Liver Disease
Dr Maria Sellars
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
60 minutes
HPB Nuclear Medicine
Dr Ann-Marie Quigley
Consultant in Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
DAY TWO
50 minutes
Liver Trauma
Dr Rashid Akhtar
Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
60 minutes
Portal Hypertension – imaging features, causes complications and management
Dr Wen Ling Woo
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
60 minutes
Pancreatic and Biliary Malignancy
Dr Sara Zafar
Consultant Radiologist, American Hospital, Dubai
50 minutes
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in the Hepatobiliary System
Dr Tim Yusuf
Consultant Interventional Radiologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
60 minutes
MRCP
Dr Priti Dutta
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Free Hospital, London
60 minutes
Post-Surgical and Post-Treatment liver imaging
Dr Nicholas Woodward
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
30 minutes
Some rare and interesting cases
Dr Dominic Yu
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Course highlights
- Faculty of practicing consultant radiologists, experts in their fields, with extensive experience in advancing the HPB skills of peers nationally and internationally.
- No long didactic lectures – short introductory lectures highlighting salient features with the main emphasis on interpreting and learning using our online PACS system
- Comprehensive - covering a full range of HPB topics, from the everyday to once-a decade cases
- Stimulating, interactive, challenging cases
The content
- Focal Lesions in the non-Cirrhotic liver
- Focal lesions in the Cirrhotic liver
- The Benign Pancreas
- Paediatric Liver Disease in the Adult Patient
- Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound
- HPB Nuclear Medicine
- Portal Hypertension – imaging features, causes complications and management
- Pancreatic and Biliary Malignancy
- Imaging in HPB Trauma
- Diffuse Liver Disease in the Non-Cirrhotic Liver
- The Post-Surgical liver
Each session includes:
- A brief introduction by the session lead.
- Cases then reviewed by session lead whom will provide:
- Top tips
- Pitfalls
- Interactive questions
- Take home messages
Course director
Dr Priti Dutta
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Free Hospital, London
Dr Dutta is a consultant interventional radiologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London. She previously served as a consultant interventional radiologist at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
Dr Dutta studied medicine at University College London (UCL), graduating in 2008 with an intercalated BSc in neuroscience.
Her current interests are centred on liver imaging and intervention. She plays an active role in the hospital's regional multidisciplinary team meetings which encompass a wide case mix of hepatobiliary, pancreatic and neuroendocrine tumours, as well as colorectal metastases. She has published on topics including arteriovenous fistula intervention and the relationship of sarcopenia to outcomes in EVAR patients.
She is currently publishing work related to the follow-up of indeterminate liver lesions in cirrhotic patients.
Her day-to-day practice with relation to liver intervention ranges from, transjugular liver biopsies, transarterial liver embolization, liver ablation, portal vein embolization, palliative stenting, TIPS placement and embolization of bleeding varices.
Faculty members
Dr Priyan Tantrige
Consultant Radiologist, Royal London Hospital - Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Joshua Bell
Consultant Radiologist (GI & HPB), St James's University Hospital Leeds Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Bell studied Medicine at the University of Leeds, graduating in 2012 with an intercalated BSc in a medical imaging.
His interests are centred on liver and pancreatic imaging and he is a member of the regional liver and pancreatic cancer MDTs. He also has an interest in liver transplant imaging, particularly in the assessment of live related donors.
Dr Mahan Mathur
Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Division Chief: Body Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Mathur completed his Diagnostic Radiology Residency from Yale-New Haven Hospital where he served as Chief Resident, followed by a Fellowship in Abdominal Imaging and Intervention at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Since 2013, he has served as faculty at the Yale School of Medicine, where he is an Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and Chief of Body Imaging. Dr. Mathur is passionate about Radiology education and mentorship and has been the recipient of the RSNA honored educator award in 2017 as well as number departmental “Teacher” and “Mentor” of the year awards.
Dr Anthie Papadopoulou
Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Ann-Marie Quigley
Consultant in Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Quigley is a Consultant in Nuclear Medicine at the Royal Free, and is also accredited as radiologist.
Her special interests in are in Neuroendocrine imaging and HPB nuclear medicine.
She helps to deliver the radionuclide therapy service, and works closely with the Royal Free interventional radiologists to deliver intra-arterial therapies such as SIRT.
Dr Maria Sellars
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
Dr Conrad von Stempel
Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals
Dr von Stempel graduated from UCL medical school with an additional BSc in anatomy and developmental biology.
Conrad completed his core radiology training at UCH, and after gaining the FRCR, undertook a 2-year fellowship in interventional radiology at the Royal Free Hospital.
He specialises in vascular and urological interventional radiology procedures including angioplasty, complex venous access, and embolisation therapy.
Conrad also works as an interventional radiologist at the Royal Free hospital. He enjoys teaching and lecturing in imaging, anatomy and embryology at UCH and Keble college, Oxford University.
Dr Wen Ling Woo
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, London
Dr Nick Woodward
Dr Nick Woodward has been a consultant interventional radiologist at the Royal Free hospital since 2007. His interests include vascular and non-vascular interventions, as well as HPB and vascular imaging. He is part of the HPB cancer MDT team (which encompasses HCC, neuroendocrine, pancreatic and biliary cancers as well as colorectal liver metastases).
Dr Dominic Yu
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Dominic Yu is a Consultant Radiologist at Royal Free Hospital, London, specialising in hepatobiliary radiology, both diagnostic and interventional. He is particularly interested in liver transplant radiology, management of portal hypertension and radiological treatment of liver tumours.
Dr Tim Yusuf
Consultant Interventional Radiologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Yusuf is a consultant radiologist at King’s College Hospital, with a specialist interest in interventional radiology.
After completing his foundation training in London and Kent he returned to King’s College hospital and completed his radiology training in 2017 and was appointed as a consultant interventional radiologist.
He has since become clinical lead at the DGH site, the Princess Royal University Hospital, and developed the IR department from a limited service to being awarded BSIR pilot status.
Dr Sara Zafar
Dr Sara Zafar is a UK board-certified specialist in Clinical Radiology with work experience in the United Kingdom and Canada. She received her primary medical degree at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, from which she graduated with Honors. She completed her specialty Radiology training in London, UK, having trained at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, among others. She then undertook an Abdominal Imaging Fellowship at the University of Toronto Joint Department of Medical Imaging. Her specialist expertise includes hepatopancreatic biliary imaging, luminal imaging with a focus on inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer, as well as urogynecology imaging, including prostate MRI and endometriosis.
Comments from attendees of this course in 2025
- Intervention cases
- All liver topics extremely well covered. Easy to attend and affordable
- Liver lesions in Non Cirrhotic, Portal hypertension and MRCP
- The structured and comprehensive coverage of HPB imaging and interventions.
- The opportunity to review real clinical cases and discuss practical reporting tips.
- The interactive teaching style with clear explanations and valuable guidance from experienced faculty.
- Comprehensive and to the point
- The variable cases, the interaction with slido and the topics
- The professional attitude of everyone- yet there is a friendly supportive feel to the course- very enjoyable way to learn. Thank you to the entire team.
- Interactive, use of cases, online
- Nice selection of topics. Good speakers. On-demand option.
- Will give me better confidence in evaluating and reporting liver pathology
- Help in my career as a gastroenterology trainee
- This event has enhanced my knowledge and confidence in HPB imaging and reporting.
- It will help me to improve diagnostic accuracy in clinical practice, and support my ongoing professional development
- The way I report – with additional management /next stage after the talk from Wen
- I shall look at the biliary system as another organ- rather than a quick look approach, thanks to Sara Z
- The cases of Dominic – will make me apply first principle and work it out- that was a great one to finish on as it focuses one’s learning to put into practice the talks of the 2 days- Thank you all.
- Has reinforced current practices and in addition provided a lot to reflect upon wrt methods of improving my current reporting template for complex HPB cases.
- Very enjoyable way to learn. Thank you to the entire team.
Comments from attendees of this course in 2024
- Excellent with the standard of lectures and the time-keeping aspect. A very useful course and well worth attending. Thank you to the faculty and organisers.
- Fantastic, good variety of cases covering basic to more complex cases, skilled lecturers, good interaction, good platform for delivery of sessions and very good use of Slido…and attending from home!
- I did enjoy the exposure to loads of cases, focussed on the things that will be helpful on day-to-day practice.
- Excellent. I did not have any issues with Webex at all.
- Very detailed contents in good timing and … 90-day availability of cases!
- Very clear impact on my standard or reporting. I think this is overall a fantastic course and I would recommend to others.
- Occasionally due to sessions overrunning the breaks were quite short, but nothing else comes to mind; all good to me
- Excellent coverage of topics by very knowledgeable speakers.
- Friendly discussion of good cases and use of slido polls and all online.
- A high standard of lectures delivered by experienced lecturers, good mix and number of cases,
- Well organize and good PACS support, when necessary, by Informed staff
- This course surely enhanced and refreshed the HPB imaging and highlighted areas where I might need further training
- This course improved my confidence in several areas of HPB imaging, which will be helpful on day-to-day practice. Has also highlighted a few areas I will need to work on further.
Comments from attendees of this course in 2023
What three things did you like most about the course?
- A truly excellent course – lots of fantastic cases. I thoroughly enjoyed every session.
- The course exceeded my expectations
- Wide range of cases, very good speakers, great IT set-up and support
- It is pitched just right for me, good cases, short breaks and well organized
- Content, Speakers, Time management all very good
- Topics covered; quality of speakers & cases shown
- Good collection of cases, interactive, good pace
- I like a structure and technique to approach cases. Having my differential expanded by seeing unusual things (we don’t all work in teaching hospitals)
- Having a pathophysiological explanation to disease process – knowing why makes it much easier to understand and recall.
- Good range of topics, both general and subspeciality. Excellent cases.
- Range of topic, good selection of cases, excellent speakers.
- Content, excellent cases; interactive and very good delivery via Webex.
- The breadth of cases. The level it was pitched at (I am a generalist at a surgical centre so this was just right). The interaction.
- Good variety of cases, well experienced speakers, sessions very interactive, a very useful course
- Enthusiastic presenters, great cases, plenty of variety
- Knowledgeable and friendly interacting speakers and Infomed support always available.
- Excellent topics and good collection of cases.
- Online course. Good quality lectures. Image viewing system worked well.
- Hands on experience; essential points; variety of cases
- Good content, excellent speakers and cases and the ability to ask questions and have them discussed live
- Good content , interactive presentations by excellent presenters…and from home, no need to travel!
- Live interaction, friendly sessions, good variety of cases
- Good quality lectures, lots of good cases and good streaming service.
What impact will this event have on your future practice and professional development?
- More confidence in reporting HPB cases and improved reporting accuracy
- Would be very useful in day-to-day imaging as it will improve my HPB reporting.
- This course has opened my mind to other odd and simple but odd looking pathologies. I will keep those in mind while I practice.
- High impact, it has boosted my confidence in general HPB reporting
- Sure it would add more depth and skills when reporting hepatobiliary cases
- I have a list of things for further reading to help me in my daily practice.
- I will use knowledge gained from this course in my daily practice as a general radiologist in a DGH.
- Made me a better generalist. I will be clearer in my reports, better able to refer and more willing to ‘have a go’ at a difficult case.
- I have gained a better understanding and good interpretation of imaging
- This will definitely help my HPB reporting as I already feel more confident in reporting HPB MRIs and post operative cases.
- Very useful to update HPB radiology skills.
- Increased knowledge and very useful for MDT and reviewing MR images for reporting other modalities
- Will improve my confidence and hence my practice
- No doubt this improved confidence and certainly helpful for MDT
- Improve my diagnostic skills and reporting quality
Comments from attendees of this course in June 2022
Access to cases for our imaging events
Our imaging courses are very much an interactive experience. Presentations are kept to the minimum and then you'll be into the fully featured cloud based DICOM viewer, looking at cases, feeding back your findings using our interactive tools. You'll get immediate feedback and learning points from our expert faculty member.
- Attendance of the course includes access to the database of cases associated to this event on our server at PostDICOM.
- Full access to each case with a full toolset to open, view and manipulate each case alongside the faculty but on your own screen!
- You will maintain your access to the resource throughout your on-demand service period too.
Sample the DICOM viewer here. A window will load below the buttons (best demonstrated on a computer rather than mobile device)
How to open and use the DICOM cases
How to attend this course
When you book an on-demand course, you will receive a confirmation email with step-by-step instructions on how to access the course and view the associated cases on PACS.
For full guidance, you can watch our tutorial below. If you are still unsure about anything, just send us an email or give us a call — we are always happy to help.
When will I receive my course login?
We will contact you by email one week before the course takes place with all the necessary links and joining information.
We will re-send the links the day before the course.
If you have not received an email from us please contact us at webinars@infomedltd.co.uk and we will respond ASAP.
Will I need any special software to partake?
NO. Infomed shall provide you, upon registration a link to stream the course within your web browser, or you can download a small application to run it as a separate window on your computer. If you would prefer a mobile device, we shall also include a link download an app from the Play Store/App Store.
Can I interact with the speakers?
YES! It is very much encouraged. There will be Q&A sessions chaired by Infomed. You can type your questions in the ‘chat’ facility and they will be put to the speakers.
How I do access my catch-up & CPD certificate?
You can find your catch-up in your account page.
At the end of the catch-up page you will find a link to the feedback form, which will generate your CPD certificate when you submit your feedback.
If the catch-up is not visible in your account, please contact us and we will amend your account ASAP.
How to connect to a live online course
Using the short videos below, we shall guide you through the process of joining a meeting using Webex.
If joining from your own computer
If you are connecting from your own device then it is likely that you will be able to join via the Webex application.
If joining from a trust/institution computer
However, if you are using a computer that is owned and restricted by your trust, then you may find it easier to join via your web browser. Please see the second video for guidance on this process.
Joining Webex using the application on your PC or Mac
Joining Webex using your web browser
Accessing the PACS
Using the short videos below, we shall guide you through the process of opening the PACS and then on to opening, manipulating, and closing a case.
You are welcome to access our demo case set below
View demo cases here
Password: INFOMED
Accessing the database and cases on PACS
Advanced features of PACS
I've connected to a course but can't hear anything
When you connect to a course you should see some introductory slides and hear music.
If you cannot hear any music please check you are connected to the audio.
At the bottom of the webex meeting you may see a button that says “Connect to audio”.
Click this and then select “Use computer for audio” in the pop-up box.
If you have connected by a browser you may need to give your browser access to your microphone in order to connect to the audio.
Click the padlock in the top left of your browser and make sure microphone access is allowed
If this does not resolve your issue please email us or call us on 0204 520 5081
What do I need to join a course?
To join an Infomed Online course you simply need an internet connection and a browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari).
You can also connect from a mobile device: Download the Webex Meetings app from your App Store.
To join a course with a smooth experience, your internet connection must be stable, not connected to a VPN and at least 20Mbps download.
Below you can use the tool to run an internet speed test.
You must test from:
- — the location that you intend the see the course from;
- — withing the location, if using Wi-Fi, the room or department area that you intend to view the course from to ensure a good signal
- — if connecting from home, a computer that is not connected to a workplace VPN
When will the on-demand catch-up be ready?
We aim to make the on-demand catch-up service available to you as quickly as possible.
The recordings will go through editing and then they will be placed on to our e-learning platform. This usually take around 3 working days.
Once they are available, we’ll write to you with the direct link and instructions
You’ll then see the sessions waiting for you on your account. You’ll then have 90 days of access.
Speed test
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To join a course with a smooth experience, your internet connection must be stable, not connected to a VPN and at least 20Mbps download.
Course fee
£295
Fee includes VAT
If you started your course today, you would have access until: Thursday 25 February 2027
What's included
- 120 days of access to the on-demand version of the course with unlimited playback
- Full access and control to the DICOM cases
- CPD Certificate of attendance with 12 CPD points
- Opportunity to submit questions directly to the faculty
- Lots of cases to review and interpret
