Syed Babar, MBBS, FCPS, DMRD, FRCR

Syed Babar, MBBS, FCPS, DMRD, FRCR, is a Consultant Radiologist at London's Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which includes Hammersmith Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and St Mary's Hospital. His area of interest is musculoskeletal and sports medicine imaging. His clients include elite athletes from the English, Australian and Pakistan cricket teams, various English cricket league clubs, Queens Tennis championship, Saracens Rugby Club, and various football teams in the U.K.

He is the imaging consultant for Isokinetic clinics, which is the only sports and rehabilitation centre in London recognised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

Dr Babar has taught hands-on ultrasound courses and demonstrated various injection techniques at the national and international level. He is the current president of the London Sheffield International Teaching Initiative and attends conferences in developing countries, along with conducting hands-on teaching courses.

Dr Babar is also an advisory editor for Clinical Radiology Journal of the Royal College of Radiologists.

• Musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and sports imaging
• Ultrasound-guided injections, including steroid injections
• Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatments
• Hyaluronic acid injections
• Synthetic hydrogel (Arthrosamid) injections
• Hydrodilation

• MBBS, Armed Forces Medical College, Pakistan
• Diploma in medical radiology and diagnosis (DMRD), University of Liverpool
• Fellowship in body radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Dr Babar is a co-author of several books, including:

• "An Atlas of Gynecologic Oncology. Investigation and Surgery" (2018)
• "Primary Adrenal Malignancy" (2004)
• "Interventional Radiology in Liver Transplantation" (2002)
• "Upper limb venous thrombolysis: The Paget-Schroetter syndrome" (2000)
• "Ilio-femoral venous thrombolysis and stenting" (2000)
• "North Thames Part 2B FRCR Rapid Reporting Self-Assessment CD-ROM” (2000)

His journal publications include:

• Shankar KR, et al. Posttraumatic high-flow priaprism: Treatment with selective embolisation. Pediatric Surgery International. 2000;16:454.
• Kumaradevan J, et al. Complications of abdominal biopsy. Imaging. 2000;12:226.
• Spontaneous epidural hematomas. S. A Babar, Dr. P Brooks, Clinical MRI. Nov. 2000.
• Babar S, et al. MRI of post-discectomy lumbar spine. Clinical Radiology. 2002;57:969.
• CT of indeterminate renal space-occupying lesions. S. Babar, R.H. Reznek. Applied Radiology. Nov. 2002.
• Unsuspected bronchiectasis in COPD. Prevalence, extent and relationship to  bacterial colonisation and sputum inflammatory markers. Scientific session. Radiology. Nov 2002; 225 (p): 623.
• CT and MRI appearances of the adrenal glands in primary adrenal Cushing's syndrome.  A.G. Rockall, S. Babar, S.A. Sohaib, A. Isidori, A.B. Grossman, R. H. Reznek. Scientific poster. Radiology supplement. Nov 2002; 225 (p): 125.
• Babar S, et al. Imaging evaluation of a pelvic lump. Obstetrics, Gyanecology and Reproductive Medicine. 2003; 13:114.
• Rockall AG, et al. CT and MR imaging of the adrenal glands in ACTH-independent Cushing syndrome. Radiographics 2004;24:435.
• Rockall AG, et al. Diagnostic performance of nanoparticle-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of lymph node metastases in patients with endometrial and cervical cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2005;23:2813. Erratum in Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2005;23:4808.
• Rockall AG, et al. Can MRI rule out bladder and rectal invasion in cervical cancer to help select patients for limited EUA? Gynecologic Oncology. 2006;101:244.
• Magnetic resonance imaging appearances of recurrent cervical carcinoma. Babar S, Rockall A, Goode A, Shepherd J, Reznek R; International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 2007;17:637.
• Human 5-HT transporter availability predicts amygdala reactivity in vivo. Rhodes RA, Murthy NV, Dresner MA, Selvaraj S, Stavrakakis N, Babar S, Cowen PJ, Grasby PM. Journal of Neuroscience. 2007;27:9233.
• MRI demonstration of the effect of neoadjuvant radiotherapy on rectal carcinoma. Jacques AE, Rockall AG, Alijani M, Hughes J, Babar S, Aleong JA, Cottrill C, Dorudi S, Reznek RH. Acta Oncologica. 2007;46:989.
• Synovial and tenosynovial lipoma arborescens of the ankle in an adult: A case report. Babar SA, Sandison A, Mitchell AW. Skeletal Radiology. 2008;37:75.
• Musculoskeletal ultrasound in adults. Harvey CJ, Hart JL, Lloyd CR, Babar S. British Journal of Hospital Medicine (London). 2008;69:M100.
• Spontaneous rupture of the uterus secondary to placenta percreta with conservation of the uterus. Soliman N, Babar SA. J Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2010;30:517.
• Re: Can MRI predict the diagnosis of endometrial carcinosarcoma?  Bharwani N, Newland A, Tunariu N, Babar S, Sahdev A, Rockall A, Reznek R. Clinical Radiology. 2012;67:396.
• MRI appearances of uterine malignant mixed müllerian tumors. Bharwani N, Newland A, Tunariu N, Babar S, Sahdev A, Rockall AG, Reznek RH. AJR American Journal of Roentgenology. 2010;195:1268.
• Adalimumab-induced remission of anterior scleritis: A very rare late manifestation of Takayasu arteritis. Sameen Akhtar, Syed Babar, Susan Lightman, Justin C Mason. Rheumatology. 2015;54:2288.
• Dose finding quantitative 18 F-FDG PET imaging study with oral Pan-AKT inhibitor GSK2141795 in patients with gynecologic malignancies. Gungor H. Saleem A, Babar S et al. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2015;56:1828.
• A rare life-threatening presentation of Takayasu arteritis. Andrew Porter, Taryn Younstein, Syed Babar, Justin Mason. Rheumatology. 2021;60(suppl 3):iii6.

• Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS)
• Member, Royal College of Radiologists

• English
• Urdu