IR, as a subspeciality, first came to my knowledge during my internship in 2015. 6 years later, IR was still intriguing me with its innovation where countless tools can be used in various ways creating new techniques to help patients in a minimally invasive manner.

Throughout my residency & fellowship at Ain Shams University IR unit in Egypt, I’ve been trained by one of the best IR teams in the Middle East; having observed, assisted on & performed hundreds of visceral interventional procedures. If you can name it, we can do it; be it vascular or non-vascular, in the adult or pediatric age group.

IR also feeds my passion for ”learning via teaching”. Training younger colleagues impels me to constantly grow my knowledge base & revise the basics of the trade. Teaching later inspired my applauded talks; the PAIRS 2018 oral presentation about pediatric central venous access & the online introductory presentation about HCC interventions as a part of the renowned series (Was Once A Beginner) of the PAIRS  RFS committee.

Simultaneously, I’ve attended many IR webinars during the Covid-19 lockdown to be exposed to different international IR experiences. I am currently working on my publications as I hope to contribute to the IR body of knowledge one day.

Dr Zeinab Aly, MBBCh, MSc.