Dr Allan Thomas | Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist

Dr Allan Thomas is a Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist (a radiologist specialised in disorders of the brain, spine as well as the Head & neck). He was born in Trinidad and Tobago and graduated from St Mary’s College. He went on to obtain his medical degree and specialist DM in Radiology from the University of the West Indies. He spent the final year of his DM training in the United Kingdom where he pursued an in depth exposure to Neuroradiology. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiology (FRCR) in the United Kingdom in 2001 and went on to do Fellowship training in cross sectional neuroradiology, Head & Neck Radiology as well as Interventional Neuroradiology in London and Nottingham. He has since held Consultant Interventional Neuroradiology posts in Nottingham and Birmingham in the UK continuously from 2003 to 2019 before accepting a new post in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand since August 2019.

Dr Thomas has a tremendous wealth of experience in neuro-oncology, neurovascular, diagnostic and interventional services as well as ENT & skull base imaging. He has been a highly regarded proctor for novel interventional neuroradiology devices supervising physicians throughout North and South America as well as Europe. He is a neuroradiology tutor having instructed many physicians in the UK who have gone on to head their local neurointervention services. He has participated in numerous cancer, spinal intervention and stroke intervention trials. He has co-authored articles in his field in JNIS, AJNR and British Journal of Neurosurgery. He is currently the Head of Interventional Radiology at Waikato Te Whatu Ora.