Dr. Deepak P. Patkar is a senior consultant radiologist with over three decades of clinical, academic and leadership experience. As Director – Medical Services & Head of Imaging at Nanavati Max, he is recognised for his expertise in neuroradiology, advanced MRI techniques and teleradiology. He has a long record of teaching, organising major national imaging courses and leading imaging programs that serve both clinical and academic communities.

Education & Advanced Training:

• MBBS – School of Physiotherapy, BYL Nair Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai, 1977
• MD – Radio Diagnosis/Radiology – School of Physiotherapy, BYL Nair Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai, 1980
• Visiting Fellow at Guy’s Hospital, London (1989) with exposure to neuroradiology, MRI, CT, mammography and Doppler.
• Short visiting fellowship at UCSF, San Francisco (1993) in advanced neuroradiology and musculoskeletal imaging.
• MR Spectroscopy training, Pasadena, California (2000).
• Peripheral MR Angiography training, Cornell University, New York (2000).
• Cardiac MRI workshop, Bangkok (2003).
• Attended RSNA meetings in 1993, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2011.

Professional Experience:

• Director – Medical Services & Head – Imaging, Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai.
• Nearly three decades of extensive radiology experience in both the UK and India.
• Director of Telediagnosys Services Pvt. Ltd., providing teleradiology services to the US, Africa and the Middle East.
• Organiser and faculty for the Nanavati Max MRI Teaching Course (since 2001).
• Organising Secretary for the 60th Annual Conference of IRIA, Mumbai (2007).
• Has organised multiple conferences and academic events for IRIA and MSRA.

Professional Memberships & Roles:

• Past Chairman / senior office-bearer of the Indian College of Radiology & Imaging (ICRI) and IRIA (Maharashtra Chapter).
• Core committee member of the Society for Cancer Research and Communication (SCRAC).
• Faculty radiologist for national training programs conducted by Wipro GE, Blue Star and others.

Awards & Achievements:

• Organizer of the annual Nanavati Max MRI Teaching Course, attended by 300–350 radiologists from India and abroad.
• Key organiser and contributor to national radiology conferences and CME programmes.
• Recognised nationally for academic leadership in radiology education and training.
• Organizing Secretary of 60TH annual conference of IRIA – 2007, Mumbai 4th – 7th January, 2007, which was attended by 3500 radiologist across country.

Speciality Interests:

• Undergraduate and postgraduate teacher for DNB Radiology under the National Board of Examinations (2002–present).
• Faculty radiologist for Wipro GE Medical Systems and Blue Star Medical Systems, conducting academic and training activities across India.
• Conducts structured training courses in neuroradiology, MRI and CT for postgraduate students and practicing radiologists.
• Provided MRI training for radiology students from B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, T.N. Medical College (1992–2009) and Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital.

Research Papers & Publications:

General MRI & Neuroradiology Studies:

• MR evaluation of supratentorial neoplasms
• Role of MRI in posterior fossa neoplasms
• MRI of sella and parasellar region
• MRI in cervical spine trauma
• MR artefacts and radiographic stagings
• MRI in degenerative lumbar spine diseases
• Role of MRI in spinal dysraphism
• MRI in Wilson’s disease
• MR demonstration of ectopic neurohypophysis (3 cases)
• MR features in lingual thyroglossal duct cyst
• Splenium demyelination mimicking neoplastic process
• MRI in pituitary tuberculosis
• Central pontine myelinolysis, ADEM and Diastematomyelia
• Mediastinal lipomatosis
• Multiple bone infarcts and AVN

Infectious, Inflammatory & Tuberculosis-Related Studies:

• Sacral tuberculosis: review of 15 cases
• Craniovertebral junction tuberculosis: 29 cases
• Posterior element tuberculosis of spine: 22 cases
• Sterno-clavicular tuberculosis: 15 cases
• Extra-spinal appendicular tubercular arthritis: pictorial essay
• MR imaging in intramedullary tuberculomas (series of 9 cases)
• Intramedullary cysticercosis (3 cases)
• Orbital cysticercosis: imaging of 9 cases
• Spinal intradural arachnoid cyst post-tuberculous meningitis
• Isolated sacral tuberculosis: 15 cases
• Tuberculosis of sternum and clavicle: 15 cases

Congenital, Developmental & Paediatric Imaging:

• Focal pachygyria: case report
• Diastematomyelia with epidermoid tumour: case report
• Joubert syndrome: case report and review
• Persistent Mullerian Duct Syndrome with teratoma: case report
• Hemimegalencephaly (multiple case reports)
• Ectopic pituitary gland and anterior hypopituitarism in children
• Ultrafast MRI in prenatal diagnosis of Bourneville’s tuberous sclerosis
• Antenatal diagnosis of iniencephaly (indexed publication)
• Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation: antenatal MRI
• Cephalothoracopagus Janiceps twins: ultrafast MRI
• Hypothalamic hamartomas (multiple reports)

Tumor, Neoplasm & Oncology-Related Work:

• Aggressive fibromatosis: intrathoracic extension (3-case series)
• Giant rheumatoid synovial cyst: case report
• Intracranial ruptured suprasellar dermoid (2 cases)
• Multiple intracranial lipomas with corpus callosum hypogenesis and schwannoma
• Pigmented villonodular synovitis: unusual bilateral hip involvement
• Giant hypothalamic hamartoma with cystic changes
• Giant hepatic artery aneurysm: imaging findings
• Sternoclavicular joint tuberculosis imaging
• Tumoral calcinosis: MR findings
• Fibromatosis around the shoulder joint (4-case series)
• Intrasellar arachnoid cysts: 3-case report and literature review
• Intramedullary lipomas: MR features (multiple reports)

Neurocutaneous & Systemic Disorders:

• Extensive gliomas of visual tracts in neurofibromatosis
• Carotico-cavernous fistula in neurofibromatosis
• Multiple meningiomas in neurofibromatosis
• Hallervorden-Spatz disease: MR findings
• Proteus syndrome: cerebral, cranial, facial and neck involvement
• Wegener’s granulomatosis involving CNS

Musculoskeletal & Spine Imaging:

• Vertebral body osteonecrosis in DISH
• Spinal cord cavernous angiomas
• Cystic lumbar nerve sheath tumours (5 cases)
• Avascular necrosis of spine: rare appearance
• MRI of intramedullary lipomas
• Myodil arachnoiditis: MR features and review

Indexed Publications:

• Antenatal diagnosis of iniencephaly – Korean Journal of Radiology (2007)
• MRI diagnosis of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy – Skeletal Radiology (2007)
• Multiple intramedullary lipomas with intramedullary dermoid – Spine Journal (2007)
• Caudal regression syndrome with sacral rib – Acta Radiologica (2006)
• Spontaneous intracranial hypotension – Australasian Radiology (2006)
• Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva imaging – Pediatric Radiology (2006)
• Acute alcohol ingestion MR spectroscopy diagnosis – Australasian Radiology (2006)
• Bilateral optic pathway glioma with calcification – Australasian Radiology (2005)
• Hippocampal volumetric MRI in children – Neuroradiology (2005)
• Tuberculous arthritis: MR appearances – European Journal of Radiology (2004)
• Moyamoya disease: MR perfusion – Neurology India (2004)
• Hemimegalencephaly with tuberous sclerosis – Australasian Radiology (2003)
• Isolated vertebral body tuberculosis – Clinical Radiology (2003)
• Kernicterus: MRI findings – Australasian Radiology (2003)
• Intramedullary cysticercosis – Neuroradiology (2001)
• Tuberculosis of sternum & clavicle – Skeletal Radiology (2000)
• Hepatic artery aneurysm: imaging – Journal of Postgraduate Medicine (2000)