Training within the Image Guided Therapy Research Facility (IGTRF)

Professor Iris Q Grunwald is the Director of IGTRF, Chair of Neuroradiology at the University of Dundee, and a Consultant Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiologist at NHS Tayside.  With over 20 years’ experience in interventional procedures, she is also the Vice-President for the World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST). In this role she is focused on guiding clinicians and hospitals in establishing stroke thrombectomy and carotid stenting services.  

WIST training guidelines

Together with leading experts in the fields from interventional radiology, neuroradiology, neurosurgery, stroke, neurology, cardiology, anaesthesia and general medicine, as well as representatives of allied healthcare professionals (nurses, radiographers) Iris has been pivotal in establishing the WIST competency-based training guidelines.

WIST accreditation

IGTRF and WIST deliver an accredited educational course on acute stroke treatment in a real cath-lab environment (Siemens ARTIS Icono). The course focuses on interventional stroke treatment, providing an insight into the whole clinical pathway of stroke management – from centre set-up, patient assessment on the basis of clinical symptoms and imaging, procedure and post-procedural care, as well as management of complications.  Interventionalists and the whole stroke team are trained on a high-fidelity medical simulator (Simbionox Angio Mentor) and interventional procedures can be practised on our unique whole body perfused human cadaveric stroke model, the most life-like model for training and device testing available to date.

ICCA Stroke

This annual conference with lectures from leading experts in the field guides you through different aspects of stroke treatment and carotid stenting.  With interactive workshops and live and recorded cases you will learn how to remove clots from the brain and make a real difference to the life of your patients.

ICCA Stroke conference