Message from the Chair

The Department of Imaging and Diagnostic Radiology is committed to providing outstanding patient-centered care by combining excellence in clinical imaging, research, and educational programmes with state-of-the-art technology. 

Led by a team of seven full-time, well-trained faculty, we offer a wide array of outstanding programmes with a deep commitment to developing and disseminating subspecialty expertise whilst maintaining the highest standards of clinical excellence provided in a compassionate and caring environment. 

Our major objectives are to achieve and maintain excellence in patient care, teaching, and research in the fields of Medical Imaging and imaging related procedures. We also offer continuing medical education (CME) and other organised educational programmes. 

Strong collaborative interactions between our department and renowned institutions allow us to send faculty for fellowship programmes which translates into clinical practice by rapidly implementing new imaging and therapeutic innovations. 

​We are extremely proud of our excellent educational programme and because of our regional reputation, we attract the best and the brightest doctors for our residency programme. Teaching is the focus and strength of our academic activities and we have a comprehensive residency programme with a full series of formal lectures in clinical imaging, imaging physics, nuclear medicine, and research methodology. This is supplemented daily by individual teaching of trainees by our entire faculty. Our commitment to excellence translates into the best quality of Radiology services for the entire East African region.


Prof Sudhir Vinayak 

Chair, Department of Imaging & Diagnostic Radiology

Aga Khan University, Medical College​