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Consultant Interventional Radiologist 

Dr Mladen Macanovic graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine in London in 2001 and after completing a basic surgical rotation in East London moved on to complete Clinical Radiology Training at the Peninsula Radiology Academy in Plymouth.  This was followed by a one year Canadian Interventional Radiology Fellowship specializing in Vascular and non-Vascular Intervention in 2011.  He has since been employed as a Interventional Radiology consultant in the U.K. 

Interventional areas of expertise: He undertakes a full range of vascular and non-vascular procedures including angioplasty/stent insertions in peripheral vascular disease, thrombolysis for arterial and venous occlusions, venous recanalization and stenting, renal dialysis access interventions, line insertions, IVC filter placements, uterine fibroid and testicular vein embolization, pelvic vein embolization, trauma/haemorrhage embolization, biliary and urological interventions, TIPS, gastrostomy placements, gastroduodenal/colonic stents. 
He has performed complex EVAR procedures including fenestrated infrarenal and IBD cases.  Since starting at Derriford as a consultant in 2014, he has undertaken infrarenal and thoracic EVAR cases as joint procedures with the vascular surgical colleagues.

Dr Macanovic's non arterial interventional interest lies in interventional oncology and he independently performs TACE, lung and liver tumour ablations. He hasa special interest in the management of low flow vascular malformations.

Together with my IR colleagues, Dr Macanovic has an IR clinic where he pre-assesses and review patients undergoing interventional radiology procedures.

Diagnostic Interests:  Vascular imaging studies and general body CT reporting.   Dr Macanovic has a regular general ultrasound list and contributes to the general plain film reporting.