Background 

Dr Dalili is a Consultant Musculoskeletal radiologist with expertise in all aspects of diagnostic and image-guided treatments for orthopaedic, sports, rheumatological and spine conditions.

He graduated from St Bartholomew’s Hospital London in 2010, initially training in plastic surgery, he developed extensive experience as a clinician in traumatic musculoskeletal and sports injuries in the emergency setting. Later his passion for clinical radiology came to fruition following training at the Royal Marsden and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where he witnessed first-hand the profound impact of cutting-edge minimally invasive imaging guided procedures on patient care. Thereafter he undertook specialist clinical radiology training which he completed at Imperial College London and Oxford University Hospitals, with his subsequent musculoskeletal clinical and research experience spanning Europe and the United States. 

His primary interests include all aspects of musculoskeletal imaging, but he has particular expertise in the application of modern imaging techniques to sports and spinal conditions. He has undertaken original work in the application of Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography guided intervention to the bone, joint, muscle and soft tissue diseases. 

He established and leads the Interventional Spine service at Epsom Hospital in Surrey providing minimally invasive treatments and injections for the Southwest London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, a national leader in the field of Orthopaedics.

Dr Dalili lectures and teaches internationally, has contributed widely to the literature, is the lead viva examiner for the European diploma in musculoskeletal radiology and vice-chair of the ESSR Educational committee.

Skills

• MRI scan reporting – a specialist in orthopaedic, sports, spinal & rheumatological conditions; whole-body cancer screening.
• Diagnostic ultrasound of muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, nerves and soft tissues, including lumps and bumps.
• Ultrasound-guided diagnostic and therapeutic injections of tendon sheaths, bursae, joints, nerves, trigger finger (including percutaneous release), Morton’s neuroma and barbotage for calcific tendinopathy. 
• Ultrasound-guided high volume injections for frozen shoulder and tendinopathy.
• Fluoroscopic and CT guided spinal nerve root blocks, vertebroplasty, facet joint injections, facet cyst disruptions, radiofrequency and cryoablation of bone and nerves (rhizolysis).
• MRI guided spinal nerve root blocks and arthrograms. 
• Radiology and referral advice for all health care professionals.

Education

2010 – MB BS University of London, St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London

2018 – FRCR Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists

2019 – EDiMSK European Diploma in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Honours and Awards

June 2021 – European Society of Skeletal Radiology (ESSR) Young Researchers Grant 

“MR-guided Cryoablation for the Treatment of Pelvic Pain Syndrome (PPS)” 

New York Langone Health, New York University, NYU, New York, USA

April 2021 – Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR) & International Skeletal Society (ISS) Scientific presentation award 2021 

“MR Neurography-guided nerve blocks distinguish sitting pain of pudendal nerve and posterior femoral cutaneous nerve origins”

Annual Meeting 2021, Virtual congress

November 2020 – 106^th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the 

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Magna Cum Laude Award

“Cinematic Rendering of Musculoskeletal MRI: Principles, Strategies, Applications and Limitations” Chicago, USA

November 2020 – European Society of Skeletal Radiology (ESSR) & 

Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR) Best Scientific presentation award

“Percutaneous sclerotherapy of spinal aneurysmal bone cysts causing neurological compromise: preliminary experience with a novel technique” 

Virtual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden

November 2020 – British Society of Skeletal Radiologists (BSSR) Travelling grant award      

Minimally invasive percutaneous spinal augmentation and screw stabilisation

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Nice, France

June 2019 – Royal College of Radiologists International Travelling Fellowship award      

Travelling Professorship with funding to carry out philanthropic 

international activity, teaching radiology residents in remote regions: 

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh India in 2020-2022

June 2019 – Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions contributory grant for travelling fellowship                 

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,

Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

February 2019 – British Society of Skeletal Radiologists (BSSR) Travelling grant award                

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America                                                                  

December 2018 – European School of Radiology (ESR) Clinical Fellowship grant award                    

Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Musculoskeletal applications and 

Novel sequences for Metal artefact suppression

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America  

November 2018 – European School of Radiology (ESR) Invest in the Youth scholarship        

“CT metal artefact reduction techniques; monoenergetic reconstructions and post-processing algorithms in patients with total ankle arthroplasty implants (TAAI)”   

Vienna, Austria

June 2018 – European Society of Skeletal Radiology (ESSR) & 

Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR) Scientific presentation award 

The added value of a CT based Modified Mirel’s classification 

in the management of skeletal metastases

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Positions

St Luke’s Radiology Oxford Ltd

2021 to present – Consultant Radiologist

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals

2021 to present – Consultant Radiologist

European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology

2019 to present – Lead viva examiner for European Diploma

2020 to present – Vice-chair of the educational committee

Adviser

2021 to present – Stryker Corporation

Past Positions 

2019-2020, Executive board member British Society of Skeletal Radiologists

Affiliations

British Society of Skeletal Radiologists

British Institute of Radiology

European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology

British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine

Royal College of Radiologists

Society of Skeletal Radiologists 

Publications

Over 80 peer-reviewed publications and 20 book chapters.