24 Sep
ESUR 2026
Join us for the ESUR symposium from 24th to 27th September 2026, in Paris, France.https://www.paris2026.esur.org/general-information/
ARGANZ Research Focus Group
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Dr Numan Kutaiba (lead)
Austin Hospital, VIC
Numan finished medical training at the University of Baghdad, Iraq. He moved to Australia and completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology prior to training in Radiology at Austin Health. He currently works at Austin Health as an abdominal and breast radiologist. He is undertaking a part-time PhD in artificial intelligence for liver imaging. -
Dr Manil Chouhan
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLDManil is a clinical and academic radiologist at the largest hepato-pancreatico-biliary referral centre in Queensland and is also an honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Queensland. He undertook his clinical radiology training in the UK at University College London Hospital (UCLH), subspecialising in HPB, upper GI imaging and non-vascular abdominal intervention at the Royal Free Hospital and UCLH in 2017. He completed a translational preclinical/clinical PhD in MRI of chronic liver disease in 2015. Manil’s main academic interest lies in the development, translation and application of quantitative imaging methods for the evaluation of HPB disease. His research interests and skills span both preclinical and clinical domains and include industry-sponsored multicentre trials reliant on primary MRI-based outcome measures. -
Dr Jessica Yang
Royal Prince Alfred and Concord Hospitals, and Macquarie University Hospital, NSW
Dr Jessica Yang graduated from UNSW in 2000. She is a staff specialist radiologist at Royal Prince Alfred and Concord Hospitals, and Macquarie University Hospital in Sydney. She subspecialises in abdominal and pelvic imaging and works closely with clinical specialties and is an active member of multidisciplinary team meetings including liver, colorectal, IBD, paediatric IBD and pelvic floor. She is involved in multiple research projects, frequently in collaboration with clinical specialties. Her team’s research on abbreviated MRI for HCC surveillance was awarded the Mendelson Research Prize in 2019 and the project is currently being funded by two grants for a prospective pilot study. She is one of the chief investigators on the SCANPatient research project which received MRFF grant funding. Her research has been published in high impact factor journals such as Radiology, Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology, European Radiology and Abdominal Radiology. Jessica was an author on the ESGAR consensus statement on the imaging of fistula-in-ano and other causes of anal sepsis. Jessica has been invited to speak at international and national meetings and workshops including at the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) meetings.
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A/Prof Tom Sutherland
A/Prof Tom Sutherland is an abdominal radiologist. He has authored over 80 peer review articles and a number of text book chapters. He has a strong interest in health advocacy and keeping things simple.