Dr Nigel Hacking, Consultant Radiologist
Dr Nigel Hacking is a Consultant Radiologist in the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. He specialises in Interventional Radiology and is one of the world pioneers in Uterine Fibroid Embolisation (UFE). He is the Founder and Medical Director of ‘Fibroid Caribbean’ and ‘UK Fibroid Experts’ groups and performs UFE in Southampton, The Princess Grace Hospital, London, in the Caribbean in Trinidad and Barbados and has set up UFE services in India and is setting up a service in Nairobi, Kenya during 2009.
Dr Hacking has a strong interest in non vascularRelating to blood vessels. Interventional Radiology and particularly embolisation in a variety of different tumours. He has one of the largest UK experiences in Trans Arterial Chemo Embolisation (TACE) for liverA large abdominal organ that has many important roles including the production of bile and clotting factors, detoxification, and the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats. cancers and is one of the first Interventional Radiologists to offer embolisation for bony and soft tissueA group of cells with a similar structure and a specialised function. metastasesSecondary tumours’ that result from the spread of a malignant tumour to other parts of the body. from kidneyOne of two bean-shaped organs that are located on either side of the body, below the ribcage. The main role of the kidneys is to filter out waste products from the blood. as well as liver cancers.
UFE was first described in 1995 and introduced into the UK in 1997. Starting in the UK in 1998 and the Caribbean in 1999 Dr Hacking has gained one of the most extensive experiences in UFE in the world. Over 1400 cases have been treated to date. ‘Fibroid Caribbean Ltd’ was founded in 2004 to coordinate UFE throughout the Caribbean region and offer advice to Caribbean women living at home or overseas.
Dr Hacking presents his findings regularly at UK and International conferences throughout the world, is widely published in peer-reviewed journals and acts as a reviewer for many journals himself. He runs a very successful Fellowship in non-vascular Interventional Radiology in Southampton and provides extensive training for established consultants in Interventional Radiology in UFE both in Southampton and through regular workshops in the Caribbean.
Dr Hacking has worked extensively in the fields of Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Gynaecological diagnostic and Interventional Radiology since 1987. Following training at the Middlesex and St Mary’s Hospitals in London he received his Radiological training in Southampton. He was appointed as a Consultant at Southampton University Hospitals in 1991 in Interventional and Abdominal Radiology. He has pioneered all the latest advances in Obstetric, Gynaecological, Liver, biliary and Pancreatic and Oncological Interventional Radiology since that time.
