Meet Professor Tze Min Wah, who performed the world’s first non-invasive procedure to destroy kidney tumours using sound waves, and Michael Wright, whose life was changed by it. Discover the science of histotripsy—and the story of a patient who came close to losing a kidney, only to walk away healthy and full of hope.

This podcast was recorded and produced by Under the Mast– creative audio productions and was presented by Caroline Verdon

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Professor Wah has been appointed at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) as Consultant in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology since 2003 with sub-speciality interest in Interventional Oncology. She is passionate about practising evidence-based medicine and committed to the highest standards of research methodology. Since 2004, she has established, developed and leads an internationally recognised, clinical and research programme in Interventional Oncology (IO).

IO is an underrepresented clinical discipline and Professor Wah was inspired by the stories of patients that she had treated, in 2015, she led the formation of Interventional Oncology United Kingdom (IOUK) within British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR) to address this gap and was the founding chair for IOUK(BSIR) from 2015-2018. Subsequently, she led a cross-sectional study highlighting the lack of equity for patients to access IO services in the UK (BMJ open,2017-doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016631).

Her research IO career highlights to date are- Chief Investigator to translate image-guided histotripsy in liver cancer for #Hope4Liver-trial (2021-2023) and featured in NHS-Executive, This innovative cancer treatment is using focused ultrasound technology and the procedure is ‘scalpel-less’, without radiation and offers faster convalescence time for patients.

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