Dr. Jamal Aldeen Alkoteesh is a pioneering interventional radiologist (IR), the Chief of Interventional Radiology and Medical Director of SEHA Radiology, and IR Consultant at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) in Abu Dhabi. With over 25 years of experience, he is widely regarded as the “Godfather of Interventional Radiology” in Abu Dhabi, having established the UAE’s first interventional radiology services in 2007. Dr. Alkoteesh has performed over 75,000 procedures, introducing advanced techniques such as TIPS, acute stroke interventions, prostate artery embolisation, and thermal ablation for thyroid tumours. He recently introduced new state-of-the-art IR procedures in thermal ablation and arterial embolization. He is also a professor at UAE University, shaping the next generation of radiologists.