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Acute Vascular Imaging Centre

The Acute Vascular Imaging Centre (AVIC) is a purpose-designed clinical research centre embedded in a hospital environment. The centre contains 'high-dependency' bays with facilities for full medical support including anaesthesia. At its core is a fully-equipped interventional angiography suite, functionally conjoined to a 3T MRI scanner by a mechanised rapid transfer system.

AVIC is next to the Emergency Department and the Oxford Heart Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital. An integrated programme of applied clinical research draws on exceptional local expertise and strong collaborations, and will further benefit from developments in Oxford as a Regional Heart Attack Centre and Comprehensive Stroke Centre.

The work of AVIC builds on substantial existing clinical research infrastructure and strong NHS-University links fostered by the Oxford Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre.

AVIC is funded through grants from the following organisations.

• Medical Research Council
• British Heart Foundation
• Wellcome Trust
• National Institute for Health Research
• Wolfson Institute
• Dunhill Medical Trust
• Stroke Association
• Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
• University of Oxford
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds

AVIC Senior Investigators

• Prof Alastair Buchan
  Head of Medical Science Division
  Professor of Clinical Geratology / Hon Consultant Neurologist
• Prof James Byrne
  Professor of Neuroradiology
  Consultant Neuroradiologist
• Prof Keith Channon
  Director of Biomedical Research Centre
  Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
  Hon. Consultant Cardiologist
• Dr Robin Choudhury
  Clinical Director of AVIC
  Wellcome Trust Clinical Fellow
  Hon. Consultant Cardiologist
• Prof Peter Jezzard
  Professor of Neuroimaging
  Herbert Dunhill Professor of Neuroimaging
• Dr James Kennedy
  Group Head of Geratology and Stroke Medicine
  Hon. Consultant Physician
• Prof Stefan Neubauer
  Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
  Hon. Consultant Cardiologist
• Prof Peter Ratcliffe
  Nuffield Professor of Medicine
  Hon. Consultant Physician
• Prof Peter Rothwell
  Professor of Clinical Neurology
  Honorary Consultant Neurologist
• Prof Hugh Watkins
  Head of Cardiovascular Medicine
  Honorary Consultant in Cardiology and General Medicine
• Prof Suzanne Watt
  Professor of Haematology
  National Head of Stem Cells and Immunotherapies