Alan Moody MBBS, FRCP, FRCR

Senior Scientist, Physical Sciences, Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Staff Physician, Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Chair and Professor, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto

Associate Professor, Institute of Medical Science, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto

Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto

Research Focus

    Vascular imaging
    Vascular biology
    Atheroma
    Perfusion
    Thrombosis
    Disease process

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has rapidly established itself as a major imaging technique for the visualization of vascular diseases. In particular, magnetic resonance direct thrombus imaging (MRDTI) provides a closer, more in-depth look into occluded arteries, providing information never seen before, and has the potential of changing the standard of imaging everywhere. This new MRI technique aims at early diagnosis and intervention to prevent strokes and heart attacks by detecting vulnerable plaques in arteries of patients who are asymptomatic.

Dr. Moody and his team are interested in developing and incorporating such imaging techniques in a comprehensive effort to identify and stabilize vulnerable plaques in one integrated procedure. Applications of MRDTI in the coronary, renal arteries and aorta are also underway.

The following areas are also under investigation using MRDTI: Ischemia; treatment of occlusive vascular disease; atherosclerotic plaque in the coronary and neurovascular circulations; deep venous thromboses; and diagnostic utility in endometriosis.