A University of Queensland Medical School graduate, Dr Darren Ault completed his registrar training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital with further fellowship training in musculoskeletal and body MR imaging at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital in the UK. His interests include all aspects of MR imaging with a particular interest in musculoskeletal and oncology imaging. Dr Ault also has an interest in breast imaging and is a visiting radiologist at the Wesley Breast Clinic. Dr Ault has worked as a radiologist in private practice at the Wesley Hospital since 2001 apart from a six-month secondment to the UK as Clinical Director of Radiology at the Eccleshill Treatment Centre in Leeds-Bradford.

Radiological Skills & Interests

• Musculoskeletal ultrasound & MRI
• Oncology imaging
• Breast imaging

In 2006 Dr Allan Avery graduated from the James Cook University School of Medicine with Honours. Dr Avery undertook his radiology training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital including a year of advanced training in MRI and cross-sectional imaging. He then undertook a fellowship in abdominal and pelvic imaging at the Joint Department of Medical Imaging in Toronto, Canada. Dr Avery is passionate about Radiology and has a keen interest in education and training. His clinical speciality interests include MR imaging, abdominal/pelvic imaging and neuroradiology.

Radiological Skills & Interests

• Oncology imaging
• MR imaging: abdominal/pelvic imaging, neuroimaging

Dr John (Dan) Hilton is a fellowship-trained interventional neuroradiologist who completed his radiology training at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Following specialist qualification in diagnostic radiology, he undertook advanced fellowships in General Interventional Radiology and Advanced Cardiac Imaging at St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. 

Dr Hilton holds Interventional Neuroradiology accreditation through the Conjoint Committee of Interventional Neuroradiology (CCINR). 

His clinical practice is predominantly focused on neurointerventional procedures, with particular expertise in the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms, dural arteriovenous fistulas, and mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke. He also has a strong interest in spinal interventions and middle meningeal artery embolisation for the management of chronic subdural haemorrhage. 

Dr Hilton led the establishment of neurointerventional services at I-MED Radiology’s Wesley Hospital site, where he played a key role in developing protocols and training multidisciplinary staff to deliver safe and effective care for patients requiring complex neurointerventional procedures. 

Radiological skills & interests:

• Intracranial aneurysms
• Dural arteriovenous fistulas
• Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke 
• Spinal interventions 
• Middle meningeal artery embolisation for the management of chronic subdural haemorrhage