Alexander Loizides

Interventional Radiologist

Alexander Loizides is associate professor of Radiology, Deputy Head of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Sonography, at the Medical University of Innsbruck’s Department of Radiology, where he completed his specialization with focus on musculoskeletal and interventional sonography (Habilitation thesis on peripheral nerve sonography).

Dr. Loizides is author and co-author of numerous articles published in international journals as well as a number of books and is editor of the books “Nerve Sonography” published in 2018 and “Sonographic Peripheral Nerve Topography” published in 2019. He acts, as a reviewer for several scientific journals, is member of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the Österreichische Röntgengesellschaft (ÖRG) and Head of the musculoskeletal and interventional working committee of the Austrian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (ÖGUM).

His passion for ultrasound and his focus on musculoskeletal-, nerve sonography and ultrasound guided interventions made him a founding member of the “DISI – Verein zur Förderung sonographischer Wissensgewinnung”. Together with his colleagues, Dr. Loizides is organizing workshops and giving lectures on international congresses (ECR, RSNA, ESSR, etc.) to improve the quality of ultrasound-guided treatments and move the boundaries to new diagnostic fields.