Sunit Davda, MBBS

Sunit Davda, MBBS, received his medical degree with distinction at King’s College London in 2011 and became board certified as a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, UK (FRCR) in 2017. Dr. Davda has also been board certified in diagnostic radiology by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC). Dr. Davda completed his residency at St. Bartholomew and the Royal London Hospital NHS Trust, followed by fellowships in Pediatric Diagnostic Radiology (2019) and Pediatric Interventional Radiology (2020) at the SickKids Hospital, University of Toronto. Dr. Davda served as a Consultant in Pediatric Interventional Radiology at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital (2020-24).

Dr. Davda’s expertise is pediatric interventional radiology procedures ranging from neonates to young adults, as well as multimodality imaging of children. Dr. Davda’s subspecialty interests include complex conventional airway intervention, musculoskeletal pediatric intervention, gastrointestinal intervention, lymphatic intervention, and pediatric vascular access.

As a clinician, Dr. Davda has contributed to audit and quality improvement efforts, serving as the Audit and M&M lead for IR. Successful projects have included improving renal biopsy results and outcomes, improving access for patients lost to clinic follow-up during COVID, reducing infection rates in implantable venous ports, and improving the consent process in pediatric IR. As a fellow he was an inaugural member of the Patient and Family Advisory Group for the imaging department at SickKids Hospital, advising on a range of family led improvements to the department.

Dr. Davda has published book chapters on lymphatic malformations in children, and research includes pediatric lymphoma, imaging of peritoneal dialysis complications, and the spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis. Dr. Davda is a co-investigator on the Multiomic Analysis of Paediatric Joint and Gut Inflammation (MAP-JAG) study. Dr. Davda’s international presentations include congenital tracheal anomalies, vascular access in children with complex anatomy, GI complications in pediatric intervention, chest intervention, bronchopleural fistulas in necrotic pneumonias, and complications of orbital sclerotherapy. Dr. Davda is also a reviewer for Pediatric Radiology.

Dr. Davda teaches IR fellows, radiology residents, medical students, nurses, technologists, advanced healthcare practitioners, and international observers on topics including central venous access, renal biopsies, nephrostomy insertion, and esophageal intervention. Dr. Davda is passionate about people development and has been a certified Executive Coach since 2022. He was appointed a RadReach Mentor for widening participation by the Royal College of Radiologists.