Professor Andrew Holden is Director of Northern Region Interventional Radiology Service and is based at Auckland City Hospital as well as Professor of Radiology at the University of Auckland. He is also Co-Director of the Auckland Endovascular Service. Dr Holden is on the influential RANZCR Interventional Radiology Committee, a member of IRSA (Interventional Society of Australasia) and national representative of both APSCVIR and ESGAR. He is a past examiner for RANZCR. He holds the EBIR (European Board of Interventional Radiology) Diploma. Dr Holden was Convenor of the successful APSCVIR Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland in March 2018 and is Immediate Past-President of the Asia-Pacific Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (APSCVIR).

Dr Holden is the author of over 100 articles in peer reviewed journals and five book chapters. His interests include vascular interventional procedures including advanced endovascular aneurysm repair techniques and revascularization in claudication and critical limb ischaemia. Other interests include interventional oncology and advanced liver imaging.

To date, Dr Holden has been involved in over 75 medical device trials, many “first in human” and many as Principal Investigator. He co-directs the Vascular Intervention Research Unit at Auckland Hospital.

In 2018, Dr Holden was recognized for his contribution to vascular and endovascular intervention by being awarded an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) medal.