MBBS, MRCP, FRCR
I specialise in chest imaging which includes CT for assessment of airways disease, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer staging and follow up.
I have extensive experience and expertise in MRI imaging for cardiomyopathies, iron overload and ischaemia heart disease which includes stress adenosine MRI imaging. I am the lead for adult congenital heart imaging performing cardiac MRI and CT. I also have expertise in cardiac CT imaging for assessment for coronary artery disease and planning for TAVI procedure and aorta assessment. I also report myocardial perfusion imaging for investigation of ischaemia.
I have been a Consultant Radiologist with a specialist interest in cardiothoracic imaging since 2013.
I completed my radiology training in Leicester which was followed by a cardiothoracic imaging fellowship in Papworth and a further one-year fellowship in cardiac imaging in Toronto General Hospital, Canada.
I have Level 3 BSCI and SCCT accreditation for cardiac CT as well as Level 3 SCMR accreditation for cardiac MRI.
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Aparna Deshpande at Spire include:
Radiology
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MBBS / Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, India / 2000
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MRCP / Manchester / 2004
Member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians
FRCR / Leicester / 2009
Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists
British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
I am the Lead for Accreditation, British Society of Cardiovacular Imaging.
Consultant Radiologist, University Hospitals of Leicester.
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