Dr Aparna Deshpande
Consultant Radiologist
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.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Aparna Deshpande at Spire include:
Radiology
- Cardiac CT scan (heart CT)
- CT scan
- X-ray
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Cardiac radiology
Chest radiology
CT scanning
Special clinical interests: Cardiac Computed Tomography, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging including Stress MRI, Chest Computed Tomography, Myocardial perfusion imaging and Chest radiograph.
Qualification and professional memberships
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
Professional memberships
British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Professional leadership
I am the Lead for Accreditation, British Society of Cardiovacular Imaging.
Current NHS posts
Consultant Radiologist, University Hospitals of Leicester.
Contact information
| Telephone | 0116 265 3038 |