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Dr Monika Radikė (nee Aržanauskaitė)

Consultant Radiologist

Contact Details

Personal Assistant 

Responsibilities at LHCH

  • Consultant in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Imaging 2017-present
  • Trust Specialty Training Lead (Health Education North West School of Radiology) 2017-2023
  • NIHR CRN NWC Research Scholar 2022-2023

Area of Practice       

  • Multimodality cardiovascular and thoracic imaging

Special Clinical Interests

  • Cardiac imaging, including ischaemia assessment
  • Cardiac tumours and onco-cardiology
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Parenchymal and interstitial lung disease

Research Interests

  • Cardiomyopathy and ischaemia
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Structural heart disease
  • Cardiac tumours
  • Parenchymal and interstitial lung disease
  • Education/Training/Career Development

Current Membership of Professional Regional and National Bodies  

  • The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
  • British Medical Association (BMA)
  • General Medical Council (GMC) and Medical Defence Union (MDU)
  • European Society of Radiology (ESR)
  • Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
  • European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI) – Board member
  • European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR)
  • European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
  • Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) – Board member

Languages Spoken   

  • English, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, not completely forgotten Italian. I understand Scouse and speak perhaps fifteen words of Greek. I have studied German and French in the past.

Why choose LHCH?             

  • Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is a highly specialised centre working as a team for the best patient care.

Training and Education

  • Medical School – Physician/Master/MD in Medicine (Kaunas, Lithuania),
  • Internship in Medicine / Foundation Year Equivalent (Lithuania, Portugal)
  • Certified Radiology Core Specialty Training – (Kaunas, Lithuania) Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Course - Royal Brompton Hospital (London, UK)
  • Supervisor Skills (Royal College of Radiologists)
  • PhD in Medicine (Cum Laude) – Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
  • Level 3 Certification in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance - European Society of Cardiology (2016), Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • Royal College of Physicians Leadership Accreditation (2022)

Fellowships

  • General Radiology with a focus on Cardiac and Thoracic Imaging - Hospital Sant Pau i Santa Creu (Barcelona, Spain)
  • General Radiology - University Hospital Brussels (Belgium)
  • 18-month Clinical Fellowship in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance - Royal Brompton Hospital (London, UK)

Editorial work

  • Advisory Editor for Clinical Radiology
  • Past Associate Editor European Heart Journal-Case Reports
  • Deputy Editor for European Heart Journal-Case Reports (2020-2023)

Awards, prizes, grants

  • ESR Research Seed Grant (“Reliability of cardiothoracic ratio as an estimate of cardiac enlargement compared to gold standard MRI parameters”)
  • Editor of the Year Award – European Heart Journal Case Reports (2020)
  • Research Prize in Cardiac Imaging – Annual meeting of Radiological Society of North America
  • Cum Laude Award (“Workforce in academic cardiovascular radiology: is the future bright? Preliminary results and global perspective of academic involvement at the level of core radiology training”) – European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology Congress
  • Scholarship for Introduction to Research for International Young Academics (IRIYA) – Radiological Society of North America, Chicago
  • Multiple Certificates of Merit – Annual meetings of Radiological Society of North America
  • Certificate of Merit – World Congress of Thoracic Imaging

About you

  • I enjoy teamwork in research collaborations and joint educational activities, and my academic network is international. I have presented scientific and educational works at multiple national and international congresses and conferences.
  • I regularly peer-review for medical journals.

  • I like travelling, photography, foreign languages, literature and art.

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