About Dr Carole Ridge
Consultant Radiologist
Imaging & Diagnostics
Sub-specialties: Cardiac CT, Dual-energy CT Pulmonary Angiography of the lungs, Vascular Ultrasound, Radiology, Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Screening, Lung Health.
Dr Carole Ridge has research interests in cardiac and pulmonary imaging and lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. Dr Ridge has completed fellowships in interventional oncology and MRI-predominant body imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre and cardiothoracic imaging at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in New York and Boston.
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Dr Carole Ridge has research interests in cardiac and pulmonary imaging and lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. Dr Ridge has completed fellowships in interventional oncology and MRI-predominant body imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre and cardiothoracic imaging at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in New York and Boston.
Areas of Expertise
Dr Ridge performs a range of investigations, including:
- Dual-energy CT pulmonary angiography of the lungs
- Oncologic body imaging
- Vascular ultrasound
- Cardiac computerised tomography (CT)
About Dr Carole Ridge
Dr Carole Ridge is a Consultant Radiologist at OneWelbeck Imaging & Diagnostics, focussing on Cardiothoracic Radiology.
Dr Ridge is a Consultant Radiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital where she specialises in cardiothoracic imaging and lung tumour diagnosis and treatment.
She has research interests in cardiac and pulmonary embolism imaging and lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, Dr Ridge has contributed considerably to a number of peer-reviewed publications, review articles, books and case reports.
Personal Biography
Dr Ridge has completed fellowships in interventional oncology and MRI-predominant body imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre and cardiothoracic imaging at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in New York and Boston.
Since 2009, she has held numerous academic appointments in America, the UK and Ireland including associate professor, lecturer, mentor and tutor positions at UCD School of Medicine and Health Science, Harvard Medical School, Weill Cornell Medical Center, and most recently Imperial College. Dr Ridge has contributed to a great extent to numerous publications and is the radiology editor of Lung Cancer journal.
In July 2017, Dr Ridge was appointed as a Consultant Radiologist in the Royal Brompton Hospital, London.
Additional Information
Qualifications:
- MC BCh BAO
- MRCPI
- FFRRCSI
Awards:
- Laing Buisson Healthcare Ourcomes Award
- North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging Research Award
- Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Research Medal
- Radiologic Society of North America Roentgen Fellow Research Award
- Health Service Executive/Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Audit Award
Memberships:
- Fellow of the Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
- European Society of Thoracic Imaging
- Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography
Research Highlights
- Ridge CA, Desai SR, Jeyin N, Mahon C, Lother DL, Mirsadraee S, Semple T, Price S, Bleakley C, Arachchillage DJ, Shaw E, Patel BV, Padley SP, Devaraj A. Dual-Energy CT Pulmonary Angiography (DECTPA) Quantifies Vasculopathy in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2020 Oct 29;2(5):e200428.
- Kirkbride RR, Rawal B, Mirsadraee S, Galperin-Aizenberg M, Wechalekar K, Ridge CA, Litmanovich DE. Imaging of Cardiac Infections: A Comprehensive Review and Investigation Flowchart for Diagnostic Workup. J Thorac Imaging. 2020 Aug 25.
- Miller MM, Ridge CA, Litmanovich DE. Computed Tomography Angiographic Assessment of Acute Chest Pain. J Thorac Imaging. 2017 May;32(3):137-150.