Clinical expertise
Dr Thomas Semple is a cardiothoracic imaging specialist with expertise in the imaging of heart and lung conditions in neonates, infants, children and adults.
Dr Semple is the clinical lead for congenital cardiac CT at Royal Brompton, and provides radiology input for multi-disciplinary team meetings, including:
- paediatric and adult congenital joint cardiology-cardiothoracic (JCC)
- paediatric respiratory
- national pulmonary hypertension service (NPHS)
- paediatric intensive care imaging.
Dr Semple has a range of expertise in heart and lung procedures and services including:
- childhood interstitial lung disease (ChILD) imaging
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of lung disease
- CT imaging for congenital heart disease assessment (adult and paediatric)
- lymphatic imaging, including fluoroscopic, CT and MRI lymphangiography
- cardiac CT imaging, including coronary, valve assessment, procedural planning including valve intervention (melody, TAVI, TMVI), left atrial appendage device planning and electrophysiology procedural planning
- paediatric cardiac intensive care ultrasound – specifically cranial doppler and central and peripheral vascular ultrasound
- general paediatric imaging, thoracic imaging and thoracic intervention (adult and paediatric biopsies and drain insertions).
Locations
Our specialist provides care at these locations:
Biography
Dr Semple graduated from Kings College, London, in 2009 and completed his postgraduate radiology training at the University College London Hospitals’ (UCLH) training scheme in 2016.
After completing his cardiac CT and paediatric radiology fellowships at Royal Brompton Hospital, Great Ormand Hospital and University College Hospital, he undertook a two-year structural and functional lung magnetic resonance imaging (MR) fellowship at Royal Brompton, where he currently works.
Research
Dr Semple’s research interests include paediatric lung imaging (including structural and functional lung MRI) and the use of cardiac CT techniques in paediatric practice including neonatal coronary CT.
Teaching and conferences
Dr Semple regularly speaks at imaging courses and international and national meetings and also regularly supervises rotating registrars and Imperial College BSc students both in their day-to-day work and at scientific meetings.
Publications
Dr Semple has published in topics spanning paediatric and adult, cardiac and respiratory imaging. He has contributed to recent editions of text books including Kendig’s disorders of the respiratory tract in children and Grainger and Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology.