Dr Kevin Roman
Dr Roman is a paediatric (children's) cardiologist who specialises in cardiac MRI (scans of the heart) and fetal cardiology (care for unborn babies with heart conditions).
CCST MRCP FCP (paeds) DCH
Training and education
- Medical school - University of Cape Town, South Africa
- General paediatrics - Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town
- Certificate of completion of training in paediatric cardiology - University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, 2001
- Fellowship in cardiac imaging - Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 2005
Experience
Dr Roman has worked for the Trust since July 2005.
Following medical school and postgraduate training in paediatrics in South Africa, Dr Roman trained in paediatric cardiology at Guy’s Hospital in London and Southampton. He went to complete a three year fellowship in advanced cardiac imaging in Toronto, Canada, focusing on fetal cardiac imaging and cardiac MRI.
Dr Roman has been clinical lead for paediatric cardiology at Southampton since 2014 and director of the Wessex-Thames Valley congenital cardiac operational delivery network since 2016. Dr Roman sees fetal referrals at both University Hospital Southampton and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Research
Dr Roman’s publications include:
- Hybrid strategies for high-risk non-hypoplastic left heart syndrome patients. Rehman SM, Ravaglioli A, Singappuli K, Roman K, Gnanapragasam J, Samarasinghe D, Viola N.J Card Surg. 2018 Jul;33(7):399-401.
- Foetal supraventricular tachycardia with hydrops fetalis: a role for direct intraperitoneal amiodarone. Kang SL, Howe D, Coleman M, Roman K, Gnanapragasam J. Cardiol Young. 2015 Mar;25(3):447-53.
- Midterm evaluation of biological prosthetic valves in the pulmonary position of grown-up patients. Vohra HA, Whistance RN, Baliulis G, Janusauskas V, Kaarne M, Veldtman GR, Roman K, Vettukattil JJ, Gnanapragasam J, Salmon AP, Haw MP. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Apr;60(3):205-9.