Consultant Radiologist · FRCR · GMC Specialist Register
Neuroradiology · Spine · Musculoskeletal
One reader, one standard. Consultant at Wye Valley NHS Trust in Hereford — MSK Radiology Lead, Radiology Research Lead, and private sessions at Nuffield Hereford.
This site, in three parts
The clinical practice, the evidence behind it, and the AI consultancy I run alongside — kept in their own rooms, so each can be judged on its own merits.
Who I am — the practice, the disciplines, and the path from Kerala to Hereford.
Read on ↓ 02 · SEPARATE PAGEThe evidence — fifteen years of logged volume, European examinations, audits and governance, on the record.
Open the record → 03 · SEPARATE PAGEWebsites and practical AI audits for small businesses — work I do beyond the reading room.
Visit the consultancy →“Pixels, patterns, and possibility: where human eyes meet machine vision.”
The thread that runs through all three parts
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Three disciplines, held by one reader — the generalist base of a consultant job, sharpened into European-examined subspecialty depth.
Emergency neuro CT at scale — 880 CT heads read in a single three-year window — on a European foundation: the full head-and-neck examination pair and the ECNR core cycle, passed module by module.
4,510
head · brain · neck studies in the log
The European spine pathway, end to end — ECiSR examination passed, both spine modules with hands-on workshops, and cervical-stenosis MRI protocol work built for daily practice.
1,613
dedicated spine studies, 2014–2026 · MRI 1,324 · CT 240 · XR 48
Departmental MSK Radiology Lead at Wye Valley. Arthrography with personal audit, cadaveric intervention training, and regular teaching to foundation doctors — a registrar interest grown into a lead role.
5,686
limb studies — 3,007 lower · 2,679 upper
Imaging support to the weekly gynae-oncology MDT — attendance logged year on year, documented emergency cover, and cross-site referrals shared with Gloucestershire's CGH MDT.
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weekly gynae-MDT imaging reviews logged, 2021–22
Ed. 01 · Reader Series · S. Menon · N=5
Five frames chosen from the Reader Series; the full set lives in the archive.
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Kerala to Hereford, via Hyderabad, Manchester and Blackpool — twenty-five years in medicine, fifteen as a consultant.
University of Kerala — Trivandrum Medical College, India.
RCGP / Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad.
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Great Western Swindon, Queen Mary's Sidcup, Isle of Wight.
Manchester Radiology Training School rotation — Blackpool, Manchester Royal Infirmary (incl. nuclear medicine and rest-of-rotation lead), Preston, Blackburn, Salford/Hope, North Manchester, Wythenshawe, Bolton, Royal Children's Pendlebury. Includes a four-week AFIP radiologic-pathology course, Washington DC (2007), and a 566-study final-year RIS export at Royal Blackburn (Jan–May 2011).
Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust — first consultant post; Specialist Register entry, October 2011.
Wye Valley NHS Trust — Hereford County Hospital. MSK Lead, Research Lead, on-call and MDT practice.
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For reporting cover, subspecialty opinion or private imaging appointments — leave your details below and I will come back to you, usually within a day.
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Private imaging sessions run at Nuffield Hereford. Registered with Bupa and Aviva Vitality; NHS practice at Hereford County Hospital.