Natalie Constantinou
Cardiac Sonographer
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About
I am a fully accredited adult transthoracic echocardiographer by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE), from London, UK. I am moving to Vancouver, BC in the coming months and looking for job opportunities.
I have 2.5 years of experience working within the National Health Service (NHS) at a tertiary cardiac centre, which is one of the leading heart centres in Europe. I am competent in performing a range of highly complex diagnostic transthoracic echocardiograms (e.g., challenging studies such as inherited cardiomyopathies, cardio-oncology, stroke, high-risk patients in intensive care settings, inpatient contrast studies etc.) on adults with a borad spectrum of pathologies in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
I hold a PGCert in Clinical Echocardiography from Newcastle University, UK, MSc Cardiovascular Science from University College London, UK & BSc Sport and Exercise Science from Loughborough University, UK.
Experience
Chief Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiography) - Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK (2024 - Present).
- BSE adult accredited echocardiographer in transthoracic echocardiography (March 2024).
- Experience in working within a fast-paced tertiary cardiac centre in both inpatient & outpatient settings.
- Indepdendently running lists, writing & signing off reports whilst adhering to strict time slots.
- Experience in screening/surveillance for inherited cardiomyopathies e.g., hypertrophic/dilated cardiomyopathies, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
- other areas of expertise: valvular prosthesis (biological & mechanical) & pathologies, cardio-oncology, inpatient contrast echos, assisting in transoesophageal protocols & research protocol scans.
- Mentoring & supervising echocardiography trainees.
- Continuing professional development by attending courses, conferences & seminars.
- Undertook an 18-month intensive echocardiography training programme (ETP) through the National School of Healthcare Sciences (NSHCS) involving both clinical and educational elements.
- Undertook a PGCert in Clinical Echocardiography at Newcastle University, UK.
- Worked towards BSE accreditation & independent working (running lists & signing off reports).
- Learning how to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Independently running my own clinic.
- Performing 12-lead ECGs, fitting 24/48-hour Holter & BP monitors.
- Data collection and analysis.
- Performing study trials.
- Learning how to interpret cardiac MRI data and analysing ventricular volumes & aortic flow measurements using in-house developed programme (OsiriX).
- Contributed to the development, finalisation & publishing of a scientific paper.
Education
- PGCert Clinical Echocardiography - Newcastle University, UK (2023).
- MSc Cardiovascular Science - University College London (UCL), UK (2020 - 2021)
- BSc Sport and Exercise Science - Loughborough University, UK (2016 - 2020).