Prof Simon Padley

Biography Professor Simon Padley studied physiology at King's College London, and medicine at Westminster Hospital Medical School (now part of Imperial College London), graduating in 1984. He completed further training in radiology at Addenbrooke's, Papworth, and Westminster hospitals. From 1991-2, he spent time at Vancouver General Hospital, Canada, as part of a thoracic imaging fellowship. Since 1994, Professor Padley has been a consultant radiologist at Royal Brompton, Harefield and Chelsea & Westminster hospitals. He is also an honorary consultant at Royal Marsden Hospital. In 2015, Professor Padley became director of radiology at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. He is a professor of practice in diagnostic and interventional radiology at Imperial College London, in the lung division for the National Heart and Lung Institute. Clinical expertise Professor Simon Padley is cardiac and thoracic radiologist, specialising in thoracic and vascular imaging and intervention, and general body imaging. He leads the interventional radiology service and co-leads lung cancer and cardiac CT services. In his role at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, he provides general, thoracic and interventional radiology. Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments • Tthoracic high resolution CT scanning • Thoracic MR scanning • Broncial and pulmonary angiography • Thoracic intervention and ultrasound • Cardiac CT angiography • Functional and morphological assessment • Professor Simon Padley provides interventional radiology services related to lung cancer and vascular intervention. His technical skills include: • complex lung intervention, including biopsy • fiducial marker placement • radiofrequency and microwave ablation • endovascular stenting • venous access • bronchial artery embolisation

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1. 2007–2013
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universidad de Navarra (GB)

2. 2013–2017
   Residency · Radiology

   UAB Barcelona (GB)

3. 2017–2018
   Fellowship · Subspecialty training

   Karolinska Stockholm, SE

1. 2017-09–2018-08
   Junior consultant

   Universidad de Navarra Teaching Hospital — Radiology

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Selected publications

1. Outcomes of Radiology in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Prof Simon Padley, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.1911/euroclin.2025.0 · cited by 48

2. European registry analysis of Radiology outcomes

   Prof Simon Padley, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024

   DOI: 10.1940/euroclin.2024.1 · cited by 154

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