About Radiology Masterclass

Mission statement

Radiology Masterclass aims to provide world-class educational services. Originally designed with UK medical students and resident doctors in mind, Radiology Masterclass now reaches a broad range of healthcare professionals worldwide. We aim to offer educational material which covers the undergraduate medical imaging curriculum as specified by the Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK.

Radiology Masterclass pledges only to publish material which is considered of the highest quality and to keep our educational material free to access globally. The site is currently funded only through provision of assessment services such that those who have learned using the free-to-access material can choose to demonstrate their learning to enhance their portfolio/resume/CV by signing up to paid-for certificated and accredited assessments. We also pledge to keep the learning areas of the site free from distracting advertisments.

History

Radiology Masterclass was founded in 2007 by Consultant Radiologist, Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones (BA MBBS MRCP FRCR), who continues as CEO.

Dr Lloyd-Jones initially trained in Graphic Design at the University of the West of England (1991) before going on to study Medicine at Imperial College, London (1996-2001). He trained in postgraduate medicine in West London and then as a Radiologist in Southampton, UK (2004-2009). Since 2009 he has worked as a Consultant Radiologist at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Wiltshire, UK and privately via Ramsay Healthcare at New Hall Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.

Dr Lloyd-Jones gained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 2005 and Fellowship of Royal College of Radiologists in 2007. His specialist interests are musculoskeletal imaging (trauma, orthopaedics, rheumatological, bone disease, joint disease and imaging of spinal cord injury patients), chest imaging and general imaging (emergency, trauma, brain imaging, whole body imaging). He is the Lead Radiologist for the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre based at Salisbury. Dr Lloyd-Jones is the co-author and illustrator of 'Radiology at a Glance' (Wiley-Blackwell, 2nd Ed. 2017).

Research work

During the COVID-19 pandemic Dr Lloyd-Jones has pursued an interest in understanding the development of the disease on the anatomical stage of the whole human body. This work highlights the importance of understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 virus interacts with blood vessels throughout the body.

As a result of this research work Dr Lloyd-Jones also developed an interest in the importance of oral health. He was the first to publish a hypothesis which presents a novel understanding of the route of infection. This hypothesis proposes that the route the SARS-CoV-2 virus takes from the oral cavity to the lungs is intravascular (via the bloodstream) and that the main converging risk factor for poor outcome is gum disease. The hypothesis is based on knowledge that the SARS-CoV-2 virus first infects the upper respiratory tract (nose and mouth), not the lung airways, that the virus replicates in the mouth and forms a reservoir in oral tissues and saliva, that high viral load in saliva and gum disease are independently linked to poor outcome in the disease, and that the characteristics and distribution of the lung disease is incompatible with a pathology triggered or driven by airways inflammation.

To read more about the vascular nature of COVID-19 and the role of oral health please see the COVID-19 resources page.

Dr Lloyd-Jones now writes and lectures widely on the role oral health plays in whole body health. Since 2022 he has been an editor for the Springer Nature journal – Current Oral Health Reports – specifically leading work highlighting the links between oral and general body health. He is currently writing a book for a public audience which explains links between oral bacteria and mutliple systemic diseases from an anatomical perspecitive.

Research profile

Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones ORCID profile

Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones Research Gate profile

Interview with Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones

Gloria Onwumeme of The Student Doctor Network interviews Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones, founder of Radiology Masterclass. Read the full interview here - Interview with Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones.

Acknowledgements

Radiology Masterclass is grateful to the following people for their help.

Dr Mary Gawne-Cain (Consultant Neuroradiologist - University Hospital Southampton UK) for her work on editing the CT brain tutorials and CT brain image galleries.

Dr Charles Peebles (Consultant Cardiothoracic Radiologist - University Hospital Southampton UK) for his help in providing images for the 'Basics of MRI Interpretation' tutorial.

Dr Richard Smith (Consultant Rheumatologist - Salisbury District Hospital UK) for editing the 'Imaging of Musculoskeletal Disorders' tutorial.

Dr Mark Wills (Consultant Gastrointestinal Radiologist - Salisbury District Hospital UK) for his work in editing the Chest X-ray tubes tutorial and image gallery.

Dr Chris Watts (Consultant Interventional Radiologist - Royal Bournemouth Hospital UK) for his work in editing the Chest X-ray tubes tutorial and image gallery.

Affiliation scheme

Radiology Masterclass invites academic and health care institutions to join the affiliation scheme. Any individual who is in a recognised role of medical education, undergraduate or postgraduate, can apply to join the scheme on behalf of their institution. Any person associated with an affiliated institution (on the basis of their institutional email address) is given access to the courses section certificated assessments at discounted rates. For more information, please see the affiliate scheme page. To apply for membership to the scheme please complete the affiliate scheme application form.

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The use of Radiology Masterclass website is no substitute for formal medical training. Radiology Masterclass takes no responsibility for lack of exam success and advises adherence to local standards required within a formal undergraduate and postgraduate medical education curriculum. Where local advice differs from methodology proffered in the Radiology Masterclass website, local advice must be followed. Radiology Masterclass does not guarantee that data referring to clinical guidelines or nomenclature is up-to-date. No clinical decision should be made based on material in this website, reference to senior clinical opinion and knowledge gained from wider medical education is always required. Radiology Masterclass does not offer medical advice and if asked to do so via the contact form is not obliged to respond.

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