Julene S. Carvalho MD, PhD, FRCPCH

Dr. Julene S. Carvalho, MD, PhD, FRCPCH, is a Consultant at Royal Brompton Hospital. She graduated with honors from Brazil (MB BS) and initiated her cardiology training in São Paulo. She obtained her PhD and completed her specialist training in pediatric cardiology in London. Since 1999, she has focused her interest on imaging the fetal heart throughout pregnancy and managing high-risk pregnancies (fetal cardiology). She is head of the fetal cardiology service at Royal Brompton Hospital, a lead fetal cardiologist at St George’s Hospital, and a professor of practice at the St George’s University of London.

She is a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), a fellow of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, chairperson of ISUOG Fetal Heart Special Interest Group, and associate member of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (RCOG). She was an ISUOG board member and trustee (2009-2016) and a council member of the British Congenital Cardiac Association (BCCA, 2016-2019).

She is known internationally for her clinical, educational, and research interests in fetal cardiology and lectures regularly at national and international conferences.