Dr David Black
MBBCh MRCPCH FCP(paeds)
Training and education
- Medical school at the University of Witwatersrand - South Africa
- General paediatric training at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital - Cape Town, South Africa
- Certificate of completion of training in paediatric cardiology - University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, 2014
- Fetal cardiology fellowship at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, 2015
Fellowships
- Fetal cardiology fellowship at Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Experience
Following medical school and paediatric training in South Africa, Dr Black undertook paediatric cardiology training here in Southampton as part of an accredited academic programme before moving to Evelina London Children’s Hospital for a year-long fellowship in fetal cardiology.
He returned to the Trust in August 2015 as a consultant paediatric and fetal cardiologist.
His areas of expertise are advanced echocardiography, including 3D echocardiography (a scan of the heart and nearby blood vessels) and speckle tracking, and fetal echocardiography. Dr Black is lead for fetal cardiology, seeing patients at both University Hospital Southampton and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Research
Dr Black's research publications include:
- Cor triatriatum or divided atriums: which approach provides the better understanding? Bharucha T, Spicer DE, Mohun TJ, Black D, Henry GW, Anderson RH. Cardiol Young. 2015 Feb;25(2):193-207. doi: 10.1017/S1047951114000572.
- Increased regional deformation of the left ventricle in normal children with increased body mass index: implications for future cardiovascular health. Black D, Bryant J, Peebles C, Davies L, Inskip H, Godfrey K, Vettukattil J, Hanson M. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Feb;35(2):315-22. doi: 10.1007/s00246-013-0778-1. Epub 2013 Aug 29.
- Increased regional deformation of the left ventricle in normal children with increased body mass index: implications for future cardiovascular health. Pediatric Cardiology, February 2014;35(2):315-22. doi: 10.1007/s00246-013-0778-1. e-published 29 August 2013.
Contact
Contact Dr Black via Stephanie Strefford by emailing stephanie.strefford@uhs.nhs.uk or calling 023 8120 6724.