Training and education

Dr Oeppen qualified from Bristol University and trained in clinical radiology in Wessex. She spent four months as an honorary radiology fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Fellowships

Honorary radiology fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Experience

Dr Oeppen is a consultant radiologist who joined the Trust in 2005. Her subspecialty interests are breast imaging, breast screening, oncological staging and follow-up.

Dr Oeppen’s educational roles have included undergraduate lead and training programme director for the Southampton radiology training scheme.

Awards and prizes

Constance Thornton Fellowship - Royal College of Radiologists, 2003

Research

Dr Oeppen's publications include:

Challenging hierarchy in healthcare teams - ways to flatten gradients to improve teamwork and patient care. Green B, Oeppen RS, Smith DW, Brennan PA.Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2017 Jun;55(5):449-453.
Radiopathological features predictive of involved margins in ductal carcinoma in situ. Layfield DM, See H, Stahnke M, Hayward L, Cutress RI, Oeppen RS.Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2017 Feb;99(2):137-144.
Clinical performance of Siemens digital breast tomosynthesis versus standard supplementary mammography for the assessment of screen-detected soft-tissue abnormalities: a multi-reader study. Whelehan P, Heywang-Köbrunner SH, Vinnicombe SJ, Hacker A, Jänsch A, Hapca A, Gray R, Jenkin M, Lowry K, Oeppen R, Reilly M, Stahnke M, Evans A.Clin Radiol. 2017 Jan;72(1):95.e9-95.e15.

Contact

You can contact Dr Oeppen at the breast imaging unit at the Princess Anne Hospital.