BSIRNR CPD Event Faculty Bio's

Ben Stenberg PhD is a Consultant Sonographer at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He has spent his 18-year ultrasound career focusing on and pioneering new technologies and novel applications in the field. 

Clinically, his passion is for abdominal transplant, liver and head and neck ultrasound and performing a range of interventional procedures. He is also heavily involved in the liver ablation service, expanding the cohort of ablatable patients through advanced ultrasound techniques such as fusion, CEUS and needle guidance. 

His research work has mostly focused on 3D and 4D, contrast enhanced, artificial intelligence and fusion ultrasound in a range of settings including transplant, neurophysiology and interventional cases. 

Mel is a distinguished leader in advancing practice education, not only in therapeutic radiography but across all the Radiography specialities.

She holds substantial and influential roles within the College of Radiographers (CoR), the Association of Advanced Practice Educators (AAPE), the Advanced Practice Research Academy UK (APRA-UK), the International Community of Practice in Advanced Practice Radiation Therapy (iCoP APRT)and the Council of Deans for Health advanced practice group.

Melanie is an integral member of the International Community of Practice in Advanced Practice Radiation Therapy (iCoP APRT) on advanced practice initiatives Recently appointed as the Deputy Director of the Advanced Practice Research Academy UK (APRA-UK)

Background of acute medicine & clinical investigation unit. I joined IR 13 yrs ago as band 5, I took every opportunity to enhance & extend my skills and naturally progressed into central vascular access. I have further developed education wise to level 7 (which I found incredibly challenging!) and have been an advanced clinical practitioner for the past 5 years. Alongside Sarah Locker we lead central vascular access and ascitic drain insertion in IR and support the trust & wider ICB. I love working in IR and I am proud of what I have achieved. 

I am an experienced IR Advanced Practitioner with 4.5 years of experience at a major London teaching hospital. I perform a range of IR procedures including ultrasound-guided biopsies, drainages, central venous access, enteral feeding tubes, nephrostomy exchange and diagnostic IR procedures. As Vascular Liaison, I manage the IR vascular service, including running pre-operative and follow-up clinics for all day cases. I scrub and assist the radiologists with complex cases, and review and discharge patients from our day unit, the wards or in clinic.

Beyond clinical practice, I am actively involved in departmental research and clinical trials,  and serve as a guest lecturer and examiner for the London South Bank University IR Postgraduate Certificate program.