This article is adapted from a post in Dr Koshy Jacob's "Building Revise Radiology in Public" series on LinkedIn.

Paediatric radiology has challenges all its own. The anatomy changes with age, the pathology differs from adults, the margins for error feel smaller, and much of it is only lightly reinforced in general practice. So, when you're learning it, whether for the FRCR 2B or as a consultant broadening your reporting, it matters that the teaching is led by someone who genuinely lives and breathes the subspecialty.

That's why I'm delighted to share that Dr Michael Roberts is joining us as our Paediatric Radiology Programme Director.

From candidate to colleague

There's a particular pleasure in welcoming someone who once sat exactly where our candidates sit now. A few years ago, Michael was preparing for his FRCR Part 2B and used Revise Radiology to do it, passing first time. Today he's a consultant and, to my mind, one of the rising stars in his field.

That arc, from candidate to colleague leading a programme, is in many ways exactly what we're here to make possible. It's also a useful reassurance if you're a candidate now: the person shaping this content remembers the exam from the inside, not as a distant memory.

Who Michael is

Michael is a UK consultant radiologist at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, a major trauma centre, where he specialises in paediatric, neonatal and emergency cross-sectional imaging. He's the Trust's Neonatal Radiology Lead for a level three unit, reports across the full range of paediatric and adult imaging, and is establishing himself as a national and international speaker, having taught at conferences in Malaysia and across Europe. He's also closely involved in the British Society of Paediatric Radiology and is helping to shape its conference this year.

What I find genuinely encouraging is his trajectory. He gained his CCT only recently, and rather than settling quietly into consultant life he has thrown himself into teaching, leadership and service development, the kind of energy and generosity that makes someone a natural educator. Paediatric radiology deserves someone who lives and breathes it leading our content in that area.

What it means for your learning

As Paediatric Radiology Programme Director, Michael will lead the development and quality of our paediatric content, making sure every case we teach is accurate, clinically sound, and genuinely useful to candidates and consultants alike. He'll be building a team of reviewers around him as the work grows, so our paediatric material carries the same depth and rigour our candidates have come to expect across the rest of the platform.

For you, that means the paediatric cases you practise on have been checked by someone who reports this work daily in a major centre, not adapted loosely from adult teaching. In a subspecialty where the details genuinely matter, that assurance is the whole point.

With thanks

I also want to thank Professor Ram Senasi, who introduced Michael to me. Ram has been an extraordinary source of support over the years, generous with his ideas, his time and his connections, and so many good things seem to begin with a conversation with him. This is another of them.

It's a real joy to welcome back someone who started out as one of our candidates and has gone on to achieve so much so quickly. That, in many ways, is exactly what we're here to do.

Whether you're preparing for the FRCR 2B or deepening your paediatric reporting, explore paediatric radiology learning at Revise Radiology, now led by a dedicated specialist.

Want to see how we prepare candidates for the 2B as a whole? Read how we approach coverage and viva technique.

This article is adapted from a post in Dr Koshy Jacob's "Building Revise Radiology in Public" series on LinkedIn.

Originally shared by Dr Koshy Jacob on LinkedIn. Follow the series there