Biography

Dr Beverly Tsai-Goodman studied medicine at the University of  Southampton. In 2004 she was awarded a doctorate from the University of Bristol where she trained in paediatric cardiology and practised as a consultant until 2016. From 2004 to 2014, Dr Tsai-Goodman was the leading cardiologist for the Barth Syndrome Specialist Services in Bristol.

She also spent 15 months at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School as a senior clinical fellow. During this time, she trained in cardiac MRI, echocardiography and fetal cardiology.

Since 2017 Dr Tsai-Goodman has been a consultant paediatric and fetal cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital. 

In 2018 she was awarded a master’s (MSc) degree in genomics medicine at Imperial College London.

Dr Tsai-Goodman's main interest lies in diagnosing abnormalities of the fetal heart as well as managing newborn infants and children with congenital heart defects. 

She was awarded the Doctorate of Medicine by the University of Bristol in 2004.

Clinical expertise

Dr Beverly Tsai-Goodman is an expert in heart conditions in unborn babies, babies and children.

Her areas of expertise include:

• diagnosing congenital heart disease (CHD), heart murmurs, chest pain and palpitations (children and young adults)
• managing CHD in patients from before birth to young adulthood
• managing newborn infants and children with congenital heart defects
• detecting abnormalities in fetal hearts as early as 15-16 gestation
• working with obstetricians and obstetrics ultrasonographers to improve recognition of CHD early

Dr Tsai-Goodman has been a member of the fetal cardiac subcommittee for the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Program (FSAP) that compiled the national guidelines on fetal cardiac screening.

Publications

Dr Tsai-Goodman has been lead on a variety of research projects, and has published the results of her research in several peer-reviewed journals. This includes using MRI in assessing fetal circulation to developing a non-invasive tool to track cardiac output in newborns.

Teaching

Dr. Tsai-Goodman is a keen educator, and is currently deputy director of Medical Education at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital.

Private patient referral 

If you would like to make an appointment with this specialist for private care, contact the RB&HH Specialist care team.