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BCIS is Established
1988
“The British Cardiovascular Intervention Society was born with Dr Man-Fai Shiu being elected as President. The practical details of BCIS were worked out in a bleak committee room at the old Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham during 1987-88.”
Man-Fai Shiu, President, 1988 – 1992
Peter Hubner, Honorary Secretary, 1988 – 1992
Alan Mackintosh, Treasurer, 1988 – 1993
Read more about how BCIS got off the ground from Man Fai Shu himself here.
1989
First annual returns of PTCA procedures in the UK presented to BCS by Peter Hubner
1990
BCIS invited to host the section of Coronary Interventions at future annual scientific meetings of BCS
1992
Martin Rothman, President, 1992 – 1996
Huon Gray, Honorary Secretary, 1992 – 1996
Stuart Shaw, Treasurer, 1993 – 1997
1993
BCIS formally incorporated into BCS and is responsible for National Audit of Coronary Interventions
1994
Huon Gray, Audit Secretary, 1994 – 1997
1st Advanced Angioplasty Conference takes place at Chelsea Town Hall
1996
John Perrins, President, 1996 – 2000
Mike Norell, Honorary Secretary, 1996 – 2000
1997
Paul Silverton, Treasurer, 1997 – 2002
1998
Mark de Belder, Audit Secretary, 1998 – 2002
2000
Keith Dawkins, President, 2000 – 2004
David Smith, Honorary Secretary, 2000 – 2004
2002
Neal Uren, Treasurer, 2002 – 2006
Peter Ludman, Data Monitoring WG Lead, 2002
2004
Martyn Thomas, President, 2004 – 2008
Jim McLenachan, Honorary Secretary, 2004 – 2007
Advanced Angioplasty Conference,
Keynote speakers
Antonio Colombo – Important Practical Developments in Interventional Cardiology: A Personal View
Gilles Montalescot – Modern management of acute myocardial infarction
2005
Advanced Angioplasty Conference
Keynote speakers
Gregg Stone – Drug Election – The next step
Professor Franz-Josef Neumann – Antiplateley and anithrombotic therapies in PCI – Defining the Optimal Strategy
Fellowships
Adelaide – Karim Ratib
Canada – Vaikom Mahadevan
2006
Simon Redwood, Treasurer, 2006 – 2011
Advanced Angioplasty Conference
Keynote speakers
Ebehard Grube – The dark side of Stenting
Pim de Feyter – Coronary Imaging in 2010: Who and How?
2007
Bernard Prendergast, Honorary Secretary, 2007 – 2011
Akhil Kapur, Data Monitoring WG Lead, 2007 – 2012
Mark Signy, Data Monitoring WG Lead, 2007 – 2012
Advanced Angioplasty Conference
Keynote speakers
Alec Vahanian – Percutaneous Valve Therapy: State-of-the-Art
Maurice Buchbinder – The Evolution of Device Therapy – Past, Present and Future
Fellowships
Canada – Jonas Eichhöfer
2008
Mark de Belder, President, 2008 – 2012
David Hildick-Smith, Data Monitoring WG Lead, 2008 – 2013
Advanced Angioplasty Conference
Keynote speakers
William Wijns – DES – overhyped, overused and overpriced?
Martin Leon – Interventional Cardiology – the unanswered questions
Fellowships
Canada – Clare Appleby
Adelaide – Lucy Blows
Rob Henderson, Clinical Standards Group Lead, 2009 – 2013
Andreas Baumbach, Communications Lead, 2009 – 2011
Jim Nolan, Training and Education Group Lead (formerly Education Officer), 2009 – 2011
Tony Gershlick, Research and Development Group Lead (formerly Information Officer), 2009 – 2013
Peter Ludman, Audit Secretary, 2009 – 2023
ACI Conference
Advanced Angioplasty changes its name to Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention (ACI)
Keynote speakers
Patrick Serruys – From RITA to SYNTAX via COURAGE 15 years on and what can we now tell patients with multi-vessel disease about their treatment options?
Paul Teirstein – Ah – The Benefit of Hindsight
Fellowships
Adelaide – Chris Malkin
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
Dariusz Dudek – How to improve reperfusion therapy in STEMI? Primary PCI, adjunctive devices and the pharmaco-invasive approach
Alexandre Abizaid – Lessons from First-In-Man Studies: Winners and Losers
Basic Cardiovascular Intervention
Hosted by Wythenshawe Hospital
Nick Curzen, Honorary Secretary, 2011 – 2015
Jim Nolan, Treasurer, 2011 – 2015
Andreas Baumbach, Training and Education Group Lead (formerly Education Officer), 2011 – 2015
Dan Blackman, Data Monitoring WG Lead, 2011 – 2015
Doug Fraser, Data Monitoring WG Lead, 2011 – 2015
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
Marko Noc – Invasive Strategies for Patients with Resuscitated Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Michael Mack – The future for surgical and transvascular interventions – we’re in this together
Basic Cardiovascular Intervention
Hosted by Bristol Royal Infirmary
Fellowships
Auckland – Tim Watson
Simon Redwood, President, 2012 – 2016
Mike Norell, Communications Lead, 2012 – 2016
Doug Fraser, Allied Health Professionals Working Group Lead, 2012 – 2017
Sen Devadathan, Non-Surgical Centre Representative, 2012 – 2016
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
Jean Fajadet – Left main PCI: State of the Art
Sir Roger Boyle – Have we altered the past and can we alter the future?
Basic Cardiovascular Intervention
Hosted by Bristol Royal Infirmary
People and Fellowships
Adrian Banning, Clinical Standards Group Lead, 2013 – 2015
Rod Stables, Research and Development Group Lead (formerly Information Officer), 2013 – 2017
Fellowships
Toronto – Ross McGeoch
Vancouver Island – Angus Murphy
BCIS Meetings and Courses
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
Bernard de Bruyne – FFR from Diagnosis to Treatment
Paul Gurbel – Oral antiplatelets in PCI: stronger agents for all, tailored therapy or both?
Cath Lab Basics
Hosted by Royal Free Hospital, London
Basic Cardiovascular Intervention
Hosted by University Hospital Southampton
BCIS Autumn Meeting
Hosted by Papworth Hospital
BCIS Advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Trainees Course
Hosted by Leeds General Infirmary
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
Daniel Burkhoff – The Science and Theory of Haemodynamic Support
Matthew Syed – The Science of Success
Cath Lab Basics
Hosted by Manchester Royal Infirmary
Basic Cardiovascular Intervention
Hosted by University Hospital Southampton
BCIS Autumn Meeting
Hosted by Blackpool Victoria Hospital
BCIS Advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Trainees Course
Hosted by University Hospital of North Staffordshire
Fellowships
Vancouver Island – Bilal Iqbal
Toronto – Tahir Hamid
People and Fellowships
Adrian Banning, Honorary Secretary, 2015 – 2016
Fellowships
Adelaide – Jeremy Langrish
Toronto – Javid Iqbal
Toronto – Chris Sawh
Vancouver Island – Hussain Contractor
BCIS Meetings and Courses
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
Giora Weisz -Robotic PCI
Anna Bågenholm/Torvind Naesheim – The Science of Survival
Cath Lab Basics
Hosted by Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow
Basic Cardiovascular Intervention
Hosted by John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
BCIS Autumn Meeting
Hosted by Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
BCIS Advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Trainees Course
Hosted by Royal Stoke Hospital
People and Fellowships
Adrian Banning, President, 2016 – 2020
Dan Blackman, Honorary Secretary, 2016 – 2020
David Hildick-Smith, Treasurer, 2015 – 2019
Fellowships
Adelaide – Muntaser Musameh
Adelaide – David Carrick
Toronto – Shazia Hussain
Vancouver Island – Navin Chandra
BCIS Meetings and Courses
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
Tim Harford – The perils of tidy targets
Francesco Maisano – Emerging Mitral Valve Technologies
BCIS Core Curriculum in Cardiac Intervention
Hosted by John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
BCIS AHP Summer Meeting
BCIS Autumn Meeting & Cath Lab Basics combined to create BCIS AHP Summer Meeting
Hosted by Bristol Royal Infirmary and Royal United Hospital, Bath
BCIS Advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Trainees Course
Hosted by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
People and Fellowships
Phillip Freeman, Communications Lead, 2017 – 2020
Nick Curzen, Research and Development Lead, 2017 – 2020
Dougie Muir, AHP Working Group Lead, Treasurer, 2017 – 2021
Fellowships
Adelaide – Richard Brogan
Auckland – Sudhakar George
Toronto – Jennifer Rossington
Vancouver Island – Nikhil Joshi
BCIS Meetings and Courses
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
David Holmes -The Evolution of Coronary Intervention
Eberhard Grube – TAVI – Perspective 2017 Current Situation – Controversy and Prospect
Lifetime Achievement Award
Tony Gershlick
BCIS Core Curriculum in Cardiac Intervention
Hosted by Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester
BCIS AHP Summer Meeting
Hosted by Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital and Basildon & Thurrock University Hospital
BCIS Advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Trainees Course
Hosted by King’s College Hospital, London
BCIS Study Day: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Contemporary Management from Fields to Follow-Up
Hosted by The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre
People and Fellowships
Philip MacCarthy, Structural Cardiac Intervention Working Group Lead, 2018 – 2022
Dougie Muir, Allied Health Professionals Working Group Lead, 2018 – Present
Fellowships
Angie Ghattas – Auckland Fellowship
Adelaide – Sheraz Nazir
Bern – Faisal Khan
Toronto – Pierreluigi Costanzo
BCIS Awards
Young Investigators Award Winner – Haseeb Rahman
Research of the Year Award Winner – Colin Berry
BCIS Meetings and Courses
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
Henry Marsh CBE – Are Surgeons Really Psychopaths?
Lifetime Achievement Award
Keith Oldroyd
BCIS Study Day: Decision-making in PCI
Hosted by University Hospital Southampton NHS FT
BCIS AHP Summer Meeting
Hosted by Morriston Hospital, Swansea
BCIS Study Day: Interventional Pharmacology
Hosted by University Hospital of Wales
BCIS Advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Trainees Course
Hosted by Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
People
Doug Fraser, Treasurer, 2019 – 2022
Rajesh Kharbanda, Training and Education WOrking Group Lead, 2019 – 2022
Gerald Clesham, Clinical Standards Working Group Lead, 2019 – 2022
ACI Conference
Keynote speakers
Francesco Burzotta – EBC 2018 Recommendations
Alexandra Freeman – Communicating Risk
BCIS Study Day: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Hosted by The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
BCIS Core Curriculum in Cardiac Intervention
Hosted by Pinderfields Hospital/ Bradford Royal Infirmary
BCIS AHP Summer Meeting
Hosted by Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
BCIS Study Day: TAVI Access Masterclass
Hosted by Manchester Royal Infirmary and James Cook University Hospital
BCIS Advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Trainees Course
Hosted by Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
People
Nick Curzen, President, 2020 – 2023
Clare Appleby, Honorary Secretary, 2020 – 2023
Colin Berry – Research and Development Working Group Lead – 2020 – 2023
Sukh Nijjer, Communicatiosn Lead, 2020 – 2023
Peter O’Kane, Ordinary Council Member, 2020 – 2023
Thomas Gilpin, BJCA Representative, 2020 – 2023
Suneil Aggarwal, Ordinary Council Member, 2020 – 2023
Administration moves to Millbrook Medical Conferences from BCS
February
COVID-19 Declared Global Pandemic
March
BCIS Coronary Intervention Trainees Course – E-Conference
Hosted by Royal Papworth Hospital
BCIS AHP Annual Conference – E-Conference
Hosted by James Cook University Hospital and Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
People
Mamas Mamas, Deputy BCIS Audit Lead, 2021 – 2023
Shrilla Banerjee, Ordinary Council Member, 2021 – 2024
BCIS Launches the BCIS Education Forum Monthly Webinar Series
BCIS Announces Partnership with Valve for Life UK, an EAPCI Initiative
ACI Virtual Experience
Keynote speakers
Professor Jonathon Leipsic – The Future of CTCA in Interventional Cardiology
Dr Quinn Capers – Decision making & Bias in Interventional Cardiology
People
Sarah Carson, Allied Health Professionals Working Group Lead, 2022 – 2025
Dougie Muir, Training and Education Working Group Lead, 2022 – 2025
David Hildick-Smith, Structural Intervention Group Lead, 2022 – 2025
Helen Routledge, Clinical Standards Working Group Lead, 2022 – 2025
Ellie Gudde, BCIS Council AHP Representative, 2022 – 2025
Dan McKenzie, Treasurer, 2022 – 2025
BCIS Announces Partnership with Radcliffe Cardiology’s journal, ICR3. View the journal here.
BCIS Launches Women In Interventional Cardiology Bi-Monthly Webinar Series
BCIS Announces New Focus Group on Training Culture
ACI 2022
Keynote speaker
Dr Roxana Mehran – Where next for Interventional Cardiology?
People
David Hildick-Smith, BCIS President, 2023 – 2026
Gerald Clesham, Hon Secretary , 2023 – 2026
Dan Blackman, Structural Cardiac Intervention Working Group Lead, 2023 – 2026
Mamas Mamas, Audit Secretary & DMAG Lead, 2023 – 2026
Sam McGrath, BJCA Representative, 2023 – 2026
Vijay Kunadian, Research and Development Group Lead, 2023 – 2026
Suneil Aggarwal, Communications Lead, 2023 – 2026
ACI 2023
Keynote speaker
Ziad Ali – The Future for Intracoronary Imaging and Physiology in PCI: Both, One, or Neither?
People
Ash Kotecha, BCIS Council Member without Portfolio, 2024 – 2027
ACI 2024
ACI became a hybrid meeting with over 1000 delegates joining in person and and additional 700 delegates joining virtually
Keynote Speaker
Phil Hammond – How I Ruined Medicine
Young Investigator Award – Aish Sinha, King’s College London
Best Trainee Case – Harish Sharma
Live cases from Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital & The John Radcliffe Hospital
Fellowships
Adelaide, Arka Das (May 2024 – May 2025)
Auckland, Andrew Chapman (January 2024 – January 2025)
Vancouver, Suleman Aktaa (August 2024 – August 2026)
Vancouver, Sharmaine Thirunavukarasu (January 2024 – January 2025)
Bern, Nadir Elamin (October 2024 – October 2025)