We are delighted to announce that Dr Vasileios Panoulas, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, has been co-opted to BCIS Council as the inaugural European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Intervention (EAPCI) representative.

Dr Panoulas has extensive experience working within EAPCI, and currently stands as Co-chair of the EAPCI Educational Content, Courses, & Webinars Committee, which delivers an extensive educational portfolio to EAPCI members.

We believe that there are multiple opportunities for BCIS members to take advantage of a closer relationship with EAPCI, and that the presence of a dedicated EAPCI representative on BCIS Council will facilitate awareness of and access to those benefits.

We are therefore delighted that Dr Panoulas has agreed to take on this important new role

Dear current BCIS members,

I am pleased to report that a total of 12 candidates have applied for the role of Member Without Portfolio on BCIS Council.

Please review the candidates and their application statements below before voting.

The voting electorate is current BCIS members only. Votes will be checked to ensure the voting criteria have been met. Each BCIS member is eligible to submit one vote. Any duplicates of votes will be deleted.

Please vote using the form at the bottom of this page. The closing date for voting is Tuesday 11th August 17:00.

Please click the names below to view the candidate statements. 

Ahsan Baig

Amaan Khan

Angshuman Maulik

Farhan Shahid

Jeremy Langrish

John Irving

Michael Mahmoudi

Mohammad Alkhalil

Noman Ali

Paul Morris

Sandeep Basavarajaiah

Usman Ejaz Sheikh

Dear BCIS Members,

Call For Expression of Interest: Member Without Portfolio to BCIS Council

We are delighted to welcome self-nominations for a position on BCIS Council. We are looking to attract enthusiastic and committed BCIS members keen to have a role in the continued development of our Society.

The position will commence August 2026 with a three-year tenure.

Any current BCIS member can nominate themselves and the successful candidate will be chosen by election. The voting electorate consists of all current BCIS members.

Application is by self-nomination accompanied by a supporting statement of fewer than 500 words. Please apply via the form at the bottom of this page. The closing date is Friday 10 July at 5pm.

If you have questions relating to this role, please feel free to contact me or for further information: BCIS@millbrookconferences.co.uk

With kind regards,

Dr Helen Routledge

Dear current BCIS members,

I am pleased to report that a total of 10 candidates have applied for the role of Member Without Portfolio on BCIS Council, 8 of these are for a surgical centre representative, and 2 for a non-surgical representative.  Please review the candidates and their application statements below before voting.

The voting electorate is current BCIS members only. Votes will be checked to ensure the voting criteria have been met. Each BCIS member is eligible to submit one vote per category, you may vote in just one or both categories. Any duplicates of votes will be deleted. Please vote using the form at the bottom of this page. The closing date for voting is Monday 15 December at 17:00.

Please click the names below to view the candidate statement. 

Surgical Representative:

• Dr Ee Ling Heng
• Dr Jennifer Rossington
• Dr Jaydeep Sarma
• Dr Ayush Khurana
• Dr V J Karthikeyan
• Dr Stuart Watkins
• Dr Chloe Tierney
• Dr Noman Ali

Non-Surgical Representative:

• Dr Fraser Witherow
• Dr Madhusudhan Varma

Dear BCIS member,

I am pleased to report that seven candidates have applied for the post of Structural Working Group Lead to take over from Dr Daniel Blackman who completes his term in January 2026.

Please review the application statements from all candidates below before voting.

• Dr Dougie Muir
• Dr Mamta Heena Buch
• Dr Suneil Aggarwal
• Dr Alex Chase
• Dr Rajesh Kharbanda
• Dr Jonathan Byrne
• Dr Jan Kovac

The voting electorate is current BCIS members only. Votes will be checked to ensure the voting criteria have been met. Each BCIS member is eligible to submit one vote only, any duplicates of votes will be deleted. Please vote using the form at the bottom of this page. The closing date for voting is Monday 15 December at 17:00.

Please contact bcis@millbrookconferences.co.uk if there are any queries.

Kind regards,

Gerald Clesham, Honorary Secretary

We would like to invite expressions of interest from enthusiastic and committed BCIS members keen to have a role in the continued development of our Society. This is your opportunity so please do consider applying.

Clinical Standards Group: Member without Portfolio (x3 posts)

Clinical Standards Group work includes: development and/or review of BCIS guidance and statements on clinical practice, co-ordination of the BCIS peer review programme, communication with NICE, MHRA, and other national bodies relevant to clinical standards. This includes the co-ordination of BCIS responses to published guidance and statements from such national bodies, and specialist input to the Royal College of Physicians. The group lead is Tom Johnson to whom the member would have direct responsibility.

Eligibility/Person Specification

Applications are open from the BCIS membership, and it is expected that the applicant will have extensive experience of the clinical practice of interventional cardiology.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of committee work, good organisational & leadership abilities and preferably have previous experience of clinical standards work or governance activities.

The position is for a 3-year term.

Application

Application is by self-nomination, with reference to the person specification above. A supporting statement from the candidate, no more than 500 words, which specifically addresses their suitability for the role must accompany self-nomination for the application to be valid.

The closing date Friday 14 November, 5pm.

If you wish to apply, please do so via the form at the bottom of this page ahead of the deadline as noted above.

If you have any questions relating to these roles, please feel free to contact us for further information (gerald.clesham@nhs.net or tom.johnson@uhbw.nhs.uk). If you have any questions about the application process, please email BCIS@millbrookconferences.co.uk.

With kind regards,

Tom Johnson
BCIS Clinical Standards Group Lead

Gerald Clesham
BCIS Honorary Secretary

Dear BCIS Members,

We would like to invite expressions of interest from BCIS members keen to have a role in the continued development of our Society by contributing to the work of the Research and Development Working Group.

The Research and Development Group is responsible for coordinating Research and Development activities within the Society. These activities include the BCIS literature review service, development of new research ideas from members and the BCIS Young Investigator Award.

The position is for a 3-year term.

We are looking for an enthusiastic member with special responsibility as Literature Review Co-Lead, this positional includes reviewing projects for quarterly literature reviews and working with current Co-Lead Richard Jabbour and assistance from Natalia Briceno.  Please find a link  here to previous literature reviews

Application

Application is by self-nomination with a supporting statement from the candidate of no more than 500 words. The closing date is Friday 14 November, 5pm. Applications to be made via the form at the bottom of this page. If you have any queries, please contact Professor Vijay Kunadian (R&D lead) at Vijay.Kunadian@newcastle.ac.uk or Dr Gerald Clesham (Hon Sec) at Gerald.Clesham@nhs.net.

Best Wishes,

Gerald Clesham, BCIS Honorary Secretary

Vijay Kunadian, BCIS R&D Working Group Lead