BCIS Young Investigator Research DAY: Call to submit abstracts

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BCIS Young Investigator Research DAY: Call to submit abstracts

22nd September 2017

DEADLINE  EXTENDED to 23rd October 2017

Call for abstracts for BCIS Young Investigator Competition to be held at RCP London 30/11/17

Dear Member

We are organising the YIA Competition differently this year.

The plan is to hold a Research Day at RCP London on 30/11/17 during which a panel made up of BCIS Research Group members will listen to shortlisted abstracts being presented, following which there will be up to 10 mins of questions.

The best 3 presentations will then be shortlisted for the formal YIA session at ACI in January, when they will compete for the overall title of Young Investigator of the Year, with prize presentations at the dinner at ACI.

All abstracts selected for presentation on 30/11 will be published in a Heart supplement.

We are therefore inviting submissions for the Research Day on 30/11/17.

Submissions should be made online to bcis@millbrookconferences.com using the below template.

Successful submissions will be notified approximately 1 week after the closing date of 23/10/17 at 1700hrs.

Good luck!

Best wishes

Prof. Nick Curzen

Chair, BCIS Research and Development Group

 

Prof. Nick Curzen BM(Hons) PhD FRCP

Professor of Interventional Cardiology/Consultant Cardiologist

E Level North Wing

University Hospital Southampton NHS FT

Southampton SO16 6YD

+44 02381204972

BCIS Study Days

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BCIS Study Days

27th February 2017

Dear Colleague,

 

BCIS Study Days    

Call for Expressions of Interest

As we discussed at the recent ACI meeting, we believe that there is an increasing need for BCIS to provide a broader educational resource for BCIS members. In addition to Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention, the BCIS Allied Health Professionals meeting, and the two trainees courses, we aim to establish a series of BCIS study days, each to be held on a single day, and addressing a single specific topic. We would like to invite all UK centres to submit expressions of interest to host these proposed meetings.

Study days could be on any topic the centre wishes. It may be a specific lesion subset, such as left mainstem, bifurcations, or CTOs. It may be an interventional technology, such as laser, rotational atherectomy, bio-absorbable vascular scaffolds, intracoronary imaging or physiological lesion assessment. It may be a field of non-coronary intervention. Centres may already have an annual meeting they host which could be brought under a BCIS banner.

Initially we propose 3 study days annually, interspersed across the year, spread geographically, and rotating year-on-year. The first meeting will be late 2017 or early 2018. Host centres would be responsible for the topic, and would collaborate with BCIS on the details of content and faculty. The final educational content will be subject to BCIS approval and content will be archived for the BCIS website. Live or recorded cases may be included. The study days will be targeted at consultant education and registration for consultant BCIS members will be free. A total of 50-75 delegates is suggested.

Faculty should broadly include about half local speakers, and half external faculty, with a maximum of three international contributors. The final total (non-negotiable) budget is £25,000, and will be paid fully by BCIS. Additional supplementation of the budgets from industry is discouraged.

We would welcome all those interested in hosting a BCIS study day to send expressions of interest by e-mail, including an outline of the proposed meeting together with approximate costings, to any or all of the BCIS officers using the email addresses in the letterhead above, or to bcis@millbrookconferences.com. Detailed budgeting and organisational details will be requested for selected applications prior to final approval. Deadline for expressions of interest is 23.59hrs, 30 April 2017.

With kind regards,

Professor Adrian Banning          Dr Dan Blackman              Dr David Hildick-Smith

President                                     Honorary Secretary            Treasurer

BCIS R&D Group membership: Call to members

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BCIS R&D Group membership: Call to members

27th January 2017

Dear BCIS Member

After their very successful tenure under the leadership of Rod Stables, several members of the R&D Group are now due to step down. I now, therefore, seek expressions of interest in joining the committee.  This will be a dynamic role that will actively contribute to our ambitious agenda and will suit individuals with a particular interest in research. It will involve up to 3 formal meetings per year as well as contribution to a range of tasks such as:  teaching courses; abstract marking; peer review; literature reviews; etc.

I would be grateful if interested individuals could email back bcis@millbrookconferences.com and include a short statement (maximum 300 words) to summarise their previous experience and any ambitions for the group.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Rod and his team for their excellent work over the last 4 years.

Best wishes

Prof. Nick Curzen

BCIS R&D Group Chair

BCIS Council Election 2016 – Research & Development Group Lead

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BCIS Council Election 2016 – Research & Development Group Lead

7th January 2017

BCIS Council Election 2016 – Research & Development Group Lead

Dear BCIS Member

I am delighted to announce to all BCIS members that Professor Nick Curzen has been elected as Research & Development Group Lead, and will take over from Rod Stables after the Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention conference in January 2017. Professor Curzen was elected unopposed. He has already brought a number of fresh ideas to the table, and I am sure you will join me in wishing him success in this crucial post for the Society.

Dan Blackman

BCIS Honorary Secretary

BCIS Trainees Courses: selected centres December 2016 – December 2019

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BCIS Trainees Courses: selected centres December 2016 – December 2019

1st April 2016

BCIS Trainees Courses: selected centres December 2016 – December 2019

Dear Colleague

BCIS Council and the Training & Education Group are pleased to announce that following an unprecedented number of expressions of interest, the host centres for the BCIS Core Curriculum Interventional Trainees Course and Advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Trainees Course have been selected. A total of 23 expressions of interest were received, which is a great reflection of the enthusiasm of BCIS members for interventional education. Given the level of interest, we elected to allocate each centre to host for 1 year only, rather than the previous 2.

The successful centres were as follows:-

Core Curriculum Interventional Trainees Course

  • April 2017 – Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester
  • April 2018 – Cardiff
  • April 2019 – West Yorkshire (Pinderfields/Halifax/York/Leeds)
  • April 2020 – Cambridge

Advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Trainees Course

  • 5-6 December 2016 – Liverpool
  • December 2017 – King’s/St Thomas’s
  • December 2018  – Belfast
  • December 2019  – Edinburgh

We would like to thank all those centres who expressed an interest in hosting the courses, and to encourage those individuals and all BCIS members who wish to participate in any of the educational or other activities of the Society to contact BCIS via the Officers, Council Members at any time.

Dr Dan Blackman
BCIS Honorary Secretary

Non-Surgical Centres Committee and Changes to BCIS Council

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Non-Surgical Centres Committee and Changes to BCIS Council

7th February 2016

Non-Surgical Centres Committee and Changes to BCIS Council

Dear Member,

The Non-Surgical Centres Committee was established by BCIS Council in 2012 as a temporary working group with a remit to address the specific issues facing BCIS members working in centres without on-site cardiac surgery. In particular, the committee aimed to increase the representation of NSC members within BCIS, including in educational activities, at BCIS meetings including the annual Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention conference, and in both BCIS Council and the BCIS Sub-group Committees. At the recent ACI 2016 conference the Non-Surgical Centres Committee considered its future role and this was subsequently discussed at the Council meeting later the same day. All present agreed that major progress had been made since the inception of the NSC committee. There has been widespread representation of NSC members amongst the faculty of BCIS meetings including ACI, while in the last 2 years, 2 of the 4 live case sites have been centres without on-site cardiac surgery. NSC members are and will be represented throughout the various BCIS sub-groups that are responsible for the real decision-making processes within BCIS. There was also a belief that the distinction between centres with and without on-site cardiac surgery is probably irrelevant in the context of most of contemporary interventional cardiology and that the existence of a Non-Surgical Centres Committee could perpetuate a damaging distinction. Consequently, following the NSC and Council meetings at ACI 2016, it was agreed that the NSC would not continue in its current form. Instead we will seek to represent the needs of all BCIS members though the existing structure of BCIS Council and the BCIS Sub-groups. All of the existing members of the NSC committee have been added to BCIS Sub-groups so that they can continue to make valuable contributions to the workings of the society.   BCIS is very grateful for the contribution that Dr Sen Devadathan and the NSC group have made. Sen’s departure from BCIS Council has created an additional vacancy for an Ordinary Member of Council and I am delighted to announce that, in accordance with the Rules of the Society and following the recent election, Dr David Smith (Swansea) has been elected to the position of Ordinary Council Member joining Professor Philip MacCarthy and Dr Tim Wells. Dave will join Council with immediate effect. I am sure you will join me in congratulating him and in wishing him a successful term on Council.   I am also pleased to announce that Dr Phillip Freeman (Aalborg/Cardiff) has been elected as the new Communications Lead for BCIS. Phil will be taking over from Mike Norell from March 1st 2016. Phil’s major focus will be the redevelopment and expansion of the BCIS website which we hope will become a major tool for all BCIS members. As part of this process Phil will be developing a small group of members with relevant expertise to assist in this major project. BCIS is fully committed to ensuring that all members, whether they are Allied Health Professionals, Trainee Doctors, or Consultants working in any institution, are represented by and within the Society. Members wishing to take part in any of the workings of the Society, including any of the Sub-groups, should contact BCIS directly.

With kind regards,

Dan Blackman 
BCIS Honorary Secretary

BCIS Council Election 2015 – BCIS Ordinary Council Members Result

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BCIS Council Election 2015 – BCIS Ordinary Council Members Result

7th January 2016

BCIS Council Election 2015 – BCIS Ordinary Council Members Result

Dear BCIS Member

Further to the recent elections, we are delighted to announce that our 2 new elected BCIS Ordinary Council members are Phil MacCarthy and Tim Wells.

We had 12 excellent candidates and consequently, this was a highly competitive election. This shows the momentum and support BCIS has within the country and we need motivated individuals to help improve and evolve Cardiovascular Intervention within the UK. Please do keep a lookout for further representative opportunities that may arise in the future.

We look forward to seeing you at ACI next week!

Professor Adrian Banning

Honorary Secretary, BCIS (2015 – 2016)

Professor Simon Redwood

President, BCIS (2012 – 2016)

BCIS Council Election 2015 – Honorary Secretary of BCIS

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BCIS Council Election 2015 – Honorary Secretary of BCIS

7th December 2015

BCIS Council Election 2015 – Honorary Secretary of BCIS

Dear BCIS Member

I am delighted to announce that Dr Dan Blackman (Leeds) has been elected unopposed as the next Honorary Secretary of the Society.

Dan will take up his post following ACI in January 2016. (We will also be advertising for new Ordinary Council members shortly, so please do keep a lookout for this communication. These posts are open to all BCIS members to apply excluding Extra-ordinary and Honorary Members).

I am sure you will join me in offering Dan our congratulations.

Best wishes,

Professor Simon Redwood

President, BCIS (2012 – 2016)

BCIS Council Election 2015 – BCIS President Result

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BCIS Council Election 2015 – BCIS President Result

7th November 2015

BCIS Council Election 2015 – BCIS President Result

Dear BCIS Member

After a very closely run election between 2 exceptionally talented candidates, I am delighted to announce that Adrian Banning has been elected as the next BCIS President. Adrian will take over formally after ACI in January 2016. I am sure you will join me in congratulating him, and also commiserations to Nick Curzen.

Best wishes,

Professor Simon Redwood

President, BCIS (2012 – 2016)