Fellowship Opportunity | Coronary & Structural | Vancouver

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Fellowship Opportunity | Coronary & Structural | Vancouver

6th February 2026

Now Open for applications 

Application Deadline: Friday 27 February  

Providence Health Care Heart Centre, St Paul Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Position Vacant: August 2026 – August 2028 (1 year coronary focused and 1 year structural focused)

Current Incumbent: Suleman Aktaa, Leeds Teaching Hospital (August 2024 – August 2026) 

This post offers well established, high-quality, high-volume PCI and structural training in a prominent international cardiac centre. The post is funded for 2 years, an expected salary is £70,000, the contribution is equally split between BCIS industry support and hosting centres and has a work programme primarily focused on catheter laboratory activity. There are opportunities for participating in research and PCI and structural heart disease programmes. As well as offering advanced training, this post provides an excellent opportunity to live and work in another country and experience a different healthcare system. 

This post is highly competitive and most suitable for individuals who already have a strong background of interventional training with academic research. A previous exposure to structural training is desirable. 

Access to the fellowships is limited to UK trainees in their final 2 years of specialist registrar training and are BCIS members. The supervising consultants act on behalf of the BCIS Training and Education Group. 

HOW TO APPLY 

If you would like to apply for this fellowship, please submit your application via the form at the bottom of the page. 

Within the form, you will need to attach a detailed CV (this should include a personal statement and procedural numbers) AND letters of support from two supervisory consultants. If you have any issues with the application process please email BCIS@millbrookconferences.co.uk. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to join a virtual interview with members of the Training and Education Working Group on Tuesday 17 March,  you are not required prepare anything to present to the panel.  

Job Description

BCIS Secretariat, Millbrook Medical Conferences Ltd
Unit 8, Midland Court, Central Park, Lutterworth
Leicestershire LE17 4PN

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BCIS Fellowship Announcement

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BCIS Fellowship Announcement

28th November 2025

The BCIS Training and Education Working Group held the trainees international fellowship interviews on 26/11/2025. It’s our pleasure to announce the appointment of:

Dr Matthew Kelham to the Adelaide fellowship

Dr Michael McGarvey to the Vancouver Island fellowship.

We congratulate them on their appointment and wish them a very successful year in their respective fellowships. We also wish to thank all the other applicants. The standard of applications and all those interviewed were superb reflecting the strength of interventional training in the UK centres as well as the trainees’ commitment to achieving excellent standards.

Best Wishes,
BCIS Fellowship Programme Committee

Call for Expressions of Interest: host for the Annual BCIS Trainees meeting: 2026 – 2028

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Call for Expressions of Interest: host for the Annual BCIS Trainees meeting: 2026 – 2028

20th November 2025

Dear BCIS member,

Are you and your team enthusiastic about training and education and committed to developing the next generation of interventional cardiologists? Could you deliver two days of interactive, informative, and innovative education?  If so, we would like to invite you to submit an expression of interest to host the  trainees summer meeting and are taking applications for 2026 to 2028 inclusive.

Each year, the BCIS TEG (Training and Education Group) runs a popular face to face training programme for interventional fellows and registrars across the UK. In September this year, Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, came together to deliver a collaborative and immersive course with excellent feedback – our many thanks to  Dr. Damien Kelly, Dr. Andy Ladwiniec and Dr. Andrew Vanezis and your teams and centres.

Future courses will be developed together with the selected host centre(s), but have traditionally worked best with a mixture of in-house and external faculty, hosted in a nearby hotel (although a hospital venue is an option) logistically taken care of by Millbrook Medical Conferences.

As per this year, we would like to encourage collaborative applications from a combination of Tertiary and DGH setting(s), however, single centre applications are also welcome.

It is intended that the successful centre(s) selected to host the 2026 course will meet virtually with the TEG Working Group to agree a date, venue, responsibilities and course content in early 2026. Preliminary meetings for the 2027 and 2028 hosts will take place in time.

Application

Application is by self-nomination along with a supporting statement from the centre(s) of no more than 500 words . Please include the details of what you and your unit(s) can bring to the BCIS Trainees Course. Centres will be selected based on prior experience and effectiveness of delivery, range of subjects covered, innovative training ideas and ease of access to venue.

Applicants are welcome to upload a suggested draft agenda, but this is optional.

If you have the enthusiasm, energy and passion for education, to deliver the next BCIS trainees course, please complete and return the form below together with your statement of support  by Friday, 19th December at 5 PM.

If you have any further questions relating to this event, please feel free to make contact for further information (KVM1083@outlook.com).

With kind regards,

Kalaivani Mahadevan and Krishnaraj Rathod

Responsibility for BCIS Trainees Course

BCIS Secretariat, Millbrook Medical Conferences Ltd
Unit 8, Midland Court, Central Park, Lutterworth
Leicestershire LE17 4PN

BCIS INTERVENTIONAL TRAINEES COURSE 2025: BEST TRAINEE CASE COMPETITION

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BCIS INTERVENTIONAL TRAINEES COURSE 2025: BEST TRAINEE CASE COMPETITION

20th June 2025

We are delighted to encourage trainees to submit their most instructive clinical PCI case for an opportunity to present at the BCIS Interventional Trainees Course.

A shortlist of the three best cases will be presented during the meeting and will be subject to open discussion and critique. An award will be given to the best case.

A formal scoring system will be used based on:

• Educational value
• Complexity of case
• Quality of presentation and interaction with the audience and panel.

Technical guidelines for submitting a clinical case:

• Only .ppt, .pptx, .pps, .ppsx formats are accepted.
• Your presentation must not exceed 10 slides and should include a concise summary of the case.
• A final summary slide of the dominant learning points will be used to assess the educational value.
• It is expected that the trainee will have been significantly involved in the case.
• A cover note (email) from the copying consultant responsible for the case is required to authorise a submission.
• One case per applicant only.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR CASE

Cases should be submitted via the form below by Friday 1 August 2025 at 5 PM.