The British Cardiovascular Intervention Society promotes education, training and research and develops and upholds clinical and professional standards.
🤯
#BCISACI
2024 in Numbers🤯
Thank you to everyone who was involved in providing first-class medical education at BCIS ACI last month and to the exhibitors who supported the event
We're incredibly proud to have:
📚Educated 1500+ HCPs
🌎Reached 50+ countries online
🤝Garnered
BCIS notes with great sadness the death of Alain Cribier. Alain was a true giant of interventional cardiology. Against many obstacles, some jealousy, and not a little hostility, Alain never wavered from his goal of bringing
#TAVI
to the masses. It is to people like Alain, willing
We are planning to coordinate a tribute to Tony Gershlick that will include memories and anecdotes about him from members who knew him well. In the meantime, I have prepared this personal tribute to Tony. - Nick Curzen (
@ncurzen
), BCIS President.
Congratulations to Andrew Chapman (
@chapdoc1
), winner of the BCIS Young Investigator of the Year award for “Determining the Mechanism of Myocardial Injury and Role of Coronary Disease in Type 2 Myocardial Infarction (DEMAND-MI): A Prospective Cohort Study” 👏
BCIS is delighted to announce the successful appointment of
@mmamas1973
to Deputy BCIS Audit Lead. Mamas has extensive experience with the BCIS dataset, and will work closely with Peter Ludman. We would like to congratulate Mamas and thank all the candidates for their interest.
Congratulations to
@AishSinha1
on winning the coveted Young Investigator of the Year award! 🏆
🎥You can catch his presentation on-demand shortly, Characterising Mechanisms to Stratify Therapy in Patients with
#Angina
and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries
#BCISACI
BCIS President Election Results
Professor Nick Curzen is delighted to announce that Professor David Hildick-Smith (
@Ryvetsprog
) has been elected to be the next President of BCIS.
Dave will take over after the dinner at ACI23, we extend our warmest congratulations to him.
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A very special moment at
#BCISACI
as the audience gives Prof. Ludman a minute-long standing ovation as he concludes his final BCIS Audit report presentation. Peter has dedicated 21 years to the creation of the reports, his contribution to the field is immeasurable. Thank you.
BCIS is very sad to hear of the passing of our great colleague and friend, Professor David Foley.
@nolanjimradial
has written a fitting tribute available here:
@NickCurzen
At this year's conference dinner, we said goodbye to
@ncurzen
as BCIS president😢
Speeches left the audience both emotional and laughing hysterically, ending with a standing ovation giving thanks for the outstanding achievements of Nick's presidency. Thank you, Nick.
#BCISACI
That’s a wrap for
#BCISACI
2022! What a brilliant meeting, world class education and an excellent opportunity to meet with colleagues. Such a great buzz across all three days. Let us know what you thought below ⬇️
At the dinner, we also got the opportunity to thank Prof. Peter Ludman for his outstanding service to BCIS. Peter has created and presented extraordinary BCIS Audits for 22 years, his contribution to BCIS cannot be quantified. Thank you, Peter.
Over to you
@mmamas1973
!
Congratulations to
@dr_chrisallen
on winning this year’s Young Investigator of the Year!🎊
Chris is currently presenting the winning abstract ‘Functional Outcomes in
#AorticStenosis
After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation’
cc:
@ColinBerryMD
#BCISACI
Should TAVI be performed in non-surgical centres?
Dr Manoharan will chair the debate "It's time for TAVI in non-surgical centres" with Dr Shannon presenting the pros and Dr Malik the cons at ACI VE 2021.
View the programme and register here:
#BCISACI
After a recent call for applications, we would like to congratulate the following members who have been appointed to key BCIS roles unopposed:
Hon. Secretary – Dr Gerald Clesham
Research & Development Group Lead –
@VijayKunadian
Structural Intervention Group Lead –
@DanBlackman7
We are excited to announce that
#BCISACI
will return to Hilton London Metropole at a slightly later date, 31 January — 2 February 2024!🎊
Keep your eyes peeled for more updates👀. We hope to see you there!
#InterventionalCardiology
#CardioEd
#MedEd
Dr
@MDaghem
, Cardiology Trainee ST7, at
@LHCHFT
has written a post for Fellows Corner titled 'Beginners Guide to
#TAVI
'
Read the full article below 👇
Congratulations to
@chapdoc1
, Akra Das and Sharmaine Thirunavukiarasu who have been appointed to the BCIS PCI international fellowships! 🎊
🌏Andrew is headed to Auckland, whilst Arka is off to Adelaide and Sharmaine to Vancouver Island!
Thank you to everyone who participated.
ICYMI:
@tomkaier
was named as the winner for the Best Trainees Case at
#BCISACI
2023🎉Congratulations!🎊
Pre-lunch, Tom presented hi winning case 'No Plan Survives First Contact With the Enemy' to hundreds of delegates!
Thank you to everyone that submitted their cases👏
BCIS has issued a statement regarding the Covid-19 pandemic with some general principles to follow during this difficult time. As a society, we wish you our heartfelt support in facing this crisis. Read the statement here:
Congratulations to Prof. Jim Nolan
@nolanjimradial
who has been awarded the BCIS Prof Tony Gershlick Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by
@BCIS_uk
President, Prof Nick Curzen
@ncurzen
.
Congratulations Jim👏
#BCISACI
Following the recent election, we are pleased to welcome Dr Ash Kotecha (
@AshishKotecha9
) as the new Member without portfolio on BCIS Council!
Congratulations to Dr Kotecha and thank you to the candidates for their interest and to everyone who voted.
After the recent election, BCIS council is pleased to welcome Sarah Carson, Senior Nurse at the Bristol Heart Institute as the new Lead for the Allied Health Professionals Working Group.
Congratulations to Sarah and thank you to everyone that applied for the position.
We can also announce the dates for
#BCISACI
2023!
Join us Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th and Friday 20th January 2023 at the
@HiltonLondonMet
.
Stay tuned for further updates. We hope to see you there!
Following the recent election, BCIS Council is pleased to welcome Dr Vinoda Sharma as the new Member without portfolio.
We would like to congratulate Vinoda and thank all the candidates for their interest and to everyone who voted.
Here are just a few highlights from the opening morning of
#BCISACI
. This is just the start!
On now: Novel Targets for Interventional Cardiology: Pulmonary Embolus?
BCIS President, Prof. Nick Curzen (
@ncurzen
) is here to tell you what you can expect from ACI Virtual Experience 2021 which takes place next week from the 21st to 23rd April.
Find out more and register your place here:
We'll 'see' you there!
#BCISACI
We're pleased to announce that the winner of this year's Young Investigator Award is Dr
@AishSinha1
!🎉
🔬Dr Sinha's
#research
is based on angina/ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries
Aish will present his research again at
#BCISACI
next month:
Colleagues at King's College Hospital and Guy's and St Thomas' hospital have collated a summary of the most recent literature about COVID and the heart. It covers myocardial injury, ACEI/ARB, STEMI outcomes and more. You can view it here:
Yesterday was
#InternationalWomensDay
and BCIS is incredibly proud of all of the amazing women within Interventional Cardiology working to push our speciality forwards.
It's also important to recognise that within IC, <5% of the workforce is female. (Source: Stanford Medicine)
BCIS is delighted to announce the appointment of
@KVM83
,
@richardbogle
and
@ALadwiniec
to the Training & Education Working Group
Congratulations to the successful candidates and thank you to all applicants for their continued interest in BCIS
Read more:
🏆Congratulations to Harish Sharma who won the best trainee case at
#BCISACI
!🏆
His presentation was titled 'Hitting the Bullseye: The Importance of IVUS in a Case of Coronary Artery Dissection'
📸
@SulemanAktaa
BCIS is delighted to announce the successful election of Shrilla Banerjee (
@ShrillaB
) and Suneil Aggarwal to Council as Ordinary Members.
Thank you to all of the applicants for their interest in BCIS.
Please join us congratulating Shrilla and Suneil.
BCIS is delighted to announce the appointment of Ben LaFevre, Howie Ellis and Lauren MacPhee-Leech to the Allied Health Care Professionals Working Group.
Congratulations to the successful candidates and thank you to all applicants for their continued interest in BCIS.
Congratulations to the winners of the
#OHCA
Study Day Abstract and Case Competition! 👏
Case winner: Dr Josh Wilcox (
@jdrwilcox
)
Abstract winner: Dr Roy Roman
Both will present at the OHCA Study Day on Monday.
Read more about their entries below.
#BCISACI
not long now.
Live cases from: Barts Heart Centre, Portsmouth, Glasgow
Why do we need CTO specialists? Paul Knappen
iFR, ORBITA and PFO: How do they change my practice
Acute stroke int. - Why Not?
And of course the BCIS AUDIT: Peter Ludman

Don't forget to share photos of you and your teams during the COVID-era for us to showcase at the
#BCISACI
Dinner on Thursday 21st April.
We would like to honour our colleagues and members for their service during the pandemic 🧑⚕️
As we say farewell to Prof. Nick Curzen, we welcome Prof. Dave Hildick-Smith
@hildicksmithd
as president of BCIS.
Dave started his presidency with a bang, leaving us all crying with laughter at the
#BCISACI
dinner. We look forward to the next 3 years with you at the helm!
It is with considerable regret that the decision has been taken to postpone the BCIS ACI Virtual Experience 2021 until April. New dates will be announced soon.
Please read the full statement from Prof. Nick Curzen, BCIS President here:
Dr Tim Kinnaird has been awarded the Research of the Year Award for work titled Is Higher Operator Volumes for Unprotected Left Main Stem PCI Associated with Improved Patient Outcomes? A Survival analysis of 6,748 cases from the BCIS National Database. Congratulations!
#BCISACI
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
to all women worldwide! Today, the BCIS Women In Cardiology Focus Group has launched its bi-monthly webinar.
The first session takes place 22nd March 8-9 pm featuring
@ShaziaTHussain1
&
@ncurzen
Read more and register here:
Very exciting! It's been a long time coming but we're nearly there. Who's joining us tomorrow? 🙋
If you aren't already registered, you can register on the day. Just turn up to
@HiltonLondonMet
from 8:15 am and the Millbrook Team will register you.
See you tomorrow!
#BCISACI
The Millbrook Team are onsite at the
@HiltonLondonMet
getting set up for
#BCISACI
which starts tomorrow!
Here's a sneak peek of the exhibition hall, trust us, it's organised chaos😉
Looking forward to welcoming delegates tomorrow morning, registration is open from 8:15 am🩺
Many congratulations to our two live centres at
#BCISACI
2024 (
@NNUH
and
@OUHospitals
) for organising challenging, provocative and educational cases!
Great teamwork, excellent results, really good discussions
Up next at
#BCISACI
is the brilliant
@Drroxmehran
with her Keynote Lecture titled 'Where next for interventional cardiology?' Chaired by BCIS President
@ncurzen
. A must watch!
The main auditorium was packed for
@ziadalinyc
's forward-looking keynote lecture on The Future for Intracoronary Imaging and Physiology in PCI: Both, One, or Neither?
#BCISACI
Is it time to Put the Heart Back into Cardiology?
This insightful session will be showcased at ACI Virtual Experience 2021 and features training role-play from
@ncurzen
,
@HelenRoutledge2
and
@twj1974
, chaired by
@rallamee
.
The session poses the question, can we train to change?
And that concludes day one of BCIS ACI Virtual Experience 2021!
We hope you all enjoyed the fantastic education on offer and join us again at 09:00 tomorrow for day two.
#BCISACI
That's a wrap on BCIS ACI Virtual Experience 2021!
Thank you to the faculty & everyone involved in creating this amazing educational experience. Great to see so much discussion & reflection on the sessions.
Thanks for joining us, hopefully face-to-face again in 2022🤞
#BCISACI
The
#BCISACI
conference dinner was a wonderful opportunity to thank those key to the success of BCIS as well as winners of this year's BCIS Awards and celebrate a wonderful conference so far 👏
All of the talks from last week's
#BCISACI
are now available for members to view on the BCIS website. Talks are organised by session, and you can search by speaker name, topic, or talk to find talks relevant to you. View here:
Duo
@DanBlackman7
and Jo Shannon discuss TAVI in the UK at
#BCISACI
!🇬🇧
🫀Geographical Inequality of Access: What is the State of Play?
🫀Geographical Inequality of Access: What Can We Do?
🫀Geographical Inequality of Access: The Case for
#TAVI
in Non-Surgical Centres Revisited?
Applications for BCIS International Fellowships close on Friday 1 March 2024 at 5 PM.
The opportunities on offer are:
PCI: Adelaide, Auckland and Victoria
Structural: Bern
Don't miss out on a fantastic opportunity, apply here:
ACI Virtual Experience 2021 will now take place Wednesday 21st - Friday 23rd April 2021
Registration has re-opened and is free to BCIS members
We have an exciting programme lined up with a first-class faculty, view the programme highlights here:
🥳Happy 74th birthday to the
@NHSuk
!
A huge thank you from
@BCIS_uk
to our wonderful members and all the NHS workers who go above and beyond every single day.💙
#NHSBirthday
#NHS74
A huge round of applause to Prof. Peter Ludman and his stunning BCIS National Coronary Audit talk 👏 amazing feedback from the delegates and a truly exceptional piece of work.
Now to the live panel to discuss the talk and ask some key questions about the data.
#BCISACI
The full BCIS Audit of adult cardiovascular interventions performed from the 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019 is now available to view online here:
Please note, this content is available to BCIS members only, you will need to login to view the content.
Currently, CEO of the
@FootballAssoc
, Mark Bullingham takes to the stage with Rasha Al-Lamee
@rallamee
discussing ‘Our experience with equality at work’ ⚽️
#BCISACI
More from today's
#OHCA
Study Day:
📸 1: Emma Beadle, Nurse at Essex Cardiothoracic Centre presenting 'Neuroprognostication in OHCA Patients on ITU'
📸 2: Case presentation by Dr Tom Johnson, Consultant Cardiologist at Bristol Royal Infirmary alongside patient Forrest Wheeler
Who will be the next BCIS President for the term of 2023-2026?
As a BCIS Member, YOU decide:
Good luck to all candidates in the running:
@clare_12
,
@DevadathanSen
,
@Ryvetsprog
, Prof. Philip MacCarthy and
@DrPeterOKane
.
Ballot closes 18/07 @ 5pm.
Do you know how to do Bifurcation PCI? Learn how at ACI VE 2021!
@DrPeterOKane
will be presenting a BCIS Masterclass titled "Use of Imaging to Optimise Bifurcation PCI" chaired by
@twj1974
View the full programme and register here:
#BCISACI
#CardioEd
Mentorship is crucial for professional development. In order to identify current mentorship needs within Cardiology, a “Global Mentorship Survey” has been designed by
@ShrillaB
&
@aayshacader
.
Complete the survey here:
Dr Alastair Proudfoot (1st Image) kicked off this afternoon at the BCIS OHCA Study Day with his talk 'Cardiogenic Shock'. Followed by Dr Waqas Akhtar discussing 'Mechanical Circulatory Support', and in the second image you will see Dr Guy Glover presenting a case 🫀
The new BCIS Trainees Forum monthly webinar series aims to address the subspecialist interventional cardiology curriculum from the
@JRCPT
The first session takes place on 13th April 7-8PM
Registration is free for BCIS Trainee Members
Find out more:
Following calls for Expressions of Interest and a vote from BCIS Council, we are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Helen Routledge as the next Clinical Standards Working Group Lead.
We would like to congratulate Helen and thank all applicants for their interest 👏
Congratulations to
@DrPeterOKane
and Prof. Rajesh Kharbanda for their successful appointment to the BCIS Research and Development Working Group as Member Without Portfolio!
The second in the series of the BCIS Trainees Educational Webinars is now available on-demand to BCIS Members.
The session is titled “Bifurcation PCI” and was presented by speaker
@Mariathas83
and session supervisor
@DrPeterOKane
.
View the session here: