BSCI BSCCT Annual Spring Meeting and AGM 2016
Last event date: May 6, 2016
Venue: Post Graduate Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Meeting report by Dr Jonathan Weir-McCall (BSCI/BSCCT Trainee Committee)
The spring meeting of the BSCI was fully booked this year with 120 delegates making their way to Birmingham to hear the excellent range of speakers cover topics from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to congenital heart disease and aortic vasculopathies. Highlights included:
– The excellent key note speaker Kelly Han speaking on the ever growing role of cardiac CT in the pre-operative work-up and assessment of congenital heart disease, clearly demonstrating the added benefit that high pitch low dose CT provides in this extremely challenging population.
– Prof Newby speaking on the clear strength of CTCA in influencing management decisions and improving patient outcomes in the seminal SCOT-HEART trial.
– Discussion of the rationale and reasoning behind the upcoming NICE guidelines on chest pain and their potential impact on service provision in the near future.
The meeting also showcased an exciting array of upcoming cardiac imaging talent in the case presentation and early career research presentations sections, with the case presentation being won by a highly unusual case of a pulmonary artery dissection in a truncus arteriosus, and the research presentation prize being won for the second year in a row by Dr Jonathan Rodrigues for his work on cardiac remodeling in hypertensive cardiomyopathy.
All of this would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of Dr Ben Holloway who organised this interesting and varied event, and the speakers who put so much effort into producing a fantastic array of stimulating talks. Thank you to all involved in making the meeting a success.
Information about the meeting is available by clicking the links below:Delegate information
Congratulations
Congratulations to everyone who displayed a poster at the meeting and to the presenters of the research presentations and video cases. Prizes and travel bursaries were awarded to:- Dr Alastair Moss (Top left), Image of the Year- Dr John Dreisbach (Top centre), First prize for a video case presentation- Dr Jonathan Rodrigues (Top left), First prize for a research presentation- Presenters of research presentations and video cases (From left): Dr Katharine Garfath-Cox, Dr Jassie Tan, Dr Jonathan Rodrigues, Dr Giorgos Papanastasiou, Dr Max Charalambos, Dr Amardeep Ghosh Dastidar, Dr Bhavna Pitrola, Yan Ning Neo
Abstracts from the meeting have been published as a supplement in HEART
BSCI/SCCT/RSM joint meeting – State of the art cardiovascular CT in 2014
Last event date: December 17, 2014
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine in London
The BSCI/SCCT/RSM joint meeting 2014 was held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London on Wednesday 17th December 2014.
It featured sessions on coronary imaging, FFRCT and myocardial perfusion imaging from speakers from the UK and abroad. Dr Klaus Kofoed (Cardiologist, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen) spoke on “CT myocardial perfusion – CORE320 and beyond) and Dr Szilard Voros (Associate professor of radiology and medicine/cardiology, Stony Brook University Medical Centre, New York) spoke on “The future of cardiovascular CT. The full program can be downloaded below.
BSCI Spring Meeting and AGM, Glasgow 2014
Last event date: April 24, 2014
Venue: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow
The 2014 BSCI Spring Meeting and AGM was held in Glasgow at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. The meeting started with a session on the highlights of current Scottish Cardiovascular Imaging Research with presentations from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. Educational sessions featured hypertension, the thoracic aorta, quality in cardiac CTCA, pulmonary arterial hypertension and the current status of coronary CTCA.
For the first time a video case report session was introduced which encouraged trainees to submit cases as a single video to highlight the dynamic three dimensional nature of imaging work. Congratulations to Dr Michelle Mak who won this session for her video LVOT stent following Transcatheter mitral valve repair. Congratulations also to Dr Michelle Williams who won the scientific abstract session with her abstract “Computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging with fractional flow reserve and 15O-water positrion emission tomography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Thank you to all who delivered presentations and presented posters during the meeting.
For the first time this was a two day meeting and included an evening meal at the West Brewery in Glasgow. This highly successful event provided an opportunity to socialise with colleagues throughout the UK and will be repeated at future BSCI Spring Meetings.
BSCI Annual spring meeting and AGM 2013
Last event date: May 10, 2013
Venue: Bristol Royal Infirmary Postgraduate Medical Education Centre
The BSCI Annual Spring meeting and AGM 2013 was held at Bristol Royal Infirmary. Download the meeting program below.
BSCI Spring meeting 2013BSCI/SCCT/RSM joint meeting – Advanced cardiovascular imaging CT in 2012
Last event date: December 5, 2012
Venue: RSM
The first biannual joint BSCI/SCCT/RSM meeting was held at the RSM on 5th December 2012. The meeting included both UK and international speakers and covered the latest in cardiovascular CT imaging. Sessions included coronary artery calcium scoring, coronary imaging in the emergency department and updates in ischaemic heart disease.
It also initiated further BSCI and SCCT collaboration with the launch of the SCCT UK international regional committee.
BSCI Spring Meeting and AGM 2012
Last event date: May 4, 2012
Venue: Peninsula Radiology Academy in Plymouth, Bristol
The BSCI spring meeting and AGM was held on the 4th May 2012 at the Peninsula Radiology Academy in Plymouth, Bristol. It featured sessions on getting the best from your new generation cardiac CT scanner and pushing the boundaries with cardiac CT including valves, stents, function and calcium.
BSCI Spring meeting and AGM 2012BSCI Spring Meeting 2011
Last event date: May 3, 2011
Venue: Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
The BSCI Spring meeting 2011 was held at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester on 3rd May 2011. The meeting featured sessions on state of the art CT and MRI techniques including lectures on acute coronary syndromes, ARVC, grown up congenital heart disease and imaging for devices.
BSCI/RSM Spring meeting 2010
Last event date: April 13, 2010
Venue: RSM
The BSCI and RSM joint spring meeting on “Cardiovascular CT and imaging update” took place on the 12th and 13th of April 2010 at the RSM in London.
BSCI/RCR Hot topics and controversies in cardiac imaging 2009
Last event date: November 16, 2009
The joint BSCI and RCR meeting in 2009 was entitled “Hot topics and controversies in cardiac imaging. It took place on 16th November 2009 in London.
BSCI/RCR Hot topics and controversies in cardiac imaging 2009BSCI meeting 2009
Last event date: April 2, 2009
Venue: Southampton General Hospital
The BSCI meeting in 2009 was held at Southampton General Hospital.
