About Vascular Society

Council and Committees 2019-2020

 

Executive Officers 

President Professor Chris Imray	Vice President Mr Michael Jenkins	Vice President Elect Mr Jon Boyle
Honorary Secretary Ms Sophie Renton	HonoraryTreasurer Mr Andy Garnham

Committee Chairs

Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) Committee Mr Louis Fligelstone, Chair	Audit and Quality Improvement Committee Mr Jon Boyle, Chair	Circulation Foundation Committee Ms Rachel Bell, Chair
Education Committee Mr Keith Jones, Chair	Research Committee Professor Ian Chetter, Chair	Professional Affairs Committee Professor Ian Loftus, Chair

Council Members

Ordinary members	Mr Richard Gibbs
	Mr Arun Pherwani
	Mr Marcus Brooks
	Mr Alistair McCleary
	Mr Patrick Coughlin
	Mr Waquar Yusef
	Professor Ciaran McDonnell
	Mr Donald Adam
	Mr Douglas Orr
Co-opted members	Professor Cliff Shearman, RCS Council Rep. Ms Meryl Davis
Observers	British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR)
	Ms Heather Anderson, Society for Vascular Technology (SVT)
	Ms Louise Allen, Society of Vascular Nurses (SVN)

 

Committees

 

Audit and Quality Improvement Committee

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 the current issues that the Audit and Quality Improvement Committee is involved, include:

• Publication of the NVR Annual Report

• Publication of Surgeon Level outcomes for AAA and Carotid surgery

• Development and implementation of the PAD-QIF

• Development of the Aortic Dataset to collect device information and long-term outcomes

• Working with VASCUNET to validate the NVR

• Improving case ascertainment for amputation and angioplasty
   

Chair	Mr Jon Boyle
Deputy Chair	N/A

 

Education Committee

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The Education Committee advises Council on issues and developments relating to:

• The vascular training curriculum

• The provision of vascular training and examinations

• Educational policies and initiatives

• The Committee is currently involved in developing simulation courses for new VS trainees, curriculum development, and procedure based assessments.
   

Chair	Mr K Jones
Deputy Chair	N/A

 

Research Committee

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The Research Committee will advise Council on issues, developments and membership surveys relating to vascular research. It will provide research strategy direction to the Council, and, by adopting a 'horizon scanning' approach, ensure the Society keeps pace with progress in vascular research. The Committee will identify research initiatives and advise Council on ways to implement these. It will work closely with the Circulation Foundation in matters relating to grants currently awarded by the Society, and the funding of new grants initiated and implemented by the committee.

 

Chair	Professor Ian Chetter
Deputy Chair

                               

Annual Scientific Meeting Committee

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The ASM committee was introduced in 2014/15 to work with the current President and the conference organiser to plan all aspects of the annual meeting. The committee will provide more continuity and forward planning over a number of years, with a more structured format to meetings, incorporating feedback from previous meetings. The meeting will remain a scientific meeting with current best practice and training as core elements. The committee will also improve interaction with industry and sponsors who enable the meeting to flourish.

 

Chairman	Mr L Fligelstone
Deputy Chair
	Richard Gibbs

 

Circulation Foundation Committee

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The Circulation Foundation Commitee is established for the purpose of raising funds towards the aims of the circulation foundation which are to :

• Raise awareness of the risks of vascular disease;

• Reduce the risks by funding education programmes and research projects;

• Research new treatments for vascular diseases; and

• Promote healthy lifestyles to actively prevent vascular disease

 

Chair	Ms Rachel Bell
Deputy Chair	Ms Merly Davis

 

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Professional Affairs Committee 

Chair	Professor Ian Loftus
Deputy Chair

 

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Regional Specialty Professional Advisors

Mr Andrew Brown, Sunderland    (North East)

Mr Denis Harkin, Belfast               (Northern Ireland)

Professor Ian Chetter                    (Hull & Yorkshire)

Mr Rob Fisher                                (North West)

Mr Louis Fligelstone                      (Wales)

Mr Tony Fox                                    (West Midlands)

Mr Mark McCarthy                         (East Midlands)

Mr Matt Armon                               (East)

Mr John Thompson                        (South West)

Mr Lasantha Wijesinghe                (South)

Mr Noel Wilson                               (South East)

Mr Rick Gibbs                                  (London)