About Vascular Society

Council and Committees 2021-2022

 

Executive Officers 

President  Mr Jon Boyle	President Elect Miss Rachel Bell	Vice President Elect Mr Andrew Garnham
Honorary Secretary Mr Marcus Brooks	HonoraryTreasurer Mr Alistair McCleary

Committee Chairs

Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) Mr Douglas Orr, Chair	Audit and Quality Improvement Mr Arun Pherwani, Chair	Circulation Foundation  Ms Rachel Bell, Chair
Education Mr Keith Jones, Chair	Research Prof. Ian Chetter, Chair	Workforce Prof. Ciaran McDonnell, Chair
	Professional Affairs  Prof. Ian Loftus

Council Members

Ordinary members	Mr Donald Adam
	Professor Matthew Bown
	Mr Patrick Coughlin
	Mr Anselm Egun
	Mr Ian Hunter
	Mr Sadasivam Selvakumar
	Miss Kaji Sritharan
	Ms Lucy Wales
Co-opted members	Professor Robert Sayers, RCS Council Rep.
Observers	British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR)
	Ms Emma Waldergrave, Society for Vascular Technology of Great Britain and Ireland (SVTGBI)
	Ms Gail Curran, 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 Arun Pherwani

 

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
Shadow Chair	Patrick Coughlin

 

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	Prof. Ian Chetter

                               

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 Douglas Orr

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 

Professional Affairs	Prof. Ian Loftus

 

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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 Lasantha Wijesinghe                (South)

Mr Noel Wilson                               (South East)

Vacant                                              (South West)  

Mr Rick Gibbs                                  (London)