About Us

The London Cardiovascular Society has been in existence for more than 30 years. At its birth it was the London Hypertension Society but following wide consultation it was agreed to update its name to reflect the broader cardiovascular role that it plays. Although it historically has the location of London within its name, it is in fact a national society with members from across the UK.

The Society meets regularly over the year at the Medical Society of London premises in Central London. Talks by its members are given at each meeting and all members are encouraged to attend. The meeting is preceded by tea and concludes with a small dinner.

There is no cost to membership, but members may be asked to present at one of our meetings. Membership currently consists of clinicians and non-clinicians at all levels, from Professors, registrars, post-doctoral students as well as PhD students. New members are always welcome. Please contact:…..

The Society has its own journal, JRSM Cardiovascular Disease, in partnership with SAGE publications. The journal is Open Access and submissions are encouraged from members and non-members alike.

Members of the committee:

pankaj.sharma@imperial.ac.uk

Secretary & Treasurer:

londoncardiovascularsociety@gmail.com

albert.ferro@kcl.ac.uk

p.b.munroe@qmul.ac.uk

m.schachter@imperial.ac.uk

andrew.l.webb@kcl.ac.uk

Previous Year Meetings 13/14

2014

September

Dr Vias Markides - 'Atrial Fibrillation'
Dr Abdul Shlebak - 'Oral Anticoagulation - Old vs New'
Dr Omid Halse - 'Management of Stroke'

June

Dr Caroline Dale - 'Association Between Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease: Mendelian Randomisation Analysis Based on Individual Participant Data'

Dr Paul Taylor - 'The Developmental Programming of Hypertension Secondary to Maternal Obesity: A Role for Leptin' Prof Morris Brown - '60 Years of Conn's Syndrome: How Molecular Imaging and Analysis Have Discovered a Common, Curable Cause of Hypertension'

April

Andrew Moore - 'Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 Regulates Matrix Metalloproteinase-14 Expression: Underlying Effects of Hypoxia and Statins'
Dr Trishna Gunnoo - 'Risk of Heart Disease in Acute Ischaemic Stroke'
Dr Ross Breckenridge - 'Clues from the Neonatal Heart for Heart Failure'

February - Young Investigators Award

Aisha Opel, University College London.
Vassilis Vassiliou, Imperial College London.
Junhua Zhou, Univeristy of Cambridge.

2013

October

Professor Munir Pirmohamed- 'Oral Anticoagulation - Bridging the Gap Between Old and New'
Professor Michael Laffan - 'Risk Assessment in Venous Thrombosis'

June

Dr Ingrid Dumitriu - 'Targeting T Cell Costimulation to Prevent Atherosclerosis'
Professor Graham MacGregor - 'Salt an Update: The Trials of Andrew Lansley MP'
Dr Mel Lobo - 'Device-Based Therapy for Resistant Hypertension'

The London Cardiovascular Society is dedicated to promoting research and understanding the causes of cardiovascular disease

About Us

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Previous Year Meetings 13/14

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