Committees & Groups

Scientific & Education Committee

The Committee advises the Council on matters relating to the development, practice, teaching and monitoring of ultrasound in the various fields where it is used for clinical or research purposes and meets twice a year. Council appoints the chairman for a term of two years, and the post holder is normally the President-Elect. The committee consists of the ASM Scientific Organising Chair and the Chairs of the Education, Professional Standards, Physics & Safety and Editorial Groups. The balance of the committee is made up of members of the four BMUS Special Interest Groups who can reflect the range of interests of the society. During each year, other members may be co-opted to the committee to complement the membership in relation to the organisation of the content for the Annual Scientific Meeting. 

The S&E Committee is responsible for organising the Society’s ASM and study days as well as steering all BMUS online and print publications, including: the journal, newsletter, website, and information for the public. The committee works closely with the BMUS Journal Editor, BMUS Website Editor, and Development Officer to commission papers and to develop online Continuing Professional Development and educational resources. These publications are available to the membership through the website. The committee is also responsible for the accreditation of external educational events.

1. Education Group

The primary aim of the Education Group is to arrange scientific programmes relevant to the professional and educational needs of Society members for BMUS study days, a biennial Summer School, the Annual Scientific Meeting and to endorse the content of external educational courses seeking BMUS CPD points.  To answer questions related to ultrasound practice from BMUS members, other medical Societies and Colleges and the public and to advise Council on matters related to the development, practice, teaching and monitoring of ultrasound techniques.

The Group meets twice a year and submits written minutes and reports to Council following each meeting. This forum works closely with the Scientific & Education committee to ensure that all BMUS education is of a quality expected by the membership.

The work of this group is supported by the BMUS Sounding Board (see below for more information on this board). 

Education Group 2026

• Chair ~ Mrs Catherine Kirkpatrick, Consultant Sonographer, Lincoln
• Dr Adam Aboalkaz, Consultant Radiologist, Cardiff
• Dr Alexandra Drought, Ultrasonographer, Middlesex
• Ms Alexandra Stoica, Lincoln
• Dr Annamaria Deganello, Consultant Radiologist, London
• Dr Barry Ward, Clincial Scientist, Newcastle
• Prof Bob Jarman, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary
• Mrs Borsha Sarker, Sonographer, Leeds
• Mrs Cathy Stewart, Sonographer, Marlow
• Mr Colin Griffin, Consultant Radiographer/Sonographer & Clinical Lead for Ultrasound, Liverpool
• Mrs Donna Holdcroft, Professional Officer - BMUS, Milton Keynes (co-opted)
• Mrs Eimear Robinson, Lead Sonographer, Manchester
• Mrs Emma Tucker, Chief Operating Officer - BMUS, Milton Keynes (co-opted)
• Mr Gerry Johnson, Consultant Radiographer / Sonographer, Manchester
• Mrs Helen Varley, Clinical Specialist, Lincoln
• Miss Jacqueline Tyler, Lecturer / Sonographer, Cumbria
• Dr Jeanette Kraft, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, Leeds
• Mrs Kerry Green, Consultant MSK Practitioner, Plymouth
• Dr Mitesh Naik, Consultant Radiologist, London
• Mr Richard Brindley, Consultant Sonographer, Dudley
• Mrs Roxanne Sicklen, Clinical Specialist Sonographer, London
• Dr Salman Javed Arain, Radiology Resident, Leeds
• Miss Shaunna Smith, Sonographer, Hull
• Miss Tanya Ewen, SVT representative (co-opted)

2. Professional Standards Group

The primary aim of the Professional Standards Group (PSG) is to develop standards relevant to ultrasound practice. The group has been developed by BMUS in response to a perceived need for standards in several areas in order to ensure safe and best practice.

These include:

• Criteria for referral for ultrasound
• Image and reporting quality
• Equipment performance, including criteria for suspension

The Group meets twice a year and submits written minutes and reports to the Council following each meeting. This forum works closely with the Scientific & Education committee to ensure that all BMUS standards/guidelines are of a quality expected by the membership.

The Chair is appointed for 2 years, and the group works under the remit of the Development Officer for the BMUS Council.  To ensure that all specialities within ultrasound are represented, the balance of the Committee is formed by at least one of the following specialities  - Consultant Radiologist, Sonographer (specialising in general medical ultrasound), Educationalist, and Physicist / Speciality sonographer/consultant sonographer who serves a minimum of two years.

Professional Standards Group 2026

• Chair - Dr Ruth Reeve, Advanced Practitioner Sonographer, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Adam Aboalkaz, Consultant Radiologist, Cardiff
• Dr Ahmed Khan, FRCR, Norfolk
• Dr Alexandra Drought, Ultrasonographer, Middlesex
• Ms Amanda Parry, Advanced Ultrasound Practitioner, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Miss Alison Hall, Consultant Sonographer, Keele University
• Mrs Amy Barnes, Consultant Radiographer, Leicester
• Mr Andrew Lee, Lead Sonographer, Sheffield
• Mrs Anmol Gangi-Burton, Consultant Radiologist, Nottingham
• Dr Anthony Eka, Consultant Radiologist, Norfolk
• Prof Bob Jarman, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary
• Mrs Catherine Kirkpatrick, Consultant Sonographer, Lincoln
• Mr Colin Griffin, Consultant Radiographer/Sonographer & Clinical Lead for Ultrasound, Liverpool
• Mrs Donna Holdcroft, Professional Officer - BMUS, Milton Keynes (Co-opted)
• Mrs Ellen Dyer, Lead Research Sonographer, Cambridge
• Mrs Emma Tucker, Chief Operating Officer - BMUS, Milton Keynes (Co-opted)
• Mrs Gill Harrison, Professional Officer - SCoR, London (Co-opted)
• Mrs Helen French, Sonographer, Kent
• Mrs Helen Varley, Radiographer, Lincoln
• Mrs Hilary Brooke-Clarke, Clinical Lead Sonographer, Leeds
• Mr Mark Charnock, MSK Specialist Sonographer, Sheffield
• Dr Mike Smith, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff (Co-opted)
• Mrs Morag Stout, Consultant Sonographer, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
• Dr Peter Cantin, Consultant Sonographer, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
• Mrs Roxanne Sicklen, Clinical Specialist Sonographer, Barnet
• Mrs Sally-Anne Hill, Consultant Sonographer, Surrey
• Dr Salman Javed Arain, Radiology Resident, Leeds
• Miss Shaunna Smith, Sonographer, Hull
• Mr Stephen Moore, Sonographer, Glasgow
• Mr Steve Savage, Consultant Sonographer, Yeovil
• Mrs Susannah Lightfoot, Sonographer, Leeds
• Dr Trish Chudleigh, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals (Special Advisor)

3. Physics & Safety Group

In 1998, a safety group was set up to advise the membership on safety issues in ultrasound and to make recommendations to them. The group consists of, at most, 6 members, of whom one must be a medical practitioner, one a sonographer and one a scientist. The Physics & Safety group's remit is to provide informed advice to the President and Council of BMUS on matters of ultrasound safety, to inform the BMUS membership about safety issues, and to be a focus for action in the UK in matters of ultrasound safety. In addition, it reviews the current literature on safety matters. The Physics & Safety group regularly publishes a statement on the "Safe use and potential hazards of diagnostic ultrasound", and has produced two guidelines, one on "Safety for trainees using live subjects", and a second for the "Safe use of diagnostic equipment". This second Guideline document includes guidance on the use of the safety indices (thermal index and mechanical index) that are displayed on modern imaging equipment, and contains a rationale for the recommendations made. These documents are available on the BMUS website and have been published in the BMUS Bulletin.

The Group meets twice a year and submits written minutes and reports to the Council following each meeting. This forum works closely with the Scientific & Education Committee to ensure that all BMUS publications on safety are of a quality expected by the membership.

Physics & Safety Group 2026

• Chair ~ Dr Prashant Verma, Principal Clinical Scientist, Sheffield
• Miss Anna Madar, Clinical Specialist Sonographer, Canterbury
• Prof Christoph Lees, Obstetrician, London
• Mr David Rowland, Principal Clinical Scientist, Manchester
• Mrs Donna Holdcroft, Professional Officer - BMUS, Milton Keynes
• Prof Gail ter Haar, Physicist, Sutton
• Mr Kingsley Ajibo, Advanced Practice Sonographer, Wolverhampton
• Miss Mari Wester, Imaging Scientist for Ultrasound, Royal United Hospital Bath
• Dr Piero Miloro, Research Scientist, Teddington
• Dr Ramon Fernandez, Consultant Neonatologist, Sussex
• Ms Sonya Sellar,  Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist - Macmillan, Dundee

4. Editorial Group

Ultrasound is the BMUS journal; it publishes research, best practice, reviews, educational articles, professional guidelines, and case reports covering all aspects of medical ultrasound.  Editorial Group members provide advice on the strategic direction of the journal and actively support the commissioning of articles and peer review process covering their area of expertise. The Editorial Group work closely with the publisher’s production team to ensure that all submissions meet ethical standards and are subject to rigorous and impartial peer review prior to publication.

The aims of the group include: to oversee editorial control of the BMUS Journal, to initiate ideas for possible new publications, to evaluate ideas for publication submitted by other members and committees of BMUS, to plan and oversee the production of all BMUS publications and to oversee the development of electronic publications

The Group meets twice a year and submits written minutes and reports to the Council following each meeting. This forum works closely with the Scientific & Education committee to ensure that all BMUS publications are of a quality expected by the membership.

The term of office for the Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editors is two years; however, this can be extended to a total of four years by mutual agreement.

Editorial Group 2026

• Editor-in-Chief ~ Mrs Penny Moores, James Paget University Hospital, Great Yarmouth
• Senior Journal Editor ~ Mr Colin Griffin, NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
• Senior Int Journal Editor ~ Dr Michelle Fenech, Central Queensland University, Australia
• Deputy Journal Editor ~ Mrs Angie White, Lecturer Brunel University / North Central London Imaging Academy
• Deputy Journal Editor ~ Ms Holly Spencer, Sheffiled Hallam University
• Deputy Journal Editor ~ Dr Joseph Maxwell, Liverpool John Moores University
• Deputy Journal Editor ~ Dr Nick Dudley, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Deputy Journal Editor ~ Dr Nick Mani, Emergency Medicine Consultant, Derbyshire
• Deputy Journal Editor ~ Assoc Professor Ramon Fernandez, University Hospitals Sussex 
• Deputy Journal Editor ~ Mr Stavros Daoukas, London South Bank University
• Deputy Journal Editor (International)  ~ Dr Glenda McLean, Monash Health, Australia
• Deputy Journal Editor (International) ~ Dr Timothy Canavan, University of Pittsburgh, USA

The members of the editorial board of Ultrasound are invited from the membership of the society and prominent experts in the field of Ultrasound worldwide. They reflect and represent the diverse backgrounds of the membership of the society, for example, Radiologists, Sonographers and Physicists. The role of the editorial board of Ultrasound is to provide support for the Editor in that they give expert advice in their fields, commission articles for the journal and review submitted papers. They have a tenure of 3-6 years. 

Editorial Board 2026

• Prof Adrian Lim, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
• Dr Adrian Wong, King's College Hospital, London, UK
• Mrs Allison Harris, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
• Mr Asoka Weerasinghe, Dewsbury DGH, UK
• Dr Bob Jarman, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, UK
• Mrs Catherine Kirkpatrick, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
• Dr Cheng Fang, King's College Hospital, London, UK
• Dr Chris de Korte, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
• Dr Chris Harvey, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
• Prof David Oxborough, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
• Dr Debbie Nisbet, Royal Women’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia
• Mrs Ellen Dyer, Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, UK
• Dr Emma Chung, University of Leicester, UK
• Mr Gerry Johnson, Tameside Hospital, Greater Manchester, UK
• Dr Keith Chiu, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
• Mrs Lorraine Walsh, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
• Dr Nanda Venkatanarasimha, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
• Dr Neelam Potdar, University Hospital Leicester NHS Trust, UK
• Dr Nick Mani, Chesterfield Royal Infirmary, UK
• Dr Nikos Milliaropoulos, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
• Mrs Pamela Parker, Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
• Prof Paul Sidhu, King's College Hospital, London, UK
• Dr Peter Cantin, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
• Prof Peter Hoskins, Physicist, Edinburgh, UK
• Mr Richard Simpson, Nottingham University Hospital, UK
• Dr Samantha Thomas, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Mr Sean Cournane, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
• Mr Sean Tenant, Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
• Miss Shalini Patni, Birmingham Heartland Hospital, Birmingham, UK
• Dr Shivram Avula, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
• Dr Thérèse Herlihy, University College Dublin, Ireland
• Dr Trudy Sevens, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
• Prof Won Jae Lee, Samsung Medical Centre, Korea

5. Clinical Interest Groups (CIG's)

CIG stands for Clinical Interest Group. Our CIGs consist of experts in ultrasound practising in a range of specialties who collaborate on papers, guidance documents, and wider projects. Their work includes advising on areas for guideline development, contributing to research, and addressing emerging issues in the field. The primary aim of these groups is to promote best practice and uphold safety standards, ensuring that ultrasound is used in a safe, inclusive, and appropriate manner across International settings.

• Aesthetics
• AI
• Clinical Educators
• Endometriosis
• HCC Surveillance
• MSK
• Obstetrics
• Third Trimester 
• Paediatrics

If you’re interested in joining one of the CIGs listed as currently recruiting, please email your CV to [email protected] and reference the CIG in which you wish to join.

6. Sounding Board

Set up in 2018 to improve the engagement with BMUS members, the sounding board supports the work of all BMUS committees and links into the education committee. Any BMUS member can be a member of the Sounding Board. The role of the board is; 

• Be an advocate of BMUS

• Website review project
• Social media interaction – each member should engage regularly in their preferred social media (Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn). By engagement we mean liking, sharing and commenting where appropriate.
• Contribute to BMUS information sharing features such as Top Tips articles, and Case of the Month
• Respond to BMUS surveys and polls when they take place
• Be a Consultation group: the various committees may ask for advice and opinion as to potential future projects /ideas for BMUS

The full terms of reference can be found here. 

Email [email protected] to join or submit an expression of interest for any of these groups.