BHVS Council

Dr Madalina Garbi – President

Dr Madalina Garbi is a consultant cardiologist with special interests in echocardiography & heart valve disease at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

Dr Benoy Shah – Past President

Dr Benoy Shah is a consultant cardiologist at University Hospital Southampton. His subspecialist areas of interest are cardiovascular imaging (specifically echocardiography) and valvular heart disease. 

Dr DOMINIK SCHLOSSHAN – secretary

Dr Dominik Schlosshan is a Consultant Cardiologist in cardiac imaging at the Yorkshire Heart Centre in Leeds. He is clinical lead for cardiac imaging and one of the largest valve clinics in the UK.

Dr LAURA DOBSON – WEBSITE LEAD

Dr Laura Dobson is a Consultant Cardiologist with a specialist interest in Echocardiography and Valvular Heart Disease at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.

Dr ANDREW MARSHALL – Treasurer

Dr Andrew Marshall is a Consultant Cardiologist at East Sussex Healthcare Trust. His subspecialty interests are in cardiac imaging, heart valve disease and heart failure.

Carmelia demetrescu

I am a Consultant Clinical Scientist in Cardiology, and Joint Clinical Lead for Diagnostics and Outpatients at Guy’s and St Thomas NHS trust. I have 28 years NHS work experience in advanced echocardiography methodologies, with a specialist interest in valve disease, interventional cardiology, inherited cardiomyopathies, and heart failure.  

Dr MAMTA BUCH – EDUCATION CHAIR

Dr Mamta Buch is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist (Structural and Coronary) at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). She was appointed in 2011 and leads the transcatheter heart valve services.

Professor Vassilios Vassiliou – Communications Secretary

Prof Vassilios Vassiliou is a Clinical Professor in Cardiac Medicine at the University of East Anglia and an honorary consultant cardiologist at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Dr Harriett Hurrell – Communications Secretary

Dr Harriett Hurrell is a cardiology registrar and currently a Clinical Research Fellow at Guys & St Thomas’ Hospitals in central London.

Dr Nabila Laskar – BJCA Representative

Dr Nabila Laskar is a cardiology registrar and currently a Clinical Research Fellow at the Barts Heart Centre in central London.

Mrs PAT KHAN – Patient Representative

Patricia Khan is the Council’s patient representative. She had mitral valve repair (Mr James Barnard) at Wythenshawe Hospital Manchester NHS Foundation Trust in 2013.