About this event
- Date and time Thu 16 Oct 2025 from 8:30am to 17 Oct 2025 at 6:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Pathology, Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology
Join us for our joint meeting with the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology (AECVP), the only international conference dedicated to cardiovascular pathology. This event brings together leading pathology, cardiology, and related fields experts to discuss the latest advancements in diagnosis, imaging, and innovative therapies for cardiovascular diseases.
Why Attend?
- Gain insight into cutting-edge diagnostic methods and new therapeutic approaches for cardiovascular disease.
- Stay updated on recent advances and best practices in managing, caring for, and preventing heart conditions.
- Explore the expanding field of genetic heart disease and its implications for personalised medicine.
- Understand current protocols in investigating families affected by sudden cardiac death.
- Network with international experts, researchers, and clinicians in a multidisciplinary environment.
Key Topics Covered
This year’s theme, Cardiac Pathology at the Frontier of New Therapies, focuses on emerging diagnostic modalities and evolving therapies for genetic and metabolic cardiac diseases. Topics include:
- Cardiomyopathies and their molecular basis
- Metabolic cardiac diseases and storage disorders
- Cardiac amyloidosis and its implications for systemic disease
- Sudden cardiac death and advances in forensic pathology
- Cardiac arrhythmias and the role of genetics in risk stratification
- Endomyocardial biopsy in the diagnosis of cardiac conditions
Highlights
- High-profile speakers covering topics such as cardiac electrical abnormalities, myocarditis, and genetic cardiomyopathies.
- Travel grants available for trainees.
- Awards for the best poster and oral presentations.
- Learning Objectives
By attending this conference, participants will:
- Enhance their knowledge of inherited cardiac conditions and their diagnostic challenges.
- Understand the latest developments in ischaemic heart disease and cardiac transplantation.
- Gain insights into guidelines for cardiovascular pathology, including the role of general and forensic pathologists.
- Learn about the importance of endomyocardial biopsy in diagnosing complex cardiac diseases.
- Foster collaboration within multidisciplinary teams, including consultants, nurses, genetic counsellors, and general practitioners, particularly in cases of sudden cardiac death.
Who Should Attend?
This event is designed for:
- Pathologists (cardiovascular, general, and forensic)
- Cardiologists and cardiac surgeons
- Clinical and research scientists
- Genetic counsellors and nurses specialising in cardiac care
- General practitioners with an interest in cardiovascular medicine
Join Us in 2025
With cardiovascular disease remaining the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, this event is a must-attend for those at the forefront of cardiac pathology. Be part of the discussion that shapes the future of cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy.
More details on registration, abstract submission, and programme schedule will be announced soon.
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Tickets
Early Bird pricing available until 29 June 2025.
Member
RSM Member
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£150.00
2 Day event - Day 1
£75.00
Gala dinner
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£150.00
2 Day event - Day 2
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RSM Trainee
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£75.00
2 Day event - Day 1
£75.00
Gala dinner
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£75.00
2 Day event - Day 2
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Non - Member
Non - Member
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£175.00
2 Day event - Day 1
£75.00
Gala dinner
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£175.00
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AECVP Member
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£150.00
2 Day event - Day 1
£75.00
Gala dinner
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£150.00
2 Day event - Day 2
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AECVP Trainee
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£75.00
2 Day event - Day 1
£75.00
Gala dinner
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£75.00
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Trainee
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£75.00
2 Day event - Day 1
£75.00
Gala dinner
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£75.00
2 Day event - Day 2
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Agenda
View the programme 16 October 2025
Registration, tea and coffee
Introduction
Cristina Basso, President, AECVP, Sir Anthony Finkelstein, Vice Chancellor, City St George’s University of London, Mary N. Sheppard, President Pathology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Steve Cox, Chief Executive, Cardiac Risk in the Young
Sudden death and inherited cardiovascular disorders
Chairs: Pilar Molina, Spain and Samuel Rotman, Switzerland
The normal and obese heart
Joseph Westaby, London
Diagnosis and update on arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy phenotype
Monica De Gaspari, Italy
Thoracic aortic dissection in the young
Joaquin Lucena, Spain
Classification of inherited cardiomyopathies: Practical guide at autopsy
Mary N. Sheppard, UK
New therapies for cardiomyopathies
Antonis Pantazis, UK
Panel discussion
Poster Session & tea and coffee break
Chairs: Rosa De Gouveia, Portugal and Wouter Van Den Bogaer, Germany
Keynote lecture
Introduced by Mary N. Sheppard, UK
The importance of cardiac pathology, the sudden cardiac death pathway, family screening and genetics. New therapies for cardiomyopathy
Elijah Behr, UK
Lunch
Paediatric, storage and metabolic cardiac disease
Chairs: Heike Goebel, Germany and Dylan Miller, USA
New tools for amyloid diagnosis
Joseph Maleszewski, USA
Diagnosis of metabolic cardiac diseases
Carla Giordano, Italy
Pathology of paediatric cardiac disease causing SCD
Marta Cohen, UK
Childhood cardiomyopathy
Juan Kaski, UK
Panel discussion
Keynote lecture
Introduced by Giulia d’Amati, Italy
Precise diagnosis of cardiac amyloid and treatment
Marianna Fontana, UK
Tea and coffee break
Oral communications
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Speaker 5
Speaker 6
Speaker 7
Speaker 8
Close of day
Drinks reception
For one hour
Gala dinner at RSM
Pre-registered delegates only
View the programme 17 October 2025
Forensic pathology
Chairs: Bela Kubat, The Netherlands and Stephen Cohle, USA
Myocardial injury in forensic setting
Katarzyna Michaud, Switzerland
Drugs, illegal substances, and cardiotoxicity: Morphological changes and pharmacological effects
Christine Jacobsen, Denmark
Vasculitis in forensic practice
Sarah Parsons, Australia
The conduction system: Normal and role in SCD
Ivana Kholova, Finland
Keynote lecture
Introduced by Mary N. Sheppard
Ischemic heart disease and coronary atheroma. My journey
Renu Virmani, USA
Panel discussion
Michal Davies Distinguished Achievement Award lecture
Introduced by Cristina Basso, Italy
My 50+ years with cardiovascular pathology
Ulrik Baandrup, Denmark
Tea and coffee with posters
Transplantation
Chairs: Loukas Kaklamanis, Greece and Marc Halushka, USA
Rejection and vasculopathy in transplant
Annalisa Angelini, Italy
Myocarditis and immune check point inhibitor
James Stone, USA
Cardiac disease and transplantation programme in UK
Stephen Preston
Panel discussion
Lunch
Oral communications
Chairs: John Lomasney, USA and Kristine Olson, Denmark
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Speaker 5
Speaker 6
Speaker 7
Speaker 8
Poster session
Chairs: Jytte Banner, Denmark and Esther Youd, UK
What Is It? Session
Chairs: Patrick Gallagher, UK and Rob Hadden, UK
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Speaker 6
Speaker 7
Speaker 8
Comfort break
Keynote lecture
Introduced by Professor Gillian Leng, President, Royal Society of Medicine
NHS Genomic medicine service: What we learned from the 100K project
Professor Dame Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer for England, Responsible Office for Genomics in the NHS
Prize awards
Close of day
AGM
For RSM section members only
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on 15 October 2025. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time.
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.