Trustees and Advisory Council

Dan is a Consultant Cardiologist (echocardiography/Cardiac MRI) based in Bath and the current BSE President. He is a co-author of the Oxford Handbook of Echocardiography and has specialist interests in Sports Cardiology and Pulmonary Hypertension.  

Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant and then worked in a range of finance roles for over 30 years within the IT sector in the UK and abroad, Caroline now works in a voluntary capacity as Finance Trustee at the BSE and also on the King's Trust Enterprise programme. 

Sadie is a Cardiac Clinical Scientist and NIHR Pre-Doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow based in the North Midlands. She is a BSE Council Member, Trustee, assessor and member of the Research and Audit Committee. Sadie has a specialist interest in stress echo and physiologist led valve surveillance clinics. 

Ivo Andrade is Consultant Cardiac Clinical Scientist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. His clinical practice is focused mainly in adult echocardiography (interest in Inherited Cardiac Conditions) and stress echocardiography. <br/> <br/>Ivo is one of the national leads for the British Society of Echocardiography Level II Transthoracic Echocardiography Accreditation. He is a Clinical Tutor with Manchester Metropolitan University (MSc Clinical Physiology and MSc Human Physiology). <br/> <br/>Ivo has also been the Education Lead for echocardiography at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, coordinating all echocardiography training programmes within the department (PTP, ETP, STP and SpR).  

Wendy leads the Paediatric Cardiac Physiology team at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. She is passionate about education and quality standards. She has a keen interest in Congenital Heart Disease and is a member of the BSE CHD Accreditation Team. She is the BSE Honorary Secretary, a BSE Trustee and Council Member.  

Patrick has been in his current role at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital for 6 years with a specialist interest in sports cardiology and cardio-oncology. He has had the privilege of presenting at BSE 2024 and being lead author for a paper evaluating the feasibility of echocardiography techniques in a cardio-oncology echo service. Patrick's aim is to set up a physiologist-led cardio-oncology clinic to serve the burgeoning “late effects” population.  

David is a Professor of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Physiology at Liverpool John Moores University. He is an accredited Clinical Cardiac Physiologist with 29 years of experience in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings. He is currently the Co-Chair for the Education Committee of the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) and has been awarded a Fellowship from the society. He has been the lead and co-author on 20 plus BSE published professional guidelines which are used by echocardiographers across the UK and worldwide. He has published over 170 peer reviewed papers on quantitative echocardiography and its applications in clinical and exercise cardiology.  

Maria is a Clinical Lecturer and a Cardiac Scientist in Leeds, investigating the optimal management of people with Heart Failure and cardiac devices driven by advanced echocardiographic assessment. She leads the Heart Failure and Cardiac Device service at LTHT and is chair of the BSE Research and Audit Committee and a BSE Trustee.  

Dr Liam Ring has been a Consultant Cardiologist with an interest in echocardiography for over 10 years. During that time, he has been an active member of the BSE, and contributes in a number of ways. Currently Liam is the Co-Chair of the BSE’s Education Committee, and is responsible for overseeing and organising educational meetings, the development of practice guidelines, and delivering other educational resources.  

Catherine has been an echocardiographer for around 15 years and her current role at Oxford is focused on ACHD. She was previously a long-serving echo lead and maintains strong interests in leadership and workforce. She is a BSE Trustee, with roles in Workforce and Clinical Standards. She currently holds a part-time secondment role for the ETP.  

Kelly is a Consultant Clinical Scientist with both TTE and TOE accreditation. She is the lead for echocardiography at Cleveland Clinic London. Kelly has completed a doctorate in clinical science. Her interests lie in structural valve intervention. She is a BSE Trustee and Elected Council Member, Chair of the Membership Resources Committee, and Editor for the BSE ECHO journal.