BJMA UK 2025 CONGRESS SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
The John Smith Suite (Level 2 - First Floor next to Registration Area)
Explore the exciting 9 point CPD Accredited Scientific Programme, already a hit nationally and recommended for a coomendatio with a multiprofessional faculty across various specialities. The Youth presentations were a special feature for the BJMA Annual Congress 2025.
DAY 1 19 July 2025
AM Session
10.30 – 10.40: Inauguration
Dr Arun Mishra, Patron , BJMA UK 2025
Retd Consultant Ophthalmologist, Wakefield
10.40 – 11.00: Mental Health
Chair:
Dr Shubhra Singh, Consultant Psychiatrist, Bradford District Care NHS Trust
Topic/Speaker:
Chronic Insomnia: Management Tips
Dr Anu Priya
Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist, Nottinghamshire NHS Foundation Trust
11.00 – 11.20: Lung Health
Chair:
Dr Sanjay Kumar, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Calderdale/Huddersfield NHS Trust
Topic/Speaker:
Asthma/COPD Guidelines: What’s Changed?
Dr Sudip Sinha, General Practitioner, Trainer & TPD, Doncaster/Wakefield
11.20 – 11.40: Elderly Health
Chair:
Dr Pravin Jha, Consultant Geriatrician & Stroke Physician, Rotheram General Hospital, Rotheram
Topic/Speaker:
Funny Turns & Falls
Dr Anil Kumar, Consultant Geriatrician
County Hospital, Stafford
11.40 – 12.00: Experience & Reflection
Chair:
Dr N Chandra, Consultant Endoscopist, Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, Retd GP & Cancer Lead, KIrklees
Topic/Speaker:
Orthopaedics: A Life Changing Experience
Mr Ajit Shetty, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
12.00 – 12.20: Heart Health
Chair:
Dr Heidar Zadeh, Consultant Cardiologist, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral
Topic/Speaker:
Heart Failure Treatment: Challenges & Opportunities
Dr Joseph Kazibwe, ST7 Cardiology
Yorks & Humber Deanery
12.20 – 12.40: Women’s Health
Chair:
Melanie Stevens, Advanced Nurse Practitioner with Special Interest in Menopause
Outwood Park Medical Centre, Wakefield
Topic/Speaker:
Management of Menopause
Prof Swati Jha
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
12.40 – 13.00 hrs: Discussion, Feedback & Close
13.00 - 14.30: LUNCH
PM Session
14.20 – 14.40: Wellbeing Tools
Chair:
Dr Sonali Roy, General Practitioner, Huntingdon
Topic/Speaker:
Mindfulness for Clinicians
Dr Ken Lunn,
Ex Chairman & Director, Mindfulness Network, Wakefield
14.40 – 15.00: Impactful Interventions
Chair:
Dr Prabhat Mahaptatra, Consultant Psyhiatrist
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Wakefield
Topic/Speaker:
Clinical Psychology in Practice
Dr Richard Aubrey, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Huddersfield
BJMA 2025 YOUTH SYMPOSIUM
Chairs:
Prof Divya Prakash, President, BJMA, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Birmingham
Prof Sanjay Arya, OBE, Consultant Cardiologist & Executive Medical Director, Wigan & Partner Trusts
15.00 – 15.20: BJMA Youth Session 1: Impactful Innovations
Topic/Speaker:
Local Cardiac Arrest Network (© LCAN): A Model for Bihar/India
Anshini Thakur
Final Year Medical Student
Imperial College School of Medicine, London
15.20 – 15.40: BJMA Youth Session 2: Medical School Journey: Shared Learnings for all
Topic/Speaker:
Studying Medicine: My Personal Experience so far (10 min)
Isha Singh
Second Year Medical Student
University of Leeds
Challenges in the Penultimate Years as a UK Medical Student (10 min)
Aryaki Soni
Final Year Medical Student
University of Sheffield
15.40 – 16.00: Communication in Healthcare (Online)
Chair:
Prof Ashish Thakur, Consultant Cardiologist
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, Wakefield
Chairman, Hridayam Foundation, UK
Organising Chairman, BJMA UK 2025
Topic/Speaker:
Orla Adams, MINT Certified Interviewing Trainer, Cardiff
16.00 – 16.15: Feedback, Certificates & Close
This will be followed by the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BJMA from 16.15 – 17.15 hrs in the same Suite
DAY 2 20 July 2025
10 AM ONWARDS: Seating by 10.20 latest
10.30 - 13.15: "HOLD SUMMIT"
(Hypertension, Obesity, Lipids and Diabetes) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in collaboration with Hridayam Foundation UK and the Bihar & Jharkhand API-Indian College of Physicians, India in a hybrid (FTF + Online) format.
13.15 Finish with Feedback, Certificates & Close
THE HOLD SUMMIT PROGRAMME HAS BEEN CIRCULATED SEPARATELY
THE HOLD SUMMIT
20 July 2025
In partnership with Hridayam Foundation, UK & India and API-ICP Bihar & Jharkhand
THEME: GLOBAL CONVERGENCE IN CVD PREVENTION
Timings: 10.30 – 13.15 GMT / 15.00 – 17.45 IST
Format: Hybrid (Face to Face & Online)
MODERATOR
Prof Ashish K Thakur
Organising Chairman, BJMA UK 2025
Chairman, Hridayam Foundation, UK
10.30 – 11.00 GMT / 15.00 – 15.30 IST
WELCOME & INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Prof B B Thakur, Chairman Hridayam Foundation India
Prof Kamlesh Tewary, Dean ICP
Prof Jyotirmay Pal, President, API
Dr Sahjanand Prasad Singh, Ex President IMA
Dr P K Agrawal, Chairman, API Bihar Chapter & ICP Bihar-Jharkhand
Dr D K Singh, Chairman, API Jharkhand Chapter
Dr B K Singh, Convenor, API ICP Forum, Bihar-Jharkhand
Dr Arun Mishra, Patron, BJMA UK 2025
Dr Divya Prakash, President, BJMA Central, UK
Dr Smita Thakur, Organising Secretary, BJMA UK 2025
11.00 – 11.30 GMT / 15.30 – 16.00 IST
HYPERTENSION (30 min)
Refractory Hypertension in Diverse Worlds: Guidelines to Ground Realities
Speaker: Dr Anil Kumar Virmani, Jamshedpur
UK Panellist: Dr Claire Barnsley, Wakefield
India Panellists: Prof Hem Shanker Sharma, Bhagalpur, Dr Satish Kumar, Bokaro
11.30 – 12.00 GMT / 16.00 – 16.30 IST
OBESITY (30 min)
Globesity: The Pandemic & Newer Therapies: Red Tape or Everyone?
Speaker: Dr C Rajeswaran, UK
UK Panellist: Dr Mohammad Misbah, Dewsbury
India Panellists: Dr Devi Ram, Purnea, Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh, Ranchi
12.00 – 12.30 GMT / 16.30 – 17.00 IST
DYSLIPIDAEMIA (30 min)
Atherosclerosis Reversal: Myths, Mists and Mission!
Speaker: Dr Rajeev Agarwala, Meerut
UK Panellist: Prof Sanjay Arya, OBE, Wigan
India Panellists: Dr Deepak Gupta, Ranchi, Dr U C Jha, Darbhanga
12.30 – 13.00 GMT / 17.00 – 17.30 IST
DIABETES (30 min)
Bridging Continents - The Elderly Diabetic: Clinic versus Ward Management
Speaker: Prof Vijay Vishwanathan, Chennai
UK Panellist: Dr Smita Thakur, Wakefield
India Panellists: Dr N K Singh, Dhanbad, Dr Amit K Das, Muzaffarpur
13.00 – 13.15 GMT / 17.30 – 17.45 IST(15 min): Summary & Vote of Thanks
Prof D P Singh, Ex Chairman, API-ICP Bihar-Jharkhand
Dr Divendu Bhushan, Secretary, API Bihar Chapter
Dr Prateek Akhoury, Secretary, BJMA Central, UK