The British Junior Cardiologists' Association.

Abstract

An old bunch of young cardiologists dating back to 1948! The British Junior Cardiologists' Association (BJCA) represents over 1000 aspiring cardiologists and cardiologists in training in the UK. We believe the BJCA can make claim to be the oldest young cardiologists' group in Europe, emerging from a group known as the ‘Junior Cardiac Club’ founded in 1948. The first chair was the distinguished cardiologist Dr Walter Somerville who started the society when he was a cardiologist in training at the Hammersmith Hospital in London working alongside Paul Wood performing some of the first cardiac catheterization procedures in the UK at the time.1 ![Graphic][1] ![Graphic][2] Dr Somerville went on to become President of the British Cardiac Society and Editor of the journal Heart. In 2000 the Junior Cardiac Club merged with other British regional young cardiologist' groups to become the BJCA and in 2007 was one of the founding members of the now thriving and ever expanding ESC Cardiologists' of Tomorrow community. As does the ESC CoT, the BJCA has a tradition of supporting young cardiologists become the leaders in cardiovascular medicine of tomorrow with many of its alumni shaping the future of cardiology. With the support of the British Cardiovascular Society and its affiliated groups, the BJCA works closely to represent the interests of cardiologists' in training with representation on committees which oversee cardiology training and it closely interacts with trainee groups from other medical specialties. With the proliferation of doctor in training groups across the UK … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif