History of the British Society of Neuroradiologists					home
Early in 1969, Dr E H Burrows of Southampton wrote to all British Consultant Neuroradiologists to suggest the formation of a “Visiting Neuroradiologists’ Club”. He received so favourable a response that a meeting was arranged at the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, upon the invitation of Dr James Bull on Saturday March 22 1969. This meeting was attended by the 27 leading Neuroradiologists in the country who indicated their pteference for a Society rather than a club and unanimously passes the motion of Drs Burrows and Sheldon “that a Neuroradiological Society be formed”.
All those present were to be Founder Members and an ad-hoc committee was formed to prepare bye laws for the proposed Society. A second meeting was held in Edinburgh on November 22 1969 at which Dr James Bull was elected President and Dr E H Burrows Secretary / Treasurer of the Society and the proposed bye-laws were tabled. At a third meeting, held at the Great Ormond Street Hospital, London on May 30 1970, the bye-laws were approved (including the name “British Society of Neuroradiologists”) and this date was agreed as the day on which the Society was founded.
In 1975, the Society became a participating member of the Joint Neurosciences Committee, as a source of direct advice to the Department of Health on neuroradiology in the context of neurosurgical and neurological practice in the country.
In 1977 a medal was struck as a badge of office for the President of the Society, which carries the image of Edward Wing Twimming (1887 – 1939), the pioneer British Neuroradiologist.
In 1994, the Society decided to establish an annual invited lecture, to be given at the Annual Meeting, in memory of the founder member and first President of the Society, Dr James Bull, to be known as the James Bull lecture.
Presidents			Secretary / Treasurer
1970-71 1972-74 1974-76 1976-78 1978-80 1980-82 1982-84 1984-86 1986-88 1988-90 1990-92 1992-94 1994-96 1996-98 1998-2000 2000-02 2002-04 2004-06 2006-	J W D Bull G I Gryspeerdt W H T Shepherd R D Hoare P W E Sheldon E H Burrows E P G H du Boulay A A Donaldson T D Hawkins J T Lamb P Macpherson B E Kendall I Isherwood V L McAllister I F Moseley J R Bradshaw A J Molyneux M D Hourihan J Britton		1970-74 1974- 78 1978-82 1982-86 1986-90 1990-94	E H Burrows A A Donaldson A S Bligh V L McAllister I F Moseley I M Holland
		Secretary 1994-99 G Bonsor 1999-2003 R J V Bartlett 2003-07 J Straiton 2007- M Gawne-Cain		Treasurer 1994-97 W St. C Forbes 1997-2001 C S Barker 2001-2005 A Clifton 2005- J Jarosz
James Bull Lecturers
1995 Prof M Sage 1996 Dr D C Harwood-Nash 1997 Prof T H Newton 1998 Prof A Valvanis 1999 Prof O Flodmark 2000 Prof T Nadich 2001 Dr J Casselman 2002 Prof B Tress 2003 Prof S Zeki 2004 Prof W G Bradley 2005 Prof Sir Peter Mansfield 2006 Dr I Moseley 2007 Prof R Zimmerman