Awards
- ACDA Silver award, NHS, 2006
- ACDA B, ACDA, 2001
External Positions
- Member, Guidelines Committee, European Society of Cardiology (ESC), 2012 - 2014
- Board member, ESC Board, European Society of Cardiology, 2008 - 2008
- Chair, ESC Highlights Committee, European Society of Cardiology, 2008 - 2010
- Vice President, International Contrast Ultrasound Society Board, International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS), 2008
- President, EAE Board, European Association of Echocardiography, 2006 - 2008
- Member, ESC Congress Programme Committee, European Society of Cardiology, 2006
- President-elect, EAE Board, European Association of Echocardiography, 2004 - 2006
- Chairman, EAE Laboratory Accreditation Committee, European Association of Echocardiographyof the European Society of Cardiology, 2004 - 2006
- President, BSE Council, British Society of Echocardiography, 2001 - 2003
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Vice President, International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS), 2008
- Committee member; British Society of Cardiology, Professional Standards & Peer Review Committee, British Cardiac Society, 2001 - 2003
- President, British Society of Echocardiography, 2001 - 2003
- Honorary Secretary, European Working Group on Echocardiography of the ESC, European Association of Echocardiography, 1997 - 2001
- Member, British Cardiac Society, 1985
- Member, Hellenic Cardiological Society, 1982
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- Board member, International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS), 2008
- European Association of Echocardiography, European Society of Cardiology, 2006 - 2008
Industrial Connections
- BRACCO, Scientific advisorresearch collaborator
- Bristol-Mayers Squibb, Consultant
- MEDTRONIC, Primary Investigator
- PHILIPS, Scientific advisor
- SIEMENS, Scientific advisor
Fellowships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, The Royal College of Physicians, 2001
- Fellow of the American Heart Association, American Heart Association, 1993
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American College of Cardiology, 1991
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, 1987
Editorial Boards
- Journal of Echo Research & Practice, Founding Editor and Editor-in -Chief
- European Heart Journal, International Editor, 2009
- Journal of the American Journal of Cardiology Imaging, Editorial Board Member, 2008
- Heart Journal, Section Editor, 2003 - 2006
- Journal of the Americal College of Cardiology, Editorial Board Member, 2002 - 2006
- European Journal of Echocardiography, Founding Editor-Deputy Editor, 1999
- Journal of the American Society of Echocardiology, Editorial Board Member, 1996 - 1999
- International Journal of Cardiology, Editorial Board Member, 1996 - 1999
- Cilinical Cardiology, Editorial Board Member, 1996
- Journal of the Hellenic Cardiological Society, Section Editor, 1990