Trustees and Organising Committee meeting December 2025
The Trustees met this week to discuss themes, topics and location for our next conference in 2027. A lot of exciting ideas were discussed, building on success of the event in July 2025 and the invaluable feedback from delegates as to what they would like to see next time – details of where, when, what will be published soon!!
Symposium Mammographicum was part of the BIG GIVE Christmas Challenge! (2 to 9 December 2025)
The Charity was selected to take part in the Christmas Challenge which and ran from the 2nd to the 9th December 2025. We were supported by the Julia Rausing Trust to match donations
Although we did not achieve our goal to raise £4,600 as part of a longer term campaign to raise £30,000 we would like to thank everyone who donated to help us fund bursaries for the future.
💡 Expand our bursary programme for radiographers and radiologists in the UK and from abroad
🧪 Support vital research projects in breast imaging
🎓 Increase access to in-person training sessions at our conferences.
We hope to be able to take part in the next BIG GIVE which will run from 1 to 8 December 2026!
See our appeals updates on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7402682177596858368/ and Instagram @sympmamm For more information about BIG GIVE click on the link below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG-RmAZPrJk
A round up of the Conference held in Bournemouth, July 2025
The July Conference was a great success with over 600 attendees, who enjoyed a wide range of sessions from traditional lectures to hands on workshops and demonstrations to proffered papers and meeting with exhibitors. For more information, the report can be viewed/ downloaded at:
or to download the pdf click here: SympMamm Conference report September 2025 fv
SympMamm’s Bursary Scheme
The Trustees were very pleased to have awarded bursaries to enable three people to attend the 2025 Conference in Bournemouth. It has helped radiographers and radiologists attend the conference that would otherwise been unable to do so. Read their stories on our bursary section of the website, setting out their experiences and the value of attending and enabling them to relay new ideas and best practice. This year, we welcomed Jane Brooks from Australia, Deborah Mizzi from Malta and Dr Summer Amer, West Bank, Palestine.
Their stories and those who have attended previous events are available at: Bursary Stories
Bursary applications are open until November 2026 when they will be reviewed by the Trustees for the 2027 Conference, details and eligibility of how to apply are HERE
Appointment of President, September 2025
Following the charity’s Annual General Meeting in September, we are pleased to confirm the appointment of Sam Smith as our new President. Sam takes office with immediate effect following an election in May 2025 and informal announcement at our biennial conference in July 2025.
We are indebted to Dr Michael Michell, our outgoing President who has served this role admirably, since 2007. Mike will continue to serve SympMamm as a continuing Trustee. For more information please click on link here: SympMamm President announce Sept 2025
Changes to the Trustee Board and Organising Committee September 2025
Following ten years as Chair and latterly Co Chair, we thank Dr Patsy Whelehan for supporting SympMamm for ten years in this role. Although Patsy has stood down, she will continue to serve as a Trustee and support the Conference Organising Committee. Oliver Morrish serves the Board as its Chair. Thanks are given to retiring Trustees: Anna Burch, Dr Cathy Coleman, Dr Claire Mercer and Dr Sarah Tennant for their invaluable support and wise counsel.
Society of Radiologists in Training Conference, Manchester, May 2025
SympMamm ran a series of workshops about on ultrasound guided biopsies, marker insertion and vacuum biopsies. We are very grateful to Dr Marianna Telesca, Dr Patsy Whelehan (Trustees) and Ms Zebby Rees (former Trustee) for their time to run the workshops and also to the generous sponsorship of the equipment manufacturers, without which it would not have been possible to run. Our thanks go to BD, GE, MIS Healthcare and Philips.
UKIO Conference, Liverpool, June 2025
SympMamm have run workshops at UKIO on a regular basis now on ultrasound guided biopsies. Coordinating the session by Claire Borrelli, Trustee with Helen Muscat, member of the UKIO Organising Committee, we are indebted to Zebby Rees and Sue Garnett (former Trustees), Hannah Lewis, supporter and Dr Liz O’Flynn (Trustee) for their time and expertise and experience from a radiographic and radiological perspective.