British Myology Society

The British Myology Society (BMS) is a multidisciplinary professional body of experts founded in 2009. It aims to promote clinical practice, education and clinical trials in relation to muscle disease, myasthenia gravis and spinal muscular atrophy. It is intended to be a forum of consultants, junior doctors and allied health professionals, with professional expertise in myology,  to consider these issues.

The British Myology Society has current membership of around 140 and runs a number of very successful meetings / conferences, both physically and online, for members and also some events for non-members.

The BMS is registered with the Charity Commission (registration number 1142966). 

Social media: 

X (formerly Twitter) feed @Britishmyology

Bluesky: @britishmyology.bsky.social‬

Membership

If you are interested in becoming a member of the BMS, please email cnmd.contact@ucl.ac.uk  for further details.

Upcoming events

• British Myology Society Annual Meeting 2026

  Sunday 6 and Monday 7 Sept 2026, Worcester College, Oxford

  Further information for the above event to follow shortly

• British Myology Society Paediatric Muscle Teaching Day 2026

  Sunday 6 Sept 2026, Worcester College, Oxford

  Further information for the above event to follow shortly

Recent events

• British Myology Society Muscle MRI Workshop 2025

Tue 25th November 2025

About this event: This event will cover topics in muscle MRI of relevance to neurologists, rheumatologists and musculoskeletal radiologists.

Format: online event

Content focus:

• Interpretation of muscle MRI and important anatomical landmarks
• The utility of muscle MRI when investigating muscle pain and assessing response to therapies
• Pattern recognition for various genetic and inflammatory myopathies
• Tips on how to distinguish myopathic from neurogenic processes based on muscle MRI appearances
• Muscle Interest Group presentation of challenging cases

Who is this event aimed at: The specialist with an expertise in neuromuscular disorders and at trainees. This event will attract audiences spanning adult and paediatric medicine

This event is will be primarily useful to clinicians / researchers at specialty training or consultant level in the areas of neurology, neurophysiology, radiology, rheumatology and neuropathology.

Open to: BMS members and non-members.

• British Myology Society Annual Meeting 2025

8 and 9 Sept 2025
Worcester College, Oxford

The BMS Annual Meeting is a 2 day event which attracts the country’s foremost neuromuscular clinicians and allied professionals; and is aimed (as in previous years) at education of neuromuscular specialists and sharing the latest knowledge and developments in this area of practice.

BMS membership is required to attend this meeting (for membership please contact cnmd.contact@ucl.ac.uk)

• thanks to our event sponsors
• We are delighted to thank our event sponsors: Abcuro; ITF Pharma; Dyne; Avidity Bio; Santhera; Novartis; Roche; Biogen; Lupin; Pepgen

• British Myology Society Adult Muscle Teaching Day 2025

8 Sept 2025
Worcester College, Oxford

The extremely popular and well-reviewed BMS Adult Muscle Teaching Day is a 1 day event aimed at education of junior / early career stage clinicians with neuromuscular involvement.

Open to: BMS members and non-members