British Myology Society
The British Myology Society (BMS) is a multidisciplinary professional body of experts founded in 2009.
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.
Discount places available (limited)
Clinicians, Allied Health Professionals or Nurses please contact cnmd.contact@ucl.ac.uk
Upcoming events:
British Myology Society Paediatric Muscle Teaching Day 2026
About: The BMS Muscle Teaching Day is a popular and well-reviewed event aimed primarily at education of junior / early career stage clinicians with neuromuscular involvement.
Date: Sunday 6 Sept
Location: Worcester College, Oxford
Open to: BMS members and non-members
Discount places - Clinicians, Allied Health Professionals or Nurses: email for infocnmd.contact@ucl.ac.uk
Teaching Day attendees are strongly encouraged / welcomed to stay on for the BMS Annual meeting.
Register teaching day
British Myology Society Annual Meeting 2026
About: The BMS annual meeting attracts the country’s foremost neuromuscular clinicians and allied health 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.
Date: Sunday 6 Sept (late pm start) and Monday 7 Sept
Location: Worcester College, Oxford
Open to: Open to BMS members (new members welcome – cnmd.contact@ucl.ac.uk for membership info )
Discount places: Clinicians, Allied Health Professionals or Nurses: email for infocnmd.contact@ucl.ac.uk
Register annual meeting
Call for cases / abstracts:
Call for cases for Muscle Interest Group section of the BMS Annual Meeting 2026
We are looking forward to returning to Worcester College this year for the BMS Annual meeting on 6th and 7th Sept 2026
We would like to invite submissions for adult / paediatric interesting (preferably solved) cases for discussion.
4-5 cases will be selected for a 15 minute presentation at the BMS Annual meeting, in the Muscle Interest Group section, on the 7th September
Please could you circulate this email amongst your colleagues who may have suitable cases they wish to present.
Deadline for submission of case / title for consideration: – 13th July 2026
Discount places available (limited)
Clinicians, Allied Health Professionals or Nurses please contact cnmd.contact@ucl.ac.uk
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