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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
Upcoming events:
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)
Registration now open - Annual Meeting
10% early bird discount applied at checkout until 18th July
We are delighted to thank our event sponsors: Abcuro; Italfarmaco; Dyne; Avidity Bio; Santhera; Novartis; Roche; Biogen; Lupin
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
Registration now open - Adult Muscle Teaching Day
10% early bird discount applied at checkout until 18th July
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 pattern recognition for various genetic muscle and neurogenic disorders and acquired inflammatory myopathies
- There will be a session where delegates will be invited to present challenging cases during this workshop and there will be the opportunity for general discussion.
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: all
Registration (pls save the date, this page will be updated when registration opens).
