Officers of the British Thyroid Association
President - Professor Simon Pearce, MD, FRCP
Simon Pearce is a Professor of Endocrinology at Newcastle University with a research interest in Addison’s disease (adrenal gland failure) and autoimmune thyroid diseases. He qualified in medicine at Newcastle University, completed his postgraduate education at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in Hammersmith, Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, and as a Lecturer in Newcastle. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Endocrinology in 2001 at Newcastle University and became Professor in 2007.
His main research area is the treatment for autoimmune thyroid diseases and Addison’s disease. He has published around 150 papers over the last 20 years spanning molecular endocrinology, clinical trials, and guideline papers.
Dr. Pearce works nationally and internationally on the executive committees for both the British and European Thyroid Associations. He is Editor in Chief of the European Thyroid Journal. The main theme of his current research program is to develop new treatments for autoimmune thyroid diseases and Addison’s disease.
The Committee
President: Professor Simon Pearce (Newcastle)
President Elect: Professor Kristien Boelaert
Secretary: Professor Bijay Vaidya (Royal Devon & Exeter)
Treasurer: Dr Earn Gan (Newcastle Upon Tyne
Assistant Treasurer: Dr Jackie Gilbert (London)
Committee Members
Dr Karen Mullan (Belfast)
Dr Pete Taylor (Cardiff)
Dr Salman Razvi (Newcastle)
Dr Martin Read (Birmingham)
Dr Nicola Zammitt (Edinburgh)
Dr Nadia Schoenmakers (Cambridge)
Dr Koteshwara Muralidhara (Kingston Upon Thames)
Trainee Committee Members
Dr Hannah Nieto (Birmingham)
Dr Muhammad Fahad Arshad (Sheffield)
Dr David Tansey (Dublin)
Annual BTA Meeting
Our 2023 dates are as below:
Annual Meeting of the British Thyroid Association
- The next BTA Annual Meeting will be held on the Friday 9th June 2023, at the Royal College of Pathologists, London.
- This will be face to face
- Registration for the event and the draft Programme can be found here
British Thyroid Association Trainee Day
Date: Friday 10th March 2023
Format: Virtual
Registration for the event and the draft Programme can be found here