British Spinal Intervention Course (BSIC) Bristol 2025
Join us on 27th & 28th March 2025
The British Spinal Intervention Course (BSIC) is a two-day hands-on course designed for trainees, fellows, and consultants in Radiology, Surgery, or Pain Management. The course provides essential theoretical knowledge and expert, personalised instruction from consultants who regularly perform these procedures in their own clinical practice.

Delegates will receive hands-on training in spinal injections (nerve root, facet joint, sacroiliac, pars interarticularis), spinal biopsy (intervertebral disc and transpedicular), vertebroplasty and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) as well as an introduction to advanced techniques including cryotherapy and electrochemotherapy (ECT).

Day 1 provides the essential foundational knowledge needed to undertake spinal intervention through a series of short lectures given by experts in Interventional Spine Radiology/Oncology.

Day 2 offers delegates the unique opportunity of hands-on experience in a cadaveric lab. Delegates will be taught the practical aspects of these procedures on cadavers by experts and have the opportunity to practice themselves with supervision and direct feedback. We will also utilise the latest available equipment for image-guided simulations and augmented reality for real-time/haptic feedback.

The inaugural BSIC course was held in Leeds 2024, where we welcomed our first 30 delegates attending from across the UK, Middle East and Far East. Feedback from faculty and delegates was extremely positive, praising both the personalised approach taken by our expert faculty and the opportunities for hands-on training/feedback. We were delighted to find the course more than 85% over-subscribed with such demand that a waiting list system was required.

This successful formula has been renewed and expanded for BSIC Bristol 27th - 28th March 2025 with world experts Dr Douglas Beall and Dr Dimitrios Filippiadis will be joining the team to give their invaluable insights into interventional spine practice.

BSIC Bristol 2025 organisers - Dr Richard James and Dr Steve Morgan
Location
Day 1 - The Bristol Hotel - The Bristol, Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QF

Day 2 - The Vesalius Clinical Lab, Vesalius Clinical Training Centre, University of Bristol, 32 Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EJ and The Bristol.
Date & Time
Thursday 27th March 2025, 8.15am-
Friday 28th March 2025, 4pm
Schedule - Day 1
Thursday 27th March 2025
Venue - The Bristol Hotel, Bristol, BS1 4QF
08:15 – 08:45
Registration & Coffee
08:45 – 09:00
Welcome
- Dr S. Morgan and Dr R. James
09:00 – 09:20
Spine Anatomy: The Fundamentals
- Dr R. Fawcett
09:20 – 09:40
Fluoroscopic Intervention: The Basics
- Dr Y. Berkovitz
09:40 – 10:00
Nerve Root and SI Injections: Fluoroscopy + CT
- Dr D. Fascia
10:00 – 10:20
Medial Branch & Facet Blocks. Particulate Injections
- Dr V. Avula
10:20 – 10:40
Spinal Osteoids
-TBC
10:40 – 11:00
Coffee
11:00 – 11:30
Bone & Disc Biopsy: Spine Infection/Tumours
- Dr R. Fawcett
11:30 – 12:10
Vertebroplasty: Why, when and how
- Dr R. James
12:10 – 12:40
Advanced vertebroplasty techniques + implants
- Dr D. Beall
12:40 – 13:00
Rhizolysis/Pulsed RF
- Dr N. Evans
13:00 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 14:15
RF-Ablation in the Spine
- Dr S. Morgan
14:15 – 14:45
Cryotherapy
- Dr E. Johnson
14:45 – 15:15
Spine MDT/Tumour Board: Setting up the service
- Dr K. Lam
15:15 – 15:45
Coffee
15:45 – 16:05
Electrochemotherapy (ECT)
- Dr D. McKean
16:05 – 16:25
Disc Therapies/Intervention
- Dr D. Beall
16:25 – 16:45
CT-Navigated Spine Intervention
- Dr D. Filippiadis
16:45 – 17:00
Basivertebral Nerve Ablation (BVN)
- Dr D. McKean
17:00 – 18:30
Delegate 'Welcome Drinks' Reception
Schedule - Day 2
Friday 28th March 2025
Venues - The Bristol Hotel, Bristol, BS1 4QF and
Vesalius Clinical Training Centre, Bristol, BS2 8EJ
Day 2 gives delegates hands-on experience in a cadaveric lab, practicing procedures under expert supervision. Delegates will also practice with faculty experts using image-guided simulations and augmented reality for real-time feedback using phantoms and models in practical stations at the hotel venue.
GROUP A – Vesalius Cadaveric Lab
9am – 12pm
HANDS ON CADAVERIC STATIONS

12:00 – 12:40 LUNCH – Vesalius Lab
GROUP B – The Bristol Hotel
9am – 12pm
HANDS ON PRACTICAL STATIONS

12:00 – 12:40 LUNCH – The Bristol Hotel
GROUP B – Vesalius Cadaveric Lab
1pm – 4pm
HANDS ON CADAVERIC STATIONS
GROUP A - The Bristol Hotel
1pm – 4pm
HANDS ON PRACTICAL STATIONS
Location
The Bristol Hotel - The Bristol, Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QF and Vesalius Clinical Training Centre, University of Bristol, 32 Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EJ
Sponsors of the BSIC Bristol 2025
The organisers of the British Spinal Intervention Course - Bristol 2025, wish to express their gratitude to their sponsors. Their contributions and support make a significant difference in assisting us to deliver a high standard of educational training experiences.

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