About the BMS

History of BMS

The British Menopause Society (BMS) is a registered charity and multi-disciplinary society directed at the medical profession.  It was founded in 1989 to advance education in menopausal healthcare.

Our mission is to

• To increase awareness of post reproductive healthcare issues
• To promote optimal management through lectures, conferences, meetings, exhibitions and publications, including its journal, Menopause International.

The challenge of post reproductive health management is increasing. As most British women can expect more than thirty years of post reproductive life, the consequences for immediate and long-term healthcare are significant. We are committed to increasing awareness of these healthcare issues and promoting optimal clinical management of the menopause and beyond.

Our Medical Advisory Council comprises the leading international experts in post reproductive health management, who are instrumental in instigating scientific research and creating consensus statements and guidelines for health professionals.

Although primarily a professional organisation, the BMS website includes information aimed at the general public, including a number of factsheets on various aspects of the menopause.

Chairman

Nick Panay BSc MBBS MRCOG MFFP

Consultant Gynaecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London. Also Honorary Senior lecturer, Imperial College, London.

Nick Panay is a Consultant Gynaecologist with a special Interest in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Menopause and Menstrual Disorders.

As Director of the West London Menopause and PMS Centre at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals, he heads a busy clinical and research team which publishes widely, presents at scientific meetings and trains health professionals at all levels. Much of his team’s research has focussed on improving the understanding and management of premature menopause, PMS, new HRT preparations and complimentary therapies.

He is currently Editor in Chief of Climacteric (the Journal of the International Menopause Society) and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare.

He has particular interest in minimal access surgery, both laparoscopic and hysteroscopic. He heads the operative outpatient hysteroscopic centre at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital which facilitates the one stop investigation and treatment of women with bleeding disorders.

Nick is a council member of The British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy, Vice President of The Royal Society of Medicine, Chairman of The National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome, and Patron of Daisy Network.

He campaigns actively for women's health issues both nationally and internationally.

Editor, Menopause International

Dr Heather Currie MB BS, FRCOG, MRCGP, MFFP

Associate Specialist gynaecologist and obstetrician at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary where she specialises in Menopause, Pre Menstrual syndrome and Sub-fertility. She is a member of the British Menopause Society council, Co- Editor of Menopause International, the Journal of the British Menopause Society, Scottish Clinical Director for the National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome, on the editorial Board for MIMS Women’s Health, National Lead for SAS doctors in O & G and Managing Director of Menopause Matters Ltd which runs the award winning website www.menopausematters.co.uk and publishes the quarterly Menopause Matters magazine. She is the author of the award winning book, Menopause, answers at your fingertips.

Editor, Menopause International

Edward Morris is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital. Following a 5 year research fellowship at Guys Hospital he has had an interest in the management of the menopause for 15 years. 

He has been an active member of the BMS since 1995 research, has a holistic style of patient management and delivers education locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Co-Editor: Mr Tony Mander

British Menopause Society Trustees

• Gill Cheesbrough
• Heather Currie, Honorary Secretary
• Tim Hillard
• Jane Moody
• Eddie Morris, Chairman Elect
• Nick Panay, Chairman
• Patrick Shervington
• John Stevenson
• Sara Moger, Chief Executive, (ex officio)

British Menopause Society Medical Advisory Council

• Nick Panay, Chairman
• Kathy Abernethy, Harrow
• Heather Currie, Dumfries
• Claudine Domoney, London
• Tim Hillard, Poole
• Mary Ann Lumsden, Glasgow
• Tony Mander, Oldham
• Edward Morris, Norwich
• Moira Mukherjee, Birmingham
• Shaughn O’Brien, Keele
• Joan Pitkin, Harrow
• Janice Rymer, London
• Mike Savvas, London
• John Studd, London
• David Sturdee, Birmingham
• Sovra Whitcroft, Guildford
• Jane Woyka, Harrow
• Sara Moger, Chief Executive, (ex officio)

Chief Executive

Sara Moger was appointed Chief Executive of the British Menopause Society in June 2007.

Educated at The Maynard School, Exeter and Goldsmith’s College, University of London, she graduated in English Literature in 1982. After eleven years of commercial marketing, mainly in London, Sara was appointed head of fundraising, marketing and communications for the Lord’s Taverners.  She has remained in the third sector ever since, forming her own charity consultancy, Event Appeal Limited, with a co-director in 1999. Clients have included the Army Benevolent Fund, Hilton in the Community Foundation and Cobra Beer Limited.

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Through her late partner, Dr Chic McCune, Sara was introduced to several medical charities.  These included Baby Lifeline, Women’s Health Concern, for which she is now a trustee, and the British Menopause Society.

She brings a wealth of experience to her new role, which she sees as a catalyst for improving the wellbeing and quality of life for women at a critical stage of their life,

Annual Accounts
Download the pdf of our annual accounts 2011 here (420kb)
Download the pdf of our annual accounts 2010 here (58kb)
Download the pdf of our annual accounts 2009 here (5.37Mb)
Download the pdf of our annual accounts 2008 here (330k)

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