BTS President and President-elect 2022

BTS President

BTS is pleased to announce that the new BTS President is Professor Onn Min Kon.

Professor Onn Min Kon is a Consultant at St Mary’s Hospital in London, Head of the Tuberculosis service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, as well as being a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute of Imperial College London. He is recognised as one of the UK’s leading authorities on the management of complex and MDR TB.

Onn Min has made a number of outstanding contributions to the activities of BTS over many years. These include chairing the BTS MDR-TB Clinical Advice Service and the BTS Tuberculosis Specialist Advisory Group, and he received the BTS Meritorious Service Award in 2019.

Taking up the role for 2023, Onn Min said:

“I am hugely honoured to be able to represent the BTS and to be able to champion the role of all professionals working within respiratory medicine in improving the lung health of all our patients. I look forward to working with the entire BTS community in developing innovation, promoting an adequately staffed workforce and ensuring we continue to train a highly skilled workforce to be able to deliver the very best in respiratory care.”

BTS President-elect

BTS is pleased to announce Professor Jon Bennett as the new BTS President-elect. Professor Bennett will join the BTS Board and will take over as President at the BTS Annual General Meeting in November 2023.

Jon is a Consultant Respiratory and General Medicine Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Glenfield Hospital UHL NHS Trust in Leicester. At Leicester, he has served as service lead for Lung Cancer, and also lead for Bronchoscopy and interventional procedures, facilitating many service improvements during those years. He was a Royal College Tutor for 9 years and undergraduate education co-Lead for Cardio-Respiratory Medicine for 8 years. Professor Bennett continues as Regional Speciality Adviser, RCP London PACES examiner, University of Leicester IPE and Finals examiner, and the Departmental Medical Education Clinical Tutor

Jon has a long history of service to the Society – most notably he chaired the BTS Board of Trustees from 2019 – 202, steering the Society through the pandemic and providing leadership and support for BTS members during this challenging time. He has been a member of the Tobacco Committee, Interventional Procedures Advisory Group, BTS Council and served as the Chair of the Professional & Organisation Standards (now Quality Improvement) Committee between 2015-2018.