Dr Sarah Clarke is the President of the British Cardiovascular Society and a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK with an interest in CTO intervention. She is also Clinical Director for Strategic Development planning the new Royal Papworth Hospital and leading local (STP) and national (GIRFT) innovation and service development. She is Councillor to the Board at the ESC, international member of the Women in Cardiology section of the ACC and European Representative of the Association of International Governors at the ACC. She is the Editor for Education in Heart, Heart Journal, chairs the e-communication committee at the ESC and is the international editor of the ACC e-newsletter.