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Annual Programme 2015 – 2016
The Medical Society of London meets every two weeks from October to May. Fellows are alerted by Notices in the Fellows Area and the meetings are private for Fellows and their personal Guests only. The Programme is a varied one of academic lectures and talks and discussions of wider subjects within and without medical subjects. Medical lectures attract Continuous Personal Development Credits currently provided by the Royal College of Physicians The content of the Academic programme is published annually as: “The Transactions of the Medical Society of London”
The current Academic Programme is:
MONDAY, OCT. 9th 2017
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm First General Meeting
8.15pm Presidential Address
RATS, RASPBERRIES & SURGEONS
Dr David Shanson MB BS FRCPath
MONDAY, OCT. 23rd 2017
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
ADVENTURES OF A BRITISH ENT SURGEON IN NEPAL
Mr Neil Weir MD MA FRCS
MONDAY, NOV. 13th 2017
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
MINIMAL ACCESS COLORECTAL SURGERY – WILL TRADITIONAL SURGEONS BE PUT OUT OF A JOB?
Ms Rachel Hargest MD FRCS
MONDAY, NOV. 27th 2017
5.00pm Presidential Nomination Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
MEDICAL DETECTION DOGS – DOGS SAVING LIVES
Dr Geoffrey Farrer-Brown Mb BChir MA MD FRCPath
MONDAY, DEC. 11th 2017
Christmas Party
Details to be announced closer to the date
MONDAY, JAN. 8th 2018
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Lloyd Roberts Lecture
HEART FAILURE- WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
Dr Alexander Lyon MA BM BCh PHD FRCP FHFA
MONDAY, JAN. 22nd 2018
5.00pm Nominations Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
THE LOCH NESS MONSTER: A MONSTROUS COMMOTION?
Professor Gareth Williams MD ScD FRCP FRCPE
MONDAY, FEB. 12th 2018
6.00pm Library Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
DIZZINESS
Professor Adolfo Bronstein MD PhD FANA FRCP
MONDAY, FEB. 26th 2018
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Lettsomian Lecture
ROYAL POXES POTIONS AND PROCEDURES
Professor David Rosin MS MB BS FRCS FICS FCCS DHMSA
MONDAY, MAR. 12th 2018
Annual Dinner, time TBA
The Reform Club, Pall Mall
Principal Guest: Professor Harold Ellis CBE FRCS
Professor John B Schofield FRCPath
MONDAY, MAR. 26th 2018
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
EXPERIENCING THE IMPOSSIBLE: WHY MAGIC WORKS
Dr Gustav Kuhn BSc DPhil
MONDAY, APR. 9th 2018
6.00pmHouse and Finance Committee
8.00pmOrdinary Meeting
WHY DOESN’T THE BRAIN REPAIR ITSELF?
Professor Charles Ffrench-Constant MB BChir MA FRCP PhD FMedSci
MONDAY, APR. 23rd 2018
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
AMONGST THE PENGUINS – MANAGING INFECTION IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
Dr Matthew Dryden MD FRCPath FFTM RCPS
BRITISH HEROES OF ANTARCTICA – WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY ACHIEVE?
Dr Isobel Williams MD FRCP FRGS
MONDAY, MAY 14th 2018
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Second General Meeting
8.15pm Annual Oration
100 YEARS OF SHELL SHOCK; GONE BUT CERTAINLY NOT FORGOTTEN
Professor Sir Simon Wessely MA BM BCh MSc MD FRCP FRCPsych
MONDAY, JUN. 11th 2018
Time TBA
Summer Party – Bentley Priory
RAF Museum, Stanmore
MONDAY 23rd JUL. 2018
2.00pm House and Finance Committee
3.00pm Trustees Meeting
MONDAY, JUN. 5th 2017
1.30pm The Mansell Prize Event
Lettsom House
Including the Keynote Lecture
EMERGING BRAIN INFECTIONS, INCLUDING ZIKA
Professor Tom Solomon – Director, The Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool.