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Annual Programme 2024 – 2025
Annual Program
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 Program is a varied one of academic lectures 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”
It is intended that the Program below will be delivered at Lettsom House in the traditional manner. Should this not be possible, arrangements will be made for the lectures to be given online. Details for each lecture will be notified to Fellows in the appropriate Notice for each meeting.
The current Academic Program is:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14th 2024
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm First General Meeting
8.15pm PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
THE FALKLANDS WAR
AS A JUNIOR DOCTOR
Dr Susan West BSc MB BS DRCOG DMJ
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28th 2024
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
FORENSIC MEDICINE IN
FILM AND FICTION
Dr Peter Dean MB BS BDS(Hons) DRCOG LLM FFFLM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11th 2024
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT –
CONTROVERSIAL MEDICO-LEGAL CASES
Professor Michael Kopelman PhD FMedSci
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25th 2024
5.30pm Presidential Nomination Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm
ADVANCED CELL BASED THERAPIES:
THE JOURNEY TO THE NHS
Professor Alicia El Haj PhD FREng FRSB
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9th 2024
12.30/1.00pm Christmas Lunch
MONDAY, JANUARY 13th 2025
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
THE FUTURE OF CANCER
EARLY DETECTION RESEARCH
Dr David Crosby PhD
MONDAY, JANUARY 27th 2025
5.30pm Nominations Committee (if required)
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
VISION FOR CHILDREN:
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Mr Richard Bowman MB BChir MA MD FRCOphth
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10th 2025
6.15pm Library Committee
8.00pm LLOYD ROBERTS LECTURE
HOW NOT TO BE A DOCTOR:
STORIES OF RIGHT AND WRONG
Dr John Launer MRCGP
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24th 2025
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY:
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Dr Matthew Matson MRCP FRCR
MONDAY, MARCH 10th 2025
ANNUAL DINNER
THE WELLINGTON
Victoria Embankment
Strand WC2R 2PN
Principal Guest: Surgeon Rear Admiral Fleur Marshall KHP MRCGP MA
MONDAY, MARCH 24th 2025
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Lettsom Lecture
PARKINSONS: 50 YEARS ON
Dr Rudy Capildeo MB BS FRCP
MONDAY, APRIL 14th 2025
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
BAD BREATH AND THE TONSILS
Mr Mike Dilkes MS FRCS
MONDAY, APRIL 28th 2025
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm
URBAN LIFE IN DELHI SLUMS:
STORIES OF COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS
AND RESILIENCE
Professor Pauline Dixon PhD FAcSS FRSA
Dr Steve Humble MBE FIMA
MONDAY, MAY 12th 2025
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Second General Meeting
8.15pm
PORTFOLIO CAREERS AND
LEADERSHIP IN MEDICINE
Professor Faye Gishen MB BS BSc FRCP EdD PFHEA FAcadMEd
JUNE 16th JUNE 2025
SUMMER OUTING
Visit to the Grant Museum and
The Crick Institute
MONDAY, JULY 21st 2025
11.00am House and Finance Committee and Trustees Meeting