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Annual Programme 2023 – 2024
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”
It is intended that the Programme 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 Programme is:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9th 2023
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm First General Meeting
8.15pm PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
THE FUTURE’S ELECTRIC, AND SO WAS THE PAST
Dr Alistair Purves MD FRCP
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23rd 2023
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
THE QUAKER COLONISATION OF THE WEST INDIES AND LETTSOM’S ROLE IN THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT
Miss Caitlin McGeever
MONDAY, November 13th 2023
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR MEDICINE
Professor Khuloud Al Jamal FRSC FFPharms PhD
MONDAY, November 27th 2023
5.30pm Presidential Nomination Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm
MUSIC IN LETTSOM’S LONDON
Professor Nicholas Marston
Wednesday, December 11th 2023
12.30/1.00pm Christmas Lunch
MONDAY, January 8th 2024
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
THE ILLUSTRATION OF SKIN DISEASES FROM INK TO IPHONE
Dr David Creamer BSc MD FRCP
MONDAY, January 22nd 2024
5.15pm Nominations Committee (if required)
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
BACK TO THE FUTURE: LESSONS FROM HISTORY IN UNDERSTANDING FUNCTIONAL SYMPTOMS
Dr Tim Nicholson MB BS BSc MSc PHD MRCP MRCPsych
MONDAY, February 12th 2024
6.15pm Library Committee
8.00pm LLOYD ROBERTS LECTURE
AUTONOMIC MEDICINE: THE FUTURE
Dr Robert Delamont MB BS MD FRCP FRACP
MONDAY, February 26th 2024
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
ECSTATIC EPILEPSY AND MYSTICISM:
DOSTOEVSKY AND NEUROTHEOLOGY
Reverend Professor Alasdair Coles PhD FRCP
MONDAY, March 11th 2024
ANNUAL DINNER
BARBER-SURGEONS HALL
1 Monkwell Square, EC2Y 5BL
Principal Guest: The Rt Hon Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith
MONDAY, March 25th 2024
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
LETTSOM LECTURE
THE EVOLUTION OF HEALTH IN THE UK AND GLOBALLY OVER THE NEXT DECADES
Professor Sir Chris Whitty KCB FRCP FFPH FMedSci
MONDAY, April 8th 2024
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
THE “WHOLE LIFE” APPROACH IN PAEDIATRICS
Professor David Rowitch MD ScD FMedSci FRS
MONDAY, April 22nd 2024
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm
CHANGING THE FACE OF SEPSIS: TURNING A SYNDROMIC RESPONSE INTO A DISEASE
Dr Ron Daniels BEM MBChB, FRCA, FFICM, FRCPEd
FRIDAY, May 13th 2024
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Second GeneralMeeting
8.15pm ANNUAL ORATION
THE FUTURE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Professor Dame Clare Gerada DBE FRCP FRCGP FRCPsych
MONDAY, 17th June 2024
Visit to the Parker Library at
Corpus Christi College Cambridge
Details tb
MONDAY, July 22nd 2024
11.00am House and Finance Committee and Trustees Meeting