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Annual Programme 2022 – 2023
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 10th 2022
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm First General Meeting
8.15pm PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
“BY GOD, SIR! I’VE LOST MY LEG”.
THE SEQUELAE OF BATTLEFIELD
AMPUTATIONS
Colonel S Jagdish MRCA MBA MA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24th 2022
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
MEDICAL RESPONSE TO TERRORIST EVENTS
Lt Col Claire Park MBE FRCA
MONDAY, November 14th 2022
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
DRAWING BLOOD: ART, ANATOMY AND
REVOLUTION IN THE LONG NINETEENTH
CENTURY
Dr Richard Barnett PhD
MONDAY, November 28th 2022
5.30pm Presidential Nomination Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND CLINICAL
LEADERSHIP IN ACUTE CARE
Professor Stephen Brett MD FRCA FFICM
Wednesday, December 14th 2021
12.30/1.00pm Christmas Lunch
MONDAY, January 9th 2023
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
HEALTH IN THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
Professor Sir Andy Haines MD FRCGP FFPHM FRCP
FMedSci
MONDAY, January 23rd 2023
5.15pm Nominations Committee (if required)
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
NEUROPATHIC PAIN: UNDERSTANDING
SMALL NEURONS IN THE ERA OF BIG DATA
Professor David Bennett MD PhD FMedSci
MONDAY, February 13th 2023
6.15pm Library Committee
8.00pm LLOYD ROBERTS LECTURE
THE CHANGING FACE OF MEDICINE
Professor Dame Parveen Kumar DBE MD FRCP
MONDAY, February 27th 2023
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
ANAESTHESIA IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM –
BEYOND THE RAG AND BOTTLE
Dr Ali Diba BM FRCA
MONDAY, March 13th 2023
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
SIMULATING TRAUMA: FROM BALLISTIC
RESEARCH TO FILM SETS
Professor Peter Mahoney CBE PhD MBA FRCA
MONDAY, March 27th 2023
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
LETTSOM LECTURE
MEASURING THE PAST, MAKING A
DIFFERENCE
Dr Heather Angus-Leppan MD FRACP FRCP
MONDAY, April 24th 2023
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
ONE MAN’S WARS – THE MILITARY CAREER
OF ARCHIE COCHRANE
Dr Matthew Roberts MA BM FRCA
MONDAY, May 8th 2023
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Second General Meeting
8.15pm ANNUAL ORATION
PARLIAMENT, THE CITIZEN AND HEALTH
Rt Hon Professor Lord Kakkar KBE PC
FRIDAY, May 19th 2023
10.30am- 3.30pm
250th ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR,
Lettsom House
7.00/7.30pm
250th ANNIVERSARY GALA DINNER
Drapers Hall
Principal Guest
The Rt Rev and the Rt Hon Lord Chartres GCVO
SATURDAY, May 20th 2023
GUIDED WALKS – FROM TAVERNS TO
LETTSOM HOUSE
Buffet lunch
June TBC
SUMMER OUTING
Windsor
Date and venue to be announced
MONDAY, July 26th 2023
11.00am House and Finance Committee and Trustees Meeting