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Annual Programme 2019 – 2020
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, OCTOBER 14th 2019
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm First General Meeting
8.15pm PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
Professor Dafydd Thomas MA MD FRCP
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28th 2019
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Student Electives Competition
Keynote Address
(The role of student electives in the 21st Century)
Principal Guest: Mr Martin Lupton FRCOG
MONDAY, November 11th 2019
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
INFECTIOUS DISEASES: ARE WE IN CONTROL?
Professor Jeffrey W Almond PHD FMedSci
MONDAY, November 25th 2019
5.30pm Presidential Nomination Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
PAIN MANAGEMENT – A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Dr Clare Roques PhD FRCA FFPMRCA
MONDAY, December 16th 2019
12.30/1.00pm Christmas Lunch
MONDAY, January 13th 2020
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
A WOMAN IN A MAN’S FIELD
Professor Averil Mansfield CBE FRCS FRCP
MONDAY, January 27th 2020
5.30pm Nominations Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
MODERNISING OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION FOR
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Dr Cordelia Coltart BSc PhD DTM&H MRCP FRCPath
MONDAY, February 10th 2020
6.15pm Library Committee
8.00pm LLOYD ROBERTS LECTURE
WOMEN’S HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS ANDWOMEN’S HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY -IS SDGS ACHIEVABLE IN 2030
Professor Lesley Regan MB BS MD DSc FRCOG
MONDAY, February 24th 2020
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
WHAT CAN CJD TEACH US ABOUT COMMONWHAT CAN CJD TEACH US ABOUT COMMON NEUROGENERATIVE DISEASES?
Professor John Collinge CBE FRS
MONDAY, March 9th 2020
7.00/7.30 ANNUAL DINNER
The Athenaeum, The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, SW1Y 5ER
Principal Guest: Professor H Alan Crockard FRCS FDSRCS(Hon)
MONDAY, March 23rd 2020
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
LONG TERM EFFECTS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY:LONG TERM EFFECTS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: FROM SPORTING INJURIES TO THE BATTLEFIELD
Professor David Sharp PhD MB BS MRCP
MONDAY, April 27th 2020
5.30pm House and Finance Committee
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm LETTSOMIAN LECTURE
THE CHALLENGE OF BALANCE DISORDERS
Professor Linda Luxon CBE BSc FRCP
MONDAY, May 11th 2020
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Second General Meeting
8.15pm ANNUAL ORATION
DEMENTIA TODAY
Professor Martin Rossor MA MD FRCP FMedSci
TUESDAY, May 19th 2020
6.00/6.30pm MANSELL PRIZE COMPETITION
MONDAY, June 8th 2020
11.00am SUMMER PARTY
Windsor Castle including a tour of the archives and
Private view of the Leonardo drawings
MONDAY, July 20th 2020
11.00am House and Finance Committee
12.30pm Trustees Meeting