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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 12th 2020
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm First General Meeting
8.15pm PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS MANGELWURZELS AND THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
Brigadier Ivan Houghton MA MD LLM BSc FRCA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th 2020
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm
WINGED SCALPEL: A SURGEON ON THE FRONTLINE OF DISASTER
Mr Richard Villar BSc MA MS FRCS
MONDAY, November 9th 2020
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
THE PLAGUE 4000BC TO 2000AD
Dr Timothy Mason PhD
MONDAY, November 23rd November 2020
5.30pm Presidential Nomination Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
RESPIRATORY ZOONOSES- PRE COVID-19
Dr Paul Skelton-Stroud BVSc PhD MVSc MPhil FRSB FRCVS
Thursday, December 9th 2020
8pm MANSELL PRIZE COMPETITION
Wednesday, December 9th 2020
12.30/1.00pm Christmas Lunch
Tanya Houghton – Harpist
MONDAY, January 11th 2021
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
TWO MEN AND FOUR VICTORIA CROSSES
Captain Peter Starling MA DHMSA FRHistS
MONDAY, January 25th 2021
5.30pm Nominations Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AND PREVENTION….
HOW LOW TO GO IN 2021
Dr Sandy Gupta MBBS MD FRCP
MONDAY, February 8th 2021
6.15pm Library Committee
8.00pm LLOYD ROBERTS LECTURE
LLOYD ROBERTS LECTURE
THE ART OF SCIENCE AND MEMORY
Professor Eleanor Maguire FBA FMedSci FRS
MONDAY, February 22nd 2021
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
ELECTIVE AWARDS
MONDAY, March 8th 2021
7.00/7.30 ANNUAL DINNER
The Army and Navy Club – 36-39 Pall Mall, SW1Y 5BN
Principal Guest: The Rt Hon. the Lord Judge
MONDAY, March 22nd 2021
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
LETTSOM LECTURE
YOU HAVE BEEN TO AFGHANISTAN, I BELIEVE
Colonel S Jagdish MB BS MRCA MBA MA
MONDAY, April 12th 2021
5.30pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
WHY IS PSA TESTING BETTER AT EXPLAINING THE CAUSE OF PROSTATE CANCER THAN SCREENING FOR LETHAL CANCER?
Professor Tim Oliver MD FRCP
MONDAY, April 26th 2021
5.30pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
TRANSPLANTING THE UNTRANSPLANTABLE
Mr Pankaj Chandak MBBS BSc(Hons)MRCS(Eng)PhD FRAS FLS
MONDAY, May 10th 2021
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Second General Meeting
8.15pm ANNUAL ORATION
SANS FRONTIÈRES? REFLECTIONS OF A 50YR OLD
Dr Javid Abdelmoneim FRCP DTMH
MONDAY, June 7th (and TUESDAY, JUNE 8th 2021) depending upon numbers which are limited to 30 persons per day
3.00pm SUMMER PARTY
A Stroll amongst the sculptures, architecture and Fountains at Canary Wharf
MONDAY, July 26th 2021
11.00am House and Finance Committee and Trustees Meeting