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Annual Programme 2021 – 2022
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 11th 2021
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm First General Meeting
8.15pm PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
REFLECTIONS
Professor Clara Lowy MD MSc FRCP
MONDAY, OCTOBER 25th 2021
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
ENDELL STREET: THE PIONEER WOMEN DOCTORS WHO TREATED THE WOUNDED OF WW1
Wendy Moore
MONDAY, November 8th 2021
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
MEDICAL FRAUD
Dr Peter Wilmshurst BSc MB ChB FRCP FISM FFSEM
MONDAY, November 22nd 2021
5.30pm Presidential Nomination Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
HOW THE HON. SIR MALCOLM MACNAGHTEN’S JUDGEMENT IN R V BOURNE (1938) LIT THE TOUCH PAPER OF WOMEN’S PRO-CHOICE EMANCIPATION
Sarah Clark QC
Wednesday, December 13th 2021
12.30/1.00pm Christmas Lunch
MONDAY, January 10th 2022
6.00pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
POLITICS AND MENTAL HEALTH
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP
Shadow Mental Health Minister
MONDAY, January 24th 2022
5.15pm Nominations Committee
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
HOW CAN SPATIAL DATA ABOUT BUILDING STOCKS INFORM AND SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES, & WHY IS DATA VISUALISATION SO IMPORTANT
Polly Hudson BA Hons, MRes, PhD
MONDAY, February 14th 2022
6.15pm Library Committee
8.00pm LLOYD ROBERTS LECTURE
HIPPOCRATES, CONSCIENCE & THE LAW: HOW SHOULD HEALTH PROFESSIONALS REACT TO TODAY’S BROAD STREET PUMP?
Dr Robin Stott FRCP FFPH
MONDAY, February 28th 2022
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
ENDOCRINE CONSEQUENCES OF NOVEL ANTI-CANCER TREATMENTS
Paul Carroll MD FRCP
MONDAY, March 7th 2022
The Army and Navy Club
36-39 Pall Mall, SW1Y 5BN
Principal Guest: The Rt Hon. the Lord Judge
MONDAY, March 28th 2022
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
THE HISTORY OF PITUITARY SURGERY
Mr Mick Powell FRCS FRCP
MONDAY, April 11th 2022
5.30pm House and Finance Committee
8.00pm Ordinary Meeting
BREAKING BAD: WHEN DOCTORS BREAK THE RULES
Professor Gwen Adshead MB BS FRCPysch MA MSt
MONDAY, April 25th 2022
6.00pm Trustees Meeting
8.00pm Lettsom Lecture
CELL PROLIFERATION IN HEALTH & DISEASE:
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
Dr Catherine Sarraf BSc, PhD, FRCPath
MONDAY, May 9th 2022
6.00pm Meeting of Council
8.00pm Second General Meeting
8.15pm ANNUAL ORATION
WHAT HAVE OSPREYS DONE FOR ME?
Dr Hilary Hearnshaw PhD
MONDAY, July 2022 – Details to Follow
Date and venue to be announced
MONDAY, July 25th 2022
11.00am House and Finance Committee and Trustees Meeting