Welcome to the Society
The Ulster Medical Society is a general medical society based in Northern Ireland. Full membership is open to all medical practitioners who are registered or eligibile to be registered, student membership is open to medical students, and associate membership is available to other health professionals such as nurses who are registered or eligible to be registered.
The objects of the Society are to improve the care of the sick and to promote and advance health and medical science by widening, improving and developing the education and knowledge of all concerned in medical matters.
In furtherance of these objects we publish the Ulster Medical Journal in three issues annually and arrange a series of lectures starting in October and ending in March or April.
The Society is registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Our Charity Registration Number is NIC104845.
Through the kindness of the Queen's University of Belfast the Society has its own rooms in the Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast.
Coronavirus
The Society cannot get access to its rooms and people are working from home. Do not hesitate to get in touch and we will help if we can. Membership matters should not be affected unduly.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will now be held on Thursday 10 September at 4.30pm in Seminar Room 3 at the Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital, where there will be enough room for social distancing.
The agenda will be sent out by email towards the end of August and a letter regarding plans for the new session will be sent out with the September UMJ. Please contact the Membership Secretary if you would like your email address to be added to our email list.
Announcements
Beginning with the Presidential Address, we plan to make all our lectures available through this website after the lecture has been delivered. Please see the Meetings page
Joining the Society
If you are not a member of the Ulster Medical Society, we would appeal to you to give the question of joining your consideration. By doing so you will enable us to widen its influence and sphere of usefulness still further, and we would hope that you would benefit from the meetings, journal and social contacts.
Administration
Council
The Council of the Ulster Medical Society consists of the President, the office-bearers and six members. All posts are honorary. The President is installed during the opening meeting in October while new Council Members take up their posts at the close of the Annual General Meeting during which they were elected.
Presidential Posts 2019 – 2020
| President: | Professor MF McMullin |
| Past President: | Dr RGP Watson |
| President Elect: | Dr JJA McAleer |
Council Members 2019 – 2020
| Secretary: | vacant |
| Assistant Secretary: | Dr A Keaney |
| Treasurer: | Ms GM Gallagher |
| Assistant Treasurer: | Ms A Carragher |
| Editor: | Dr M Trimble |
| Archivist: | Dr CW Mathews |
| Recruitment Secretary: | Dr J Turner |
| Junior Member: | Dr RR McMullan |
| Student Members: | Ms E Johnston and Mr S Kakar |
| Members 2017/20: | Dr GM Walls, vacant |
| Members 2018/21: | Dr JC McMillan, vacant |
| Members 2019/22: | Dr N Heron, Dr D Fogarty |
Support
The Society Administrator is Mrs Kathy Clarke.
The future
Council is keen to see the Society thrive in the Third Millennium. Any member with suggestions for ways in which the Society could be improved is encouraged to speak or write to anyone on Council.
