Enhancing care,
Advancing health science

Meetings 2021 to 2022

President:  Dr Seamus McAleer MD, FRCP, FRCR

The Evolution Of Medical Education

Attending the lectures

Most lectures are scheduled to be delivered both live and online. Online viewers will require either a Microsoft Team compatible browser (Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome) or the Microsoft Teams programme. Those wishing to join the events online are advised to email our Administrator for details.

Those attending live lectures may park in the BCH car park immediately off the Lisburn Road close to the Post-graduate Centre entrance and, at the lecture, obtain a replacement ticket which will permit them to leave the car park without the need to pay.

October 2021

Thursday 7 October at 8pm. Buffet 7 pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
A short history of cancer and its treatment
Dr Seamus McAleer, Queen's University of Belfast
 Audio   Video   

Thursday 21 October at 8 pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
Treating cancer in the Antipodes
Professor Gerry Hanna, Melbourne, Australia
 Audio     Précis     Video   

November 2021

Thursday 4 November 9 am–12.30 pm.
Online Virtual Meeting
JOINT MEETING WITH UMS/QUB/NIMDTA
Trainee Research Day

Thursday 18 November at 8 pm. Buffet 7 pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
JOINT MEETING WITH THE BCH MEDICAL STAFF
Starting out: launching a School of Medicine
Professor Louise Dubras, Ulster University
 Audio     Précis     Video   

December

Thursday 2 December at 7 pm. Buffet 6 pm.
MedEdWest, Centre for Medical & Dental Education & Training, Altnagelvin Hospital
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on
Professor Barry Kelly, Belfast
 Audio     Video   

Thursday 16 December at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
Medical education in Malawi
Professor Neil Kennedy, Queen's University of Belfast
 Audio     Précis     Video   

January 2022

Thursday 13 January at 8 pm.
NOW ONLINE ONLY DUE TO COVID UPSURGE Please contact our Administrator for details (see above).
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
JOINT MEETING WITH ULSTER SOCIETY FOR HISTORY OF MEDICINE
The history of genetics
Professor Patrick Morrison, Queen's University of Belfast
 Précis     Video   

Thursday 27 January at 8 pm.
NOW ONLINE ONLY DUE TO COVID UPSURGE Please contact our Administrator for details (see above).
JOINT MEETING WITH ULSTER OBSTETRICAL & GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
P4 cervical cancer screening
Professor John O'Leary, Dublin
 Video   

February 2022

Thursday 10 February at 8pm.
NOW ONLINE ONLY DUE TO COVID UPSURGE Please contact our Administrator for details (see above).
Knowledge Assessment and Progress testing
Professor Adrian Freeman, Exeter
 Video   

Thursday 24 February at 8 pm.
NOW ONLINE ONLY DUE TO COVID UPSURGE Please contact our Administrator for details (see above).
The art and science of simulation in health profession education
Professor Gerry Gormley, Queen's University of Belfast
 Video   

March 2022

Thursday 10 March at 8 pm.
NOW ONLINE ONLY DUE TO COVID UPSURGE Please contact our Administrator for details (see above).
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
Undergraduate Clinical Assessment in Covid times
Dr Kathy M Cullen, Queen's University of Belfast
 Video   

Thursday 24 March at 8 pm.
Lecture cancelled due to illness and unfortunately cannot be re-scheduled. Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Addressing differential attainment by ethnicity in Medical Education
Professor Katherine Woolf, London

April 2022

Friday 29 April at 7.30 pm.
The Canada Room, Queen's University of Belfast
ANNUAL DINNER

May 2022

Thursday 5 May at 5 pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2020 to 2021

President:   Professor Mary Frances McMullin MD, FRCP, FRCPath, PGCHET

 

Covid Pandemic

The last session was cut short by the Covid pandemic and Council agreed that it would not be fair for Dr Seamus McAleer to have an uncertain and almost certainly very abbreviated year as president. Professor Mary Frances McMullin is to continue in the role until October 2021 by which time it should be clearer as to what will be possible. Further information will be shown here when it is available.

Online Lectures

Two lectures were held online in April. The first was the postponed 2019–2020 Sir Thomas and Lady Edith Dixon Lecture which was held on 15th April 2021 and the second was a look at Ancient Egypt. These firsts for the Society were very successful, each being viewed by upwards of 35 to 40 people, and will, we hope, mark a new era and one which will be fully supported by the membership.

Participation

We are using Microsoft Teams, and viewers need either a compatible browser (such as Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome) or the Microsoft Teams programme. Those members who have given us their email addresses will receive details of how to join each event. Others are advised to email our Administrator to ask for the same.

April 2021

Thursday 15 April at 8 P.M. Online
SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Too much and too little: how does an extra chromosome cause leukaemia in children with Down syndrome? Professor Irene Roberts, University of Oxford
 Audio     Slides     Text   Please note that references to unpublished work have been removed from these records.

Thursday 29 April at 8 P.M. Online
Ramblings of an Amateur Egyptologist
Dr Stephen Boyd, Haematology Registrar
 Audio     Text 

May 2021

Thursday 20 May at 5 P.M. Online—please see 'Participation' above
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

There will be an online Council meeting at 4pm on the same day and members of Council should already have been contacted regarding this.

There will be no Annual Dinner during this session.

Meetings 2019 to 2020

President:   Professor Mary Frances McMullin MD, FRCP, FRCPath, PGCHET

Diagnostics in the Future

October 2019

Thursday 3 October at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Diagnostics in the Future
Prof Mary F McMullin
 Audio     Slides     Text 

Thursday 17 October from 9am to 4pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH NIMDTA AND QUB
Trainee Research Day
Guest lecture 11.10am
The patient voice in collaborative academic research
Prof Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Dublin
 Audio     Slides     Text 

November 2019

Thursday 7 November at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
Advanced therapeutics for the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Prof Cecilia O'Kane, QUB
 Audio     Slides     Text   

Thursday 14 November at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE BCH MEDICAL STAFF
Artificial intelligence will make doctors obsolete?
Prof Dr Jörg Goldhahn, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zurich
 Audio     Slides     Text 

Thursday 28 November. Buffet 5pm, Lecture 6pm.  Out of Town Meeting
Altnagelvin Centre for Medical and Dental Education
DESMOND WHYTE MEMORIAL LECTURE WITH ALTNAGELVIN MEDICAL STAFF
The promise and reality of precision medicine in Northern Ireland
Prof Manuel Salto-Tellez, QUB
 Audio     Slides     Text 

December 2019

Thursday 12 December at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Life and Death in Medieval Ireland: Insights from Palaeopathology
Prof Eileen Murphy, Professor of Archaeology, QUB
 Audio     Slides     Text   

January 2020

Thursday 9 January at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Preeclampsia is a placental disorder: lies, damn lies and medical science
Prof Basky Thilaganathan, Prof of Fetal Medicine, London
 Audio     Slides     Text   

Thursday 23 January at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Managing the heritage of Irish medicine—tales from the archives
Dr Harriet Wheelock, Keeper of Collections, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
 Audio     Slides     Text   

February 2020

Thursday 6 February at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Towards personalised medicine in blood cancers
Dr Jyoti Nangalia, Sanger Centre, Cambridge
 Audio     Slides     Text   

Thursday 27 February at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Medical Semiotics and its influence on art, psychoanalysis and Sherlock Holmes
Dr Brenda Moore-McCann, Dublin
Microscopes and corkscrews: a future perspective
Prof Shaun McCann, Dublin
 Audio     Slides     Text   

March 2020

Thursday 5 March at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF
The Physician-Scientist: Rewards and Challenges. A Personal Perspective
Prof Ann Mullally, Harvard, USA
 Audio     Slides     Text   

Thursday 19 March at 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
GATA1, trisomy 21 and leukaemia—unravelling the link
Professor Irene Roberts, University of Oxford
This lecture was cancelled but was held online on Thursday 15 April 2021 at 8pm.

April 2020

Dinner Cancelled

We regret that the annual dinner had to be cancelled because of the covid pandemic.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The postponed ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING was held on Thursday 10 September 2020 at 4.30pm in Seminar Room 3 in the Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital.

Meetings 2018 to 2019

President:   Dr RG Peter Watson BSc, MD, FRCP, FaoME

 

October 2018

Thursday 4 October. 8.00pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
What is a Physician?
Dr Peter Watson

Thursday 18 November. 8.00pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
The relevance of rheumatic and romantic heart disease for a global physician
Dr Neil Kennedy, QUB

November 2018

Thursday 2 November. 9.00am to 4.00pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
UMS/QUB/NIMDTA TRAINEE RESEARCH DAY
The Lights came on
Miss Lorna Marson, Edinburgh

Wednesday 14 November. 6pm (Buffet 5pm)
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
JOINT MEETING UMS WITH BCH
Functional neurological conditions
Dr Jon Stone, Edinburgh

Wednesday 29 November. 6pm (Buffet 5pm)
Altnagelvin Postgraduate Centre
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
A Golden Age and the Floating Man: Avicenna and the Canon of Medicine
Professor Barry Kelly, Belfast

December 2018

Thursday 13 December. 8.00pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
History of being a medical student in Ireland
Dr Laura Kelly, Strathclyde

January 2019

Thursday 10 January. 8.00pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
Concussion: the issues
Dr Colin Doherty, Trinity College Dublin

Thursday 24 January. 8.00pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Controversies in the management of Endometriosis
Professor Gary Frishman, USA

February 2019

Thursday 7 February. 8pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
Learning to practise amidst uncertainty
Professor Tim Dornan, QUB

Thursday 21 February. 8.00pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Cystic fibrosis; bugs drugs and channels
Prof Stuart Elborn, Imperial College London

March 2019

Thursday 7 March. 6pm (Buffet 5pm)
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Non-technical aspects of medical practice
Mr Simon Paterson-Brown, Edinburgh

Thursday 21 March. 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital
Global Food Integrity
Professor Chris Elliott, QUB

April 2019

Friday 12 April. 8.00pm
Great Hall, Queen's University of Belfast.
ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL DINNER.

May 2019

Thursday 9 May. 5pm.
UMS Rooms, Whitla Medical Building
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

Meetings 2017 to 2018

President:   Ms Angela M Carragher MB, BCh, BAO, FRCS (Edin), MMedSci

Aim Higher

October 2017

Thursday 5 October. 8.00pm.
North Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
The Loveliness of Life
Ms Angela M Carragher, Consultant Surgeon and Associate Postgraduate Dean

Thursday 19 October.   There are two meetings on this day
First Meeting: TRAINEE DAY from 9.00am to 4.00pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH NIMDTA AND QUB, the topic being:
Research for Trainees: Opportunities, Presentations & Prizes.
Guest lecturer is Professor Phil Kalra who will speak on:
'Reverse engineering' a clinical research career in the NHS.
Second Meeting: Evening Lecture at 8pm.
North Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
The Patient Experience.
Mrs Margaret Murphy, Chairperson World Health Organisation (WHO) Patients for Patients' Safety

November 2017

Thursday 2 November. 8.00pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Some Glimpses of Medieval Greek Medicine.
Professor John Duffy, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University

Thursday 23 November. 8pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Defending Doctors—Why do I defend doctors?
Ms Mary O'Rourke QC, Medical Lawyer

December 2017

Thursday 7 December. 8.00pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
Blind Sight—How children and adults with brain damage really see.
Miss Sonia George, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon BHSCT

January 2018

Thursday 11 January. 8.00pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Sports Medicine and Nutrition in Irish Rugby.
Dr Ciaran Cosgrave and Ms Ruth Wood-Martin IRFU

Thursday 25 January. 8.00pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Menopause: Natural selection or modern disease?
Dr Nick Panay, Consultant Gynaecologist

February 2018

Thursday 1 February. Buffet 5pm, Lecture 6pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF
Burnout: Identification and Remediation.
Professor Hilary Sanfey, Professor of Surgery, Southern Illinois University, Illinois

Thursday 15 February. 8.00pm.
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Bullying and Undermining: #LetsRemoveIt.
Dr Judy Evans, Aesthetic Surgeon and Honorary Secretary, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

March 2018

Thursday 22 March. Buffet 5pm, Lecture 6pm.  Out of Town Meeting
Armagh Robinson Library, 43 Abbey Street, Armagh BT61 7DY
New insights into cardiovascular risk in adults.
Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Professor of Medical Gerontology, Trinity College, Dublin

April 2018

THURSDAY 12 April. Buffet 5pm, Lecture 6pm.  Out of Town Meeting
Great Hall, Magee College, Northland Road, Londonderry BT48 7JL
DESMOND WHYTE MEMORIAL LECTURE WITH ALTNAGELVIN MEDICAL STAFF
The Northwell Health Medical Experience.
Mr Michael J. Dowling, CEO Northwell Health, N.Y., and
Professor Lawrence G. Smith, Physician-in-Chief Northwell Health, and Dean of Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.

Saturday 14 April. 8.00pm.
Great Hall, Queen's University of Belfast.
ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL DINNER.

May 2018

Thursday 10 May. 5.30pm.
Council Room, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

Meetings 2016 to 2017

President:   Professor Patrick Morrison CBE, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPI, FFPHMI, FRCPCH

 

October 2016

Thursday 6 October 8.00pm.
North Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Medical myths and legends
Professor Patrick Morrison, Consultant in Genetic Medicine

Thursday 20 October 9.00am to 4.00pm. Buffet from 12 noon
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
TRAINEE MEETING
JOINT MEETING WITH NIMDTA AND QUB
Research is Global
Professor Stephen Gordon, Director Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme

November 2016

Thursday 10 November 8.00pm.
Seminar Rooms 5 & 6, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Medical Aspects of the Belfast Blitz
Dr Brian Barton, Historian and Author

Thursday 24 November 5.30pm. Buffet from 5.00pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF
THE 2016 BCH LECTURE
Medicine Between, In, and Frequently Over the Hedges. Thirty years of Pre-hospital Care in Northern Ireland
Dr Fred MacSorley, General Practitioner

December 2016

Thursday 1 December 8.00pm.
North Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
The Real Things that Happen to Fictional Characters
Professor Alexander McCall Smith, Author and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law, University of Edinburgh

Wednesday 7 December 6.00pm. Buffet from 5.30pm.
Centre for Medical and Dental Education and Training, Altnagelvin Area Hospital
DESMOND WHYTE MEMORIAL LECTURE
Sweeping up the Leaves — New Approaches to Old Diseases
Dr Fiona Stewart, Consultant in Genetic Medicine

January 2017

Thursday 12 January 8.00pm.
Seminar Rooms 5 & 6, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Realistic Medicine
Dr Catherine Calderwood, Chief Medical Officer, Scotland

Tuesday 17 January 6.00pm. Dinner 7.30pm.
Canada Room, Main Building, Queen's University, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY
Somatoform and Factitious Disorders Involving the Limbs
Dr Christopher Bass, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Oxford

February 2017

Thursday 16 February 8.00pm.
Seminar Rooms 5 & 6, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Ancient Irish Genomics and Human Origins on the Island
Professor Dan Bradley, Professor of Population Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin

Thursday 23 February 8.00pm.
Seminar Rooms 5 & 6, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
From St Valentine to Easter Island — Neurocutaneous Disorders Through Time
Dr Deirdre Donnelly, Consultant in Genetic Medicine

March 2017

Thursday 9 March 5.30pm. Buffet from 5.00pm
Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF
THE 2017 BCH LECTURE
The Rise and Fall of Genomic Medicine
Professor Sir John Burn, Professor of Clinical Genetics, Newcastle University, Chair QuantuMDx Ltd

Friday 24 March 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Canada Room and Great Hall, QUB.
ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL DINNER.
Voices 16: Northern Narratives of the 1916 Rising and the Somme
Dr Éamon Phoenix

May 2017

Thursday 11 May 5.00pm.
Council Room, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

Meetings 2015 to 2016

NOTE that links to old programmes, posters, and AGM agendas will not work. Videos are not stored on the Society website so that continuing access cannot be guaranteed.

President:   Dr Michael McBride

Learning to Improve

October 2015

Thursday 8 October 8.00 pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Learning to Improve
Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland

Thursday 22 October 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Improvement Science: Current State and Future Possibilities
Dr Anne Kilgallen, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland

November 2015

Thursday 5 November 6.00pm.
Centre for Experimental Medicine (just behind Whitla Medical Building), Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH NIMDTA AND QUB
JUNIOR DOCTORS' PRIZE EVENING
This is an important evening for the Society when doctors in training in Northern Ireland (or elsewhere if members of the Ulster Medical Society) have the opportunity to present their research or interesting cases. It is always an instructive evening

Wednesday 11 November 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building Seminar Rooms 3 & 4, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Disruptive Behaviour by Doctors and The Risk to Patient Safety
Dr Kevin Stewart, Clinical Director of the Clinical Effectiveness & Evaluation Unit at the Royal College of Physicians, London

December 2015

Thursday 3 December Buffet 5.30pm, Lecture 6.00pm.
Centre for Medical and Dental Education and Training, Altnagelvin Area Hospital
DESMOND WHYTE MEMORIAL LECTURE
Learning and Improvement in Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Diseases—An Unrecognisable Change in 30 Years of Practice
Professor Patrick J Morrison, Consultant in Medical Genetics and Honorary Professor in Human Genetics at Queen's University, Ulster University and Nottingham-Trent University

January 2016

Thursday 14 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Reflections on the Role of Doctors During ‘The Troubles’, and Recent Developments in Mental Health Care
Dr Philip McGarry, Consultant Psychiatrist with the Belfast Home Treatment Team

Thursday 28 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Lifelong Learning: An Expedient ‘Soundbite’
Professor Neil McClure, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen's University of Belfast

February 2016

Thursday 11 February 8.00pm.
Boardroom, Mater Hospital, Crumlin Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Responding to Change: The Mater Story From 1883 to the Present
Dr Mark Gormley, Consultant Physician, Mater Infirmorum Hospital

Thursday 25 February 8.00pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Learning to Lead, Learning to Improve
Professor Keith Gardiner, Chief Executive/Postgraduate Medical Dean & ADEPT fellows

March 2016

Thursday 10 March 8.00pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Improving Wellness Requires We Do More Than Treating Illness
Sir Harry Burns, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Strathclyde

Thursday 24 March 8.00pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
Reflections on the Scottish Patient Safety Fellowship
Dr Aideen Keaney and other SPSP Fellows

April 2016

Friday 22 April 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Canada Room and Great Hall, QUB.
ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL DINNER

May 2016

Thursday 19 May 5.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2014 to 2015

President:   Dr Colin Wallace Mathews

Making a Difference

October 2014

Thursday 9 October 8.00 pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Specialising in Generalism
Dr Colin Mathews, MB, BCh, BAO, MRCGP, DipGUM, DRCOG
General Practitioner, The Orchard Family Practice, Portadown

Thursday 23 October 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Together We Can Make a Difference—Why Every Hospital Specialty Needs Excellent General Practice
Professor Amanda Howe, MA Med, MD, FRCGP
Foundation Professor of Primary Care, University of East Anglia, Norwich

November 2014

Thursday 6 November 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
NIPACS—A Virtual Radiology Department for Northern Ireland: the Story so Far
Dr Brendan Devlin, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCR
Consultant Radiologist, Altnagelvin Hospital

Thursday 20 November 7.30pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH NIMDTA AND QUB
JUNIOR DOCTORS' PRIZE EVENING
A buffet will take place before the presentations, available from 6.00pm.
This is an important evening for the Society when doctors in training in Northern Ireland (or elsewhere if members of the Ulster Medical Society) have the opportunity to present their research or interesting cases. It is always an instructive evening

December 2014

Thursday 11 December 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
AIDS, Where Did it Come From and Where Is it Going?
Professor Colm O'Mahony, MD, FRCP, BSc, DIPVen
Consultant in Genito-Urinary Medicine, Countess of Chester Hospital

January 2015

Thursday 15 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Am I Right or Am I Wrong? The Grey World of Forensic Medicine
Professor Marie Cassidy, MB, ChB, MRCPath
State Pathologist in Ireland

Thursday 29 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
From Semmelweis to Savita
Dr Ann Harper, OBE, MD, FRCOG, FRCPI
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Royal Jubilee Maternity Service

February 2015

Thursday 12 February 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Reflections on the Dun's Library and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland From its Founding to Present Day
Dr Paul Darragh, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCP UK & Ireland, FFPHM UK & Ireland
Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Agency

Thursday 26 February 8.00pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC MEDICINE SOCIETY
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY DIXON LECTURE
Austerity: a Failed Experiment on the People
Professor Martin McKee, CBE, MD, DSc, MSc, FRCP, FRCPE, FRCPI, FFPH, FMedSci
Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

March 2015

Thursday 12 March 8.00pm.
Centre for Medical and Dental Education and Training, Altangelvin Area Hospital
DESMOND WHYTE MEMORIAL LECTURE
Anaesthetists Making a Difference—Light Adjustment and Other Talents
Dr Geoff Nesbitt, MB, BCh, BAO, FFARCSI
Retired Consultant Anaesthetist, Altnagelvin Hospital

Thursday 26 March 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
How Molecular Techniques in Medicine are Making a Difference to Patient Care
Professor Peter Coyle, MD, MRCPath
Consultant Virologist, Royal Victoria Hospital

Friday 27 March 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Canada Room and Great Hall, QUB.
ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL DINNER

May 2015

Thursday 28 May 5.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2013 to 2014

President:   Mr Eamon Mackle MB, MCh, FRCSI

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

October 2013

Thursday 3 October 8.00 pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Coloproctology and the Pelvic Floor
Mr Eamon Mackle MB, MCh, FRCSI
Consultant Surgeon, Craigavon Area Hospital
This lecture was followed by the launch of Professor Richard Clarke's book A Directory of Ulster Doctors (Qualified Pre 1901)

Thursday 17 October 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Medical Lessons from 12 years in Iraq and Afghanistan
Dr Mark Sheridan MB, LLB Hons, FFARCSI
Consultant in ICM

November 2013

Thursday 7 November 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Cases from the Races
Dr John Hinds, MB, BCh, BAO, FCARCSI, FJFICMI
Consultant in Critical Care, Craigavon Area Hospital

Thursday 14 November 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Reconfiguration of Cancer Services in Ireland—Lessons Learned
Professor Arnold Hill, MB, MCh, FRCSI
Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

December 2013

Thursday 12 December 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JUNIOR DOCTORS' PRIZE EVENING
A buffet will take place before the presentations, available from 6.00pm.
This is an important evening for the Society when junior doctors working in Northern Ireland have the opportunity to present their research or interesting cases. It is always an interesting and instructive evening for all members

January 2014

Thursday 16 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
The Art of Anatomy
Professor Clive Lee, PhD, MD, ScD, FRCSI, FRCSEd, FAS, CEng, FIEI, HRHA, HonFTCD
Professor of Anatomy in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and in the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts and Visiting Professor of Biomechanics in Trinity College Dublin

Thursday 30 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY DIXON LECTURE
Sir Winston Churchill's Medical Men
Dr David Eedy, MD, FRCP
Consultant Dermatologist, Craigavon Area Hospital

February 2014

Thursday 13 February 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Gynaecology. From a Surgeon's Allotment to a Physician's Field
Professor Jim Dornan, MD, FRCPI, FRCOG
Former Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Royal Maternity Hospital

Thursday 27 February 8.00pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC MEDICINE SOCIETY
The Challenge for Medical Education in Ireland
Professor Cathal Kelly, MB, MCh, MBA, FRCSI
Chief Executive and Registrar of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

March 2014

Thursday 6 March 8.00pm.
Education Centre, Altangelvin Area Hospital
DESMOND WHYTE MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Evolution of Intensive Care
Dr Charles McAllister, MB, MRCPI, FCAI
Consultant Anaesthetist / Intensivist, Craigavon Area Hospital

Thursday 20 March 8.00pm.

Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Lessons from the Archives—Experiences in London
Professor Simon Shorvon, BA, MD, FRCP
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Clinical Sub-dean at the Institute of Neurology, University College London and Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London

Friday 28 March 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Canada Room and Great Hall, QUB.
ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL DINNER

May 2014

Thursday 29 May 5.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2012 to 2013

President:  Professor Roy Spence OBE, JP, MD, MA, LLD(Hon), FRCS(Edin, Irel), FRCS(Eng, Glas, Hon)

Medical Practice for the Future—With Lessons From the Past

October 2012

Thursday 4 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Radiation—Friend or Foe?
Professor Roy Spence OBE, JP, MD, MA, LLD(Hon), FRCS(Edin, Irel), FRCS(Eng, Glas, Hon)
Professor of Surgery, Queen's University, Belfast, Consultant Surgeon, Belfast City Hospital

Thursday 18 October 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
From Belfast to Bosnia—Forensic Pathology During Conflict
Professor Jack Crane, CBE, MB, FRCPath, DMJ (Clin et Path) FFPathRCPS, FFFLM
State Pathologist, Northern Ireland, Honorary Professor of Forensic Pathology (QUB)

November 2012

Thursday 1 November 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Published Outcomes—Lessons From Cardiac Surgery
Mr Tim Graham, MD, FRCS (Eng, Glas, Edin)
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Surgery—University of Birmingham

Thursday 8 November 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Use of Serum Tumour Biomarkers for Investigation of Women with Postmenopausal Vaginal Bleeding
Dr Nikos Burbos, MB, MRCOG
Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Thursday 22 November 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
Genes — Past — Present — Future
Professor Patrick Morrison, DSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, FFPHMI
Consultant in Genetic Medicine, Belfast Trust, Honorary Professor of Human Genetics, Queen's University Belfast

December 2012

Thursday 6 December 8.00pm.
Lecture Theatre 4, Clinical Education Unit, Altangelvin Area Hospital
DESMOND WHYTE MEMORIAL LECTURE
Dying to Summit—the Physiology, Psychology and Ethics of Climbing Mount Everest
Dr Nigel Hart, MD, FRCGP, MMedSc
Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice, Queen's University Belfast, General Practitioner in Crossgar Surgery

Thursday 13 December 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JUNIOR DOCTORS' PRIZE EVENING
A buffet will take place before the presentations, available from 6.00pm.
This is an important evening for the Society when junior doctors working in Northern Ireland have the opportunity to present their research or interesting cases. It is always an interesting and instructive evening for all members

January 2013

Thursday 10 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
A Sextet of Contrasting Styles
Professor Richard Clarke, BSc, MB, BCh, FRCA, MD, Phd, FFARCSI
Former Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Former Dean of Faculty Anaesthetics Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Former Professor of Anaesthetics, Queen's University Belfast, Honorary Archivist, Royal Victoria Hospital

Thursday 17 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
The Surgical Future—Reflections on the NHS of Tomorrow
Professor John MacFie, MD, FRCS(Eng), FRCS (Edin), FRCP (Edin)
Professor of Surgery and Consultant Surgeon, University of Hull/Scarborough Hospital, President of Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

Thursday 31 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Travelling with a Different Point of View
Professor Pascal McKeown, MD, FRCP (Edin, Lond)
Consultant Cardiologist, Belfast Trust, Director, Centre for Medical Education, Queen's University Belfast

February 2013

• Thursday 14 February 8.00pm.
  Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
  THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY DIXON LECTURE
  Postgraduate Training in 2013—The View from the London Deanery
  Professor Nigel Standfield, MB BS, MRCS, LRCP, FRCS, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Glas)
  Professor of Vascular Surgery and Surgical Education, Imperial College, London, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Imperial College, Hammersmith, St Mary's and Charing Cross Hospitals, Head of Postgraduate School of Surgery, London
  
  Thursday 28 February 8.00pm.
  Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
  Postgraduate Training in Northern Ireland—Present and Future
  Mr Keith Gardiner, MD, MCh, FRCS (Edin, Irel), FRCS (Gen)
  Consultant General, Colorectal and Intestinal Failure Surgeon, Royal Victoria Hospital, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Queen's University Belfast, Postgraduate Dean, Responsible Officer and Interim Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
  
  

  March 2013

  Thursday 7 March 8.00pm.
  Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
  Medical Publication—Present and Future
  Professor Derek Alderson, MD FRCS
  Barling Professor of Surgery, University Hospital, Birmingham
• Friday 15 March 7.15 for 8.00pm.
  Canada Room and Great Hall, QUB.
  Annual Presidential Dinner.
  
  

  May 2013

  Thursday 23 May 5.00pm.
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
  
  

Meetings 2011 to 2012

President:  Professor Patrick Johnston

New Frontiers in Clinical Medicine

October 2011

Thursday 6 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Future Frontiers and Challenges in Clinical Medicine
Professor Patrick Johnston, MD PhD FRCP FRCPI
Director, Institute of Health Sciences and Dean, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast

Thursday 20 October 7.00pm.
Seminar Room 1, Health Sciences Building, Belfast City Hospital
Personalised Medicine and Modern Pathology
Professor Manuel Salto-Tellez, MD FRCPath
Chair of Molecular Pathology, Queen's University and Clinical Consultant Pathologist, BSHCT
 Audio     Text 

November 2011

Thursday 24 November 7.00pm.
Waterfoot Hotel, Londonderry
Cross-Border Partnership in the Delivery of Health Services
Dr Michael McBride (Chief Medical Officer, Northern Ireland) and
Dr Tony Holohan (Chief Medical Officer, Ireland)

December 2011

Thursday 8 December 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Cervical Cancer
Dr Amanda Tristram
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Gynaecological Oncology, Cardiff University

Thursday 15 December 7.00pm.—Buffet from 6.00pm
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
JUNIOR DOCTORS' PRIZE EVENING
This is an important evening for the Society when junior doctors working in Northern ireland have the opportunity to present their research or interesting cases. It is always an interesting and instructive evening for all members.

January 2012

Thursday 12 January 7.00pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
The Role of Systematic Reviews in Reaching and Breaching New Frontiers
Professor Mike Clarke, BSc PhD
Director of the MRC All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Queen's University

February 2012

Thursday 2 February 7.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY DIXON LECTURE
Beyond Survival: Optimizing the Preservation and Recovery of Function in the Management of Brain injury
Dr Teo Forcht-Dagi, MD DMedSc MPH MBA MTS FAANS FACS FCCM
Dr. Forcht-Dagi is a Boston neurosurgeon with a life-long interest in the preservation and recovery of function after head injury

Friday 3 February 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Canada Room and Great Hall, QUB.
Annual Presidential Dinner.

Thursday 16 February 7.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
The Future of Genome Medicine in Patient Care
Dr Hakon Hakonarson, MD PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

March 2012

Thursday 1 March 7.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Sir Hans Sloane—His Life and Legacy
Dr Stanley Hawkins, MD FRCP
Consultant Neurologist, BHSCT and Reader in Clinical Neurology, QUB

Thursday 22 March 7.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
Correcting Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (ctfr). Can Genetic Diseases Really Be Fixed?
Professor Stuart Elborn, MB BCh BAO MD FRCP
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Director of the Centre for Infection and Immunity at Queen's University

May 2012

Thursday 10 May 2.00pm.
Venue to be decided
ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION for the Victory Challenge Cup
Further information will be available later. Please contact the Honorary Secretary, Dr John Craig, if you are interested in playing

Thursday 31 May 5pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2010 to 2011

President:  Dr Margaret Cupples, BSc (Hons), MD, FRCGP, DRCOG, DCH, ILTM

Quality in Practice

October 2010

Thursday 7 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Threads of Life and Health—a Heritage of Quality in Practice
Dr Margaret Cupples, BSc (Hons), MD, FRCGP, DRCOG, DCH, ILTM
Clinical Reader, General Practice, Centre for Public Health and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health Research (NI), Queen’s University, Belfast
 Audio     Text 

Thursday 21 October 8.00pm.
Seminar Room, Health Sciences Building, Belfast City Hospital
Early Diagnosis of Cancer in Northern Ireland
Dr Anna Gavin
Cancer Registry of Northern Ireland
 Audio     Text 

November 2010

Thursday 4 November 8.00pm.—Buffet from 6.30pm
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
Junior Doctors' Prize Evening
This is an important evening for the Society when junior doctors working in Northern Ireland have the opportunity to present their research or interesting cases. This is always an interesting and instructive evening for all members
 Audio     Text 

Thursday 18 November 8.00pm.
Seminar Room, Health Sciences Building, Belfast City Hospital
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL & GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
The Scarlet Thread
Mr John L Leckey, LL.M.
Senior Coroner for Northern Ireland

December 2010

Thursday 2 December 8.00pm.
Beech Hill Country House Hotel, Londonderry
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE.
Financial Incentives to Improve Quality—Did They in General Practice and Will They in Hospitals?
Professor Martin Roland, MA, FRCP, FRCGP, MFPHM, F.Med.Sci, DRCOG, DM, MSc, CBE
Professor of Health Services Research, Cambridge University

January 2011

Thursday 13 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
The GP as a 'Canary in the Coal Mine'
Professor Tom O'Dowd, MA, MD, FRCGP, MICGP, FTCD
Professor of General Practice, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Trinity College, Dublin
 Audio     Text 

Thursday 27 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Quality in General Practice—Innovations in Training, Practice and Research
Professor Helen Lester, MB BCH, MA, MD, FRCGP
Professor of Primary Care, Chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care, Chair of the RCGP Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester
 Audio     Text 

February 2011

Friday 4 February 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Great Hall, QUB.
Annual Presidential Dinner.

Thursday 17 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
From Ink to iPad, Belfast to Brazil; the BMJ Journey
Dr Domhnall Macauley, MD, FRCGP, FFPHM, FFSEM, FISEM
Senior Editor at the BMJ, with a focus on primary care; General Practitioner, Stewartstown Road, Belfast
 Audio     Text 

March 2011

Thursday 3 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Management: Current Guidance for Best Practice
Professor Ian Graham, FESC, FRCSI
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine in Trinity College, Dublin, Professor of Preventive Cardiology in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Head of Cardiology and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin
 Audio     Text 

Thursday 24 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Dionysius, Witches and Saints—From Poisons to Pills
Professor Dennis Johnston, DSc, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPI
Consultant Physician, Belfast City Hospital and Whitla Professor of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Queen's University, Belfast
 Audio     Text 

Thursday 31 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
An Overview of the GMC—Regulating Doctors, Ensuring Good Medical Practice
Professor Sir Peter Rubin, BA, MB, ChB, DM, FRCP
Chair of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom; Professor of Therapeutics and Consultant Physician at the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
 Audio     Text 

May 2011

Thursday 12 May 2.00pm.
Malone Golf Club, Belfast
ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION for the Victory Challenge Cup
This is a most enjoyable outing for all levels of golfers on a beautiful parkland course. It is followed by a meal in the Malone Clubhouse.

Thursday 26 May 5pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2009 to 2010

President:  Professor Brew Atkinson, DSc MD FRCP FRCPI

Major Issues in Medicine Today

October 2009

Thursday 8 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
From Then to Now: Lessons from Developments in our Understanding of the Pituitary Gland
Professor Brew Atkinson, DSc MD FRCP FRCPI
Consultant Endocrinologist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and Honorary Professor of Endocrinology, Queen's University, Belfast

Thursday 22 October 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Blood Pressure: Relevance in 2010
Professor Gordon T McInnes, BSc MD FRCP FPPM FBPharmcolS
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Divisions of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow and Consultant Physician, Western Infirmary Glasgow
 Audio     Text   

November 2009

Thursday 5 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Buffet and Poster Display from 6.30pm
Junior Doctors' Prize Evening
Junior doctors show poster presentations of their work and a selected number give oral presentations. This is always an interesting and instructive evening.
All doctors in training in Northern Ireland are eligible to submit abstracts for consideration. Information on how to do so will be circulated through NIMDTA

Thursday 19 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Joint Meeting with the Ulster Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society
Hot Topics in Hyperprolactinaemia
Dr John S Bevan, MD FRCPEd
Lead Consultant Endocrinologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Honorary Reader in Endocrinology, University of Aberdeen
 Audio     Text   

December 2009

Thursday 3 December 8.00pm.
Beech Hill Country House Hotel, Londonderry
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
Postgraduate Education of Doctors for the 21st Century
Professor Sir John Tooke, MA MSc BM BCh DM DSc(Oxon) FRCP FRCGP (Hon) F Acad Med (Hon) F Med Sci
Dean, Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry, Plymouth, UK
 Audio     Text   

January 2010

Thursday 14 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Insulin Resistance and the Clinician
Professor Patrick M Bell, MD FRCP FRCPI
Consultant Physician, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and Honorary Professor of Medicine, Queen's University, Belfast
 Audio     Text   

Thursday 28 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
My Genes Made Me Eat That: The Inherited Basis of Human Obesity
Dr Sadaf Farooqi, MB PhD FRCP
Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge
 Audio     Text   

February 2010

Friday 4 February 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Great Hall, QUB.
Annual Presidential Dinner.

Thursday 11 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY DIXON LECTURE
Alcohol—The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Professor Ian T Gilmore, MA MD PRCP
President of the Royal College of Physicians, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Honorary Professor of Medicine
 Audio     Text   

Thursday 25 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Reducing Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes—Is There a Role for Glucose Lowering?
Professor Rury Holman, FRCP
Director, Diabetes Trials Unit and Professor of Diabetic Medicine, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Radcliffe Hospital and University of Oxford
 Audio     Text 

March 2010

Thursday 11 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Tomorrow's Doctors—Undergraduate Medical Education Today
Professor Tony P Weetman, MD DS FRCP F Med Sci
Consultant Endocrinologist and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health and Professor of Medicine, University of Sheffield
 Audio     Text 

Thursday 25 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Joint Meeting with the Ulster Society for the History of Medicine
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Building a Healthy City for the 21st Century—Lessons from Victorian Belfast
Dr David GT Stewart, MB BCh BAO MSc FFPh FRCP
Medical Director, Health and Social Care, Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority, Northern Ireland
 Audio     Text 

May 2010

Thursday 13 May 2.00pm.
Malone Golf Club, Belfast
ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION for the Victory Challenge Cup

Thursday 27 May 5pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2008 to 2009

President:  Professor Howard Fee, MD PhD FRCA FFARCSI

 

October 2008

Thursday 9 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Clouds of Unknowing
Professor Howard Fee, MD PhD FRCA FFARCSI
Professor of Anaesthetics & Intensive Care Medicine, Queen's University Belfast

Thursday 23 October 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Xtreme Hypoxia—Highlights of the 2007 Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition
Dr Roger McMorrow, FCARCSI
Research Fellow in Anaesthesia, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin

November 2008

Thursday 6 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Buffet and Poster Display from 6.30pm
Junior Members' Forum

Thursday 27 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Joint Meeting with the Ulster Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society
Osteoporosis: African Genesis—European Nemesis
Dr David W Purdie, MD FRCOG FRCPEd
Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Hull York Medical School

December 2008

Thursday 4 December 8.00pm.
Beech Hill Country House Hotel, Londonderry
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE.
Pain Management: Where are we now?
Professor D Rowbotham, MD FRCA
Professor of Professor of Pain Management & Anaesthesia , University of Leicester

January 2009

Thursday 8 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Climate Change
Professor Hugh Montgomery, MD, MRCP
Director, Institute for Human Health & Performance, University College, London

Thursday 29 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
The Changing Face of Medical Education & Training In Europe
Sir Peter Simpson, MD FRCA FRCP FCARCSI (Hon) FRCS (Hon)
Immediate Past President, Royal College Of Anaesthetists

February 2009

Friday 6 February 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Great Hall, QUB.
Annual Presidential Dinner.

Thursday 12 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland—At Home & Abroad
Mr Michael Horgan, MA BSc
Chief Executive & Registrar, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Thursday 26 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
The Future of Cancer Medicine
Professor Patrick Johnston, MD PhD FRCP FRCPI
Dean, School of Medicine & Dentistry, Director of Institute of Health Sciences

March 2009

Thursday 12 March 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
Joint Symposium with NI Pain Society
The Mechanisms and Treatment of Severe Pain
Professor Anthony Dickenson, BSc PhD FMedSci
Professor of Neuropharmacology, University College, London
Chronic Pelvic Pain
Dr Beverly Collett, MBBS FRCA
Consultant in Pain Management. University Hospital, Leicester
Recent Developments in the Psychology of Chronic Pain and Suffering
Dr Lance McCracken, PhD
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Bath Centre for Pain Services
Masters Degree in Pain Science & Practice
Dr Jason Brooks, MD, FRCA
Consultant Anaesthetist, Musgrave Park Hospital

Thursday 26 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Service d'Aide Médicale d'Urgence (SAMU)—The French model for Emergency Medical Care
Pr P Plaisance
Chef de Service, Department Urgences Accueil & Traitement des Urgences, L'Hôpital Lariboisiere, Paris

The above lecture was cancelled due to poor attendance at previous lectures and an Extraordinary General Meeting was held instead. This considered and agreed 1. changes in the Constitution, and 2. changes in the Society's accommodation in the Whitla Medical Building

April 2009

Thursday 2 April 8.00pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
Joint meeting with the Society for the History of Medicine
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Charles Darwin and the Irish Doctor
Professor Greta Jones, BA (Hons) PhD
Professor of Social & Intellectual History, University of Ulster

May 2009

Thursday 14 May 2.00pm.
ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION for the Victory Challenge Cup

Thursday 21 May 5pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Annual General Meeting

Meetings 2007 to 2008

President:  Dr John White, MB FRCGP

Changes and Challenges

October 2007

Thursday 11 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC—Buffet UMS Rooms 6.30pm
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Infection from Famine to Feast
Dr John White MB FRCGP
General Practitioner, Dunmurry

Thursday 25 October 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
The Radiology of Civil Unrest
Dr PK Ellis MB BCh MRCP FRCR FFRCSI
Clinical Director of Radiology, Belfast H&SCT

November 2007

Thursday 8 November 8.00pm.—Buffet UMS Rooms 6.30pm
North Lecture Theatre, MBC
Aids in Africa
Mrs Jean Garland SRN SCM
Aids Educator and Nurse/Counsellor, Jos, Nigeria

Thursday 22 November 8.00pm.—Buffet UMS Rooms 6.30pm
North Lecture Theatre, MBC
JUNIOR MEMBERS FORUM

December 2007

Thursday 7 December 7.45pm.
Beech Hill Country House Hotel
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
Modern Medicine—The Impact on Postgraduate Medical Education
Dr Malcolm Lewis FRCGP
Director of Postgraduate GP Education, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff

January 2008

Thursday 10 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Only general practice can save the NHS
Dr Iona Heath FRCGP
General Practitioner, Kentish Town, London

Thursday 24 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Can we trust the profession?
Dr Chitra Bharucha MB BS FRCPath FRSA
Vice-Chairman BBC Trust

February 2008

Thursday 7 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Why B.A.O.?
Professor William Thompson BSc MD FRCOG

Thursday 21 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
President: Professor James Dornan
Forty Years of Hard Labour
Dame Lorna Muirhead
Past President of The Royal College of Midwives

Friday 29 February 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Great Hall, QUB.
Annual Presidential Dinner.

March 2008

Thursday 13 March. Afternoon Session TBA Evening Session 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms.
SYMPOSIUM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND FORUM FOR ETHICS IN MEDICINE
The Ethics of Organ Donation and Transplantation
Speakers to include:
Professor Sir Roy Calne, Emeritus Professor of Surgery at Cambridge
Professor John Harris, Professor of Bioethics at Manchester University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics

April 2008

Thursday 3 April 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms.
The Scientific Basis for Frozen Shoulder
Mr Tim Bunker, MB MCh FRCS
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Exeter. Past President British Elbow and Shoulder Society

May 2009

Thursday 15 May 2.00pm.
ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION for the Victory Challenge Cup

Thursday 22 May 5pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Annual General Meeting

Meetings 2006 to 2007

President:  Professor Gary E McVeigh, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPI

The Changing Face of Medicine

October 2006

Thursday 12 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre MBC
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Medicine Then and Now
Professor Gary McVeigh, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPI
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Queen's University Belfast

Thursday 26 October 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
A quantum theory of Health Care Management
Dr Martin Connor, PhD
Special Policy Adviser, DHSSPS

November 2006

Thursday 9 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
'And all the little children they can play': The public health of tomorrow's citizens
Dr Gabriel Scally, MB, BCh, BAO, MSc, FRCP, FFPH, FFPHMI, MRCGP
Regional Director of Public Health, South West Region, England.

Thursday 23 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JUNIOR MEMBERS FORUM

December 2006

Thursday 7 December 8.00pm.
Beech Hill Country House Hotel
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE.
Graduate entry to medicine: revitalising the teacher / student relationship
Professor Richard Donnelly, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRACP
Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate-Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham

January 2007

Thursday 11 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Patients should be given all the knowledge that doctors are given
Sir Muir Gray, CBE, DSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPS (Glas), FCILIP
Director of Clinical Knowledge, Process and Safety

Thursday 25 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Two Sons of the First Congregation
Mr Hume Logan, MCh, FRCS
Consulting Surgeon, Ulster Hospital Dundonald

February 2007

Thursday 8 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Primary hyperaldosteronism: myths, realities and speculation
Professor John Connell, MD, FRCP, FMedSci, FRSE
Professor of Endocrinology, University of Glasgow

Friday 16 February 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Great Hall, QUB
Annual Presidential Dinner.

March 2007

Thursday 1 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Professor Dudley Pennell, MD, FRCP, FACC, FESC
Professor of Cardiology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Director, Cardiovascular MR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital

Thursday 15 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Risk management—where are we now?
Professor James Walker, MB ChB, FRCPS (Glas), FRCP (Edin), FRCOG
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leeds Clinical and Specialty Adviser, National Patient Safety Agency

Thursday 29 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
Carry on prescribing
Professor John Feely, MD, MA, BSc(Pharmacol), FRCP, FRCPE, FRCPI
Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College and Consultant Physician, St James's Hospital, Dublin

May 2009

• Thursday 17 May 2.00pm.
  ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION for the Victory Challenge Cup
• Thursday 24 May 5pm.
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  Annual General Meeting
  
  

Meetings 2005 to 2006

President:  Dr Stanley Hawkins BSc FRCP

Contemporary Topics in Medical Practice, Research and Education

October 2005

Thursday 13 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre MBC QUB
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
The History of Neurology in Belfast
Dr. Stanley Hawkins, Reader in Clinical Neurology, Queen's University Belfast

Thursday 27 October 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Undergraduate Medical Education, the GMC, the University and the NHS
Prof. Maurice Savage, Director of the Medical Education Unit, QUB

November 2005

Thursday 17 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Inherited Thrombophilias and Pregnancy
Professor John Higgins, University College Cork

Thursday 24 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms.
JUNIOR MEMBERS FORUM.
Molecular Determinants of Prognosis in Malignant Melanoma
Mr Christopher Hoo
The Physical and Psychological State of Amputees from the Northern Ireland Troubles 1969-2003
Dr Lorraine Graham
Studies on Familial Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Dr Damian McCall
Studies of Mortality in Multiple Sclerosis
Dr Orla Gray

December 2005

• Thursday 8 December 8.00pm.
  Beech Hill Country House Hotel
  THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
  Postgraduate Medical Education
  Dr. Terry McMurray, Postgraduate Dean
  
  

  January 2006

  Thursday 12 January 8.00pm.
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  JOINT MEETING WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND ETHICS FORUM
  Ethical Issues Resulting from Screening for Complex Genetic Disorders
  Prof Nick Wood, Professor of Neurology and Neurogenetics, Institute of Neurology, London
  
  

  February 2006

  Thursday 2nd February 8.00pm.
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  Stem Cell Transplantation and the Nervous System
  Prof. Neil Scolding, Professor of Neurology, University of Bristol
  
  Thursday 16 February 8.00pm.
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  Research and Audit in the Modern NHS.
  Prof Charles Warlow, Professor of Medical Neurology, University of Edinburgh
  
  Thursday 23 February 8.00pm.
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  JOINT MEETING WITH THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
  THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
  Aspects of Medical Biography
  Dr. Chris Gardner-Thorpe, Consultant Neurologist, Exeter & Editor of the Journal of Medical Biography
  
  

  March 2006

  Friday 3 March 7.15 for 8.00pm.
  Great Hall, QUB.
  Annual Presidential Dinner.
  
  Thursday 16 March 8.00pm.
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms.
  What is a Disease?
  Dr. Gavin Giovannoni, Consultant Neuro-immunologist, Institute of Neurology, London
  
  Thursday 30 March 8.00pm.
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
  Modernising Medical Careers
  Prof. Alan Crockard, National Director, Modernising Medical Careers, London
  
  

  May 2006

  Thursday 18 May 2.00pm.
  ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION for the Victory Challenge Cup.
  
  Thursday 25 May 5pm.
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
  
  

Meetings 2004 to 2005

President:  Dr Domhnall Macauley MD FRCGP FFPHMI, FFSEM, FISM

"Oh wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!"

October 2004

Thursday 14 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre MBC, QUB
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
  To See Ourselves as Others See Us
Dr Domhnall Macauley. General Practitioner, Assistant Editor BMJ

November 2004

Thursday 11 November from 2.00pm to 5.30 pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms

SYMPOSIUM: WORK-LIFE BALANCE—GETTING A MEDICAL LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE?
Ill Health, Unhappiness, and Uncertainty (Bullying, Racism, Illness) in the Medical Profession—Is There a Cure?
Dr Rhona McDonald (former GP/Public Health/Tropical Medicine). Editor Careers Section BMJ
From 24 Hour Doc to 24 Hour Doctor Journalist—Living the Dream
Dr Muiris Houston (former GP). Medical Correspondent, The Irish Times
How to be Happy....Even in the NHS
Dr Maria Kee (former Consultant Psychiatrist / Medical Director). Kee Training
What Else You Can Do With a Medical Degree
Dr Adam Poole. Career Edge (Personal Development for Health Professionals)

Thursday 25 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Perceiving Medicine (Art and Medicine)
Jan Croot. Picture Editor, British Medical Journal

January 2005

Thursday 20 January from 2.00pm to 5.30pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms

SYMPOSIUM: POLICY FUTURES—THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE
JOINT MEETING WITH THE NUFFIELD TRUST AND THE JUDGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
The Role of the State
Professor Dame Sandra Dawson. Director, The Judge Institute of Management
Who is Going to Care?
Professor Alison Kitson. Director, The Royal College of Nursing Institute
The Burden of Health: The Reality of Disease
Dr Zoë Slote Morris. Nuffield Fellow in Health Policy
Who Pays and How Should the Money be Spent?
Professor Ray Robinson. Director, LSE Health, London School of Economics
Information Systems and Medical Technology
Professor Don Detmer. Professor of Health Management, The Judge Institute of Management

Thursday 27 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
The Health of Belfast in the 20th Century
Professor Alun Evans. Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, The Queen's University of Belfast

February 2005

Thursday 3 February from 2.00pm to 5.30pm.
Dunadry Inn, Templepatrick

SYMPOSIUM: FROM NHS TO NATIONAL PATIENT SERVICE
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
The Patient's Story—Narrative and the Primary Care Consultation
Professor Trish Greenhalgh. Professor of General Practice, University College London
Diagnosis, Treatment Decisions, and Implementation
Professor Tom Fahey. Professor of General Practice, University of Dundee
Patients, Information, Engagement and Choice
Professor Martin Marshall. Professor of General Practice and Head of School at University of Manchester
What We Should Know?
Dr Iona Heath, GP. Former Vice Chair of the RCGP and Chairperson of the BMJ Ethics Committee

Friday 11 February 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Great Hall, QUB
Annual Presidential Dinner

Thursday 24 February 8.00pm.
Beechhill Country House Hotel
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
Problem Doctors and How the Profession Deals with Them
Professor Gerry Bury. Professor of General Practice, University College Dublin and Outgoing President of the Irish Medical Council

May 2005

Thursday 17 May 2pm.
Malone Golf Club
ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION FOR THE VICTORY CHALLENGE CUP

Thursday 25 May 5pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2003 to 2004

President:  Dr. Elizabeth Mayne MD, FRCPath, FRCP (Glas), FRCP (E), FRCPI, FRCP

Reflections on the Changing Face of Medicine, Past, Present and Future

October 2003

Thursday 9 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre MBC, QUB
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
The Gender Trap
Dr. Elizabeth Mayne, Honorary Consultant Haematologist, Royal Victoria Hospital

Thursday 23 October 8.00pm.
South Lecture Theatre MBC QUB
The Rise and Rise of Haematology—but Whither Haematologists?
Professor Sir John Lilleyman, Immediate Past President Royal College of Pathologists

November 2003

Thursday 6 November 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Masters of Irish Medicine
Dr. Desmond Canavan, Immediate Past President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Unfortunately the above lecture was postponed and Professor Richard Clarke, Honorary Archivist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, spoke on:
Nineteenth Century Ulster Doctors—Tracking Them Down and Following Them Up

Thursday 20 November 8.00pm.
South Lecture Theatre MBC QUB
JOINT MEETING WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY
Robert Campbell Oration. Consent to Medical Treatment—Is Doctor Always Right?
Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Carswell, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

December 2003

Thursday 4 December 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY—President: Dr Alan Ritchie
Thrombosis—From the Foetus to the Grave
Professor Gordon Lowe, Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

January 2004

Thursday 8 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY—President: Dr. Chris Corkey
Caring for Children—Is it just for Paediatricians?
Professor David Hall, Professor of Community Paediatrics, Sheffield

February 2004

Thursday 5 February 8.00pm.
Beechhill Country House Hotel, Londonderry
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
From Shadows to Virtual Reality
Dr.Teddy McIlwrath, Honorary Consultant Radiologist, Royal Victoria Hospital

Friday 13 February 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Great Hall, QUB
ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL DINNER

Thursday 26 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Blood Transfusion with vCJD—Implications for Donors and Patients
Professor Christopher Ludlam, Professor of Haematology, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

March 2004

Thursday 4 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY—President: Dr. Stanley Hawkins
Multiple Sclerosis—The Future Looks Bright
Professor Michael Hutchinson, Consultant Neurologist, St.Vincent's Hospital, Dublin

Thursday 18 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Junior Members' Forum

May 2004

Thursday 13 May 2pm.
Malone Golf Club
ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION FOR THE VICTORY CHALLENGE CUP

Thursday 20 May 5pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2002 to 2003

President:  Dr Henrietta Campbell MB BCh BAO

 

October 2002

Thursday 10 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Public Health—A Bond Between A Government and Its People
Dr Henrietta Campbell
Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland

Thursday 31 October 8.00 pm.
South Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
ROBERT CAMPBELL ADDRESS
The Shape of Things to Come
Dr Graeme Catto
General Medical Council

November 2002

• Thursday 7 November
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  The Resourceful Patient
  Dr Muir Gray
  National Electronic Library for Health
  
  Thursday 21 November
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  The Day After Tomorrow’s Doctors
  Professor Roderick Hay
  Queen’s University of Belfast
  
  

  December 2002

  Thursday 5 December
  South Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
  JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
  Clinical Pathological Conference
  
  

  January 2003

  Thursday 9 January
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
  From Respiratory Infection to Meningitis—The Role of Cilia
  Professor Chris O'Callaghan
  Sheffield
  
  Thursday 23 January
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  Triumphs and Tragedies
  Professor James Drife
  Leeds
  
  

  February 2003

  Thursday 6 February
  Beechhill Country House Hotel
  DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE and PETER FALLON MEMORIAL LECTURE
  Trust in People, Trusting People
  Dr Jayne Wilde
  The Institute of Public Health in Ireland
  
  Thursday 20 February
  South Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
  Quality in Health Care
  Professor Sir Liam Donaldson
  Chief Medical Officer of England
  
  

  March 2003

  Thursday 6 March
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
  Details not available
  
  Thursday 20 March
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  JUNIOR MEMBERS FORUM
  The Future of Haematology
  Dr Philip Widrum
  Public health and the New Genetics
  Dr Jackie McCall
  Bio-terrorism
  Dr Naresh Chadra
  
  

  May 2003

  Thursday 22 May
  Ulster Medical Society Rooms
  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
  
  

  September 2003 (Rescheduled from March)

  Tuesday 30 September 1.30pm to 6.30pm
  Waterfront Hall, Belfast
  JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
  Diabetes and its Complications
  A multi-disciplinary overview of diabetes mellitus with special reference to the primary and secondary community care interface
  
  

Meetings 2001 to 2002

President:  Professor Jennifer Adgey MD FRCP

 

October 2001

Thursday 11 October at 7.30 p.m.
North Lecture Theatre MBC
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Resuscitation in the Past, the Present and the Future
Professor Jennifer Adgey
Royal Victoria Hospital

Thursday 26 October at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Trials and Tribulations of Setting Up A Clinical Trials Unit
Dr Marcus Flather
Royal Brompton Hospital, London

November 2001

Thursday 8 November at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Experience in Africa
Mr Jack Kyle
Chingola Hospitals, Zambia

Thursday 22 November at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Cancer
Professor Gordon McVie
Cancer Research Campaign

December 2001

Thursday 6 December at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinical Pathological Case

January 2002

Thursday 10 January at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
The Curate's Egg: One Clinician's Guide to the "New Genetics"
Dr Mary Porteous
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

Thursday 24 January
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Nerves and the Law!
Dr Christopher Earl
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

February 2002

Thursday 7 February
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND SOCIETY OF ANAESTHETISTS
Outreach Training and Transfer
Dr Gavin Lavery
Royal Victoria Hospital

Thursday 21 February at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JUNIOR MEMBERS’ FORUM
A survey of elderly patients and their claiming benefits due
Dr Paul Leggett
Continuous nitrate therapy and platelet and vascular reactivity
Dr Lana Dixon
Polymorphism in the eNOS synthase gene
Dr Mark Spence

March 2002

Thursday Thursday 7 March at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Developing Cancer Services in Ireland—Confronting a Dictionary of Frustration In Early Detection, Prevention and Treatment
Professor Peter Daly
St James’s Hospital, Dublin

Thursday 28 March at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
What is Parkinson's Disease?
Dr Mark Gibson
Royal Victoria Hospital

April 2002

Thursday 4 April
The Beechill Hotel, Londonderry
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
Arrhythmias, Devices and Heart Failure
Dr Janet McComb
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

May 2002

Thursday 23 May, 2002 at 5 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 2000 to 2001

President:  Dr. Robin Harland

 

October 2000

Thursday 12 October at 7.30 p.m.
North Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
The History of the Teaching of the Speciality Of General Practice in Northern Ireland
Dr. Robin Harland
Former Medical Officer, Queen's University of Belfast

Thursday 26 October at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Sport and Exercise Medicine—From Volunteer to Specialist
Professor Donald McLeod
Aberdeen University

November 2000

Thursday 9 November at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Anaesthetic Simulation: The Panacea for Education, Training and Evaluation
Professor Mervyn Maze
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London position

Thursday 23 November at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Is There Anything We Can Do to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy Rates?
Dr Anna Glasier
University of Edinburgh

December 2000

Thursday 7 December at 8 p.m.
USouth Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
JOINT MEETING WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND FACULTY OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
The Annual Clinical Pathological Conference

January 2001

Thursday 11 January at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
Meningitis—Whence?, Where? and Whither?
Dr Karina Butler
Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Dublin

Thursday 25 January at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Training in Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Dr Patrick Magennis
Liverpool

February 2001

Thursday 8 February at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE SIR THOMAS and LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
A Healthful Education
Professor Sir William Taylor
Society for Research in Higher Education

Thursday 22 February at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JUNIOR MEMBERS’ FORUM
Characterisation of an In-vitro Model of Enterocyte Barrier Function
Mr Jonathan White
Primary Nitrate Tolerance in Diabetes Mellitus
Dr David Morgan
Exaggerated Hind Limb Ischaemia, Reperfusion Injury in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
Mr Waleed Edrees

March 2001

Thursday 8 March at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Controversy Surrounding High Dose Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
Dr John Crown
St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin

Thursday 22 March at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Modern Management of the Acute Stroke
Professor Werner Hacke
University of Heidelberg

April 2001

Thursday 5 April at 7.30 p.m.
Broomhill Hotel, Londonderry
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
Sugar and the Blues—The Depressed Diabetic
Professor Larry Culpepper
Boston University Medical Centre, Massachusetts

May 2001

Thursday 24 May
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 1999 to 2000

President:  Professor Robert Stout

 

October 1999

Thursday 14 October at 8.30 p.m.
South Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Singular Beneficence?
Professor Robert Stout
Department of Geriatrics, QUB

Thursday 28 October at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
In the Footsteps of Giants
Dr Henrietta Campbell
Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland

November 1999

Thursday 11th November at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Twenty-Twenty Vision—Patients’ Expectations of the Doctor in 2020
Mrs Claire Rayner
Nurse, journalist, broadcaster and novelist

Thursday 25 November at 7.45 p.m.
Beechhill Country House Hotel, Londonderry
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE
Life Span, Health Span; The Future of Old Age
Professor Ray Tallis
University of Manchester

December 1999

Thursday 9 December at 8 p.m.
Medical Biology Centre
JOINT MEETING WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND FACULTY OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Annual Clinical Pathological Conference

January 2000

Thursday 6 January at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
How Will Health Care be Organised In the New Century?
Sir Cyril Chantler
Guys, Kings and St Thomas' Medical Schools

Thursday 20 January at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Women's Health Care in the Next Millennium
Professor Eric Thomas
University of Southampton

February 2000

Thursday 3 February at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Alzheimer’s disease: Old Age or Treatable Disease
Professor Martin Rosser
National Hospital for Neurological Disease

Thursday 17 February at 7.30 p.m.
South Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
Medicine: Today and Tomorrow
Sir Donald Irvine
General Medical Council

March 2000

Thursday 2 March at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JUNIOR DOCTORS’ FORUM
Alzheimer’s disease—A Complex Paradigm
Dr. Djamil Vahidassr
Are Babies to Stay Fit for the Future?
Dr. Joanne Nelson
Xenon in anaesthesia and intensive care
Dr. Amit Bedi

Thursday 16 March at 7.30 p.m.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Will Bio-Sciences Research Revolutionise Medical Practice?—Some Examples and Speculations for the New Millennium
Professor Mark Ferguson
University of Manchester

May 2000

Thursday 25 May 5pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 1998 to 1999

President:  Professor Randal Hayes

 

October 1998

Thursday 15 October
South Lecture Theatre, MBC
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Dr. William Drennan—His Medical Life
Professor Randal Hayes
Belfast City Hospital

Thursday 22th October
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE MEDICAL STAFF, ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL
Pharmaco-economics: Know the Price of Everything And the Value of Nothing
Professor John Feely
Trinity College, Dublin

Thursday 29 October
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Obesity—Is it in my Brain?
Professor Gareth Williams
University of Liverpool

November 1998

Thursday 12th November
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Health and Health Care: The Value of a European Dimension
Professor Martin McKee
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Thursday 26 November
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY—THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
Adolescent Medicine—Lessons from Diabetes
Professor Ray Newton
University of Dundee

December 1998

Thursday 10 December
South Lecture Theatre, Medical Biology Centre
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Annual Clinical Pathological Conference

January 1999

Thursday 7 January
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Dr Michael de Swiet
Imperial College London

Thursday 21 January
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
The potential role of the platelet in tumour angiogenesis
Professor Bob Pinedo
Free University of Amsterdam

February 1999

Thursday 4 February
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Assessment and Treatment of Coma and the Management of the Vegetative State
Dr. David Bates
University of Newcastle

Thursday 18 February
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JUNIOR MEMBERS FORUM
Chronic Cough
Dr. Lorcan McGarvey
Psychiatric Services
Dr. Peter Trimble
Male Infertility
Dr. Kristine Steele

March 1999

Thursday 4 March
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
A history of the Management of Diabetes
Professor Robert Tattersall
University of Nottingham

Thursday 18 March
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Elderly Care towards 2000
Professor Robert Stout
Queen’s University of Belfast

May 1999

May
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Meetings 1997 to 1998

President:  Mr. James Calderwood

 

October 1997

Thursday 16 October
Your Life in Your Hands. A Surgeon’s View of Hand Function—Art Expression and Form
Mr. James Calderwood

Thursday 30 October
JOINT MEETING WITH MEDICAL STAFF, ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL
New Variant CJD—Recent Developments
Dr. Robert Will, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

November 1997

Thursday 13 November
The Ideal Trauma System for Northern Ireland?
Professor David Marsh, Queen’s University of Belfast

Thursday 27 November
Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction- The Ilizarov Method
Mr. Michael Laverick, Musgrave Park Hospital

December 1997

Thursday 11 December
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
The Annual Clinico-Pathological Conference and Competition for the Biggart Trophy.

January 1998

Thursday 8 January
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Mini Symposium on Hormone Replacement Therapy
HRT Past, Present and Future
Dr. Paul Fogarty
HRT and Bones
Dr. Hugh Taggart
HRT and Breast Carcinoma
Mr. Stephen Kirk
Hearts and Hormones
Dr. Gavin Dalzell

Thursday 22 January
Cancer Services and the National Health Service
Professor Sir David Carter, Chief Medical Officer at the Scottish Office

February 1998

Thursday 5 February
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
A Doctor in the House: Reflections of an Ulsterman in the House of Lords
Lord John Alderdice

Thursday 19 February
Performing Arts Medicine: A Rising Speciality?
Professor Arnold Maran, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

March 1998

Thursday 5 March
Deformities of the Neck: Old Problems, New Thoughts
Mr Alan Crockard, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Thursday 19 March
JUNIOR MEMBERS FORUM
Chemo-prevention in Colo-rectal cancer
Mr K Khosraviani
Use of Botulinum Toxin in Cerebral Palsy
Mr N Eames
Standards in General Practice (Fellowship by Assessment)
Dr C Kenny

Meetings 1996 to 1997

President:  Dr Lewis Miller

 

October 1996

Thursday 17 October
Living in interesting times
Dr Lewis Miller

Thursday 31 October
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
The Soft Side of Paediatrics
Dr Chris Green, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney

November 1996

Thursday 14 November
The Purchaser/Provider Split: Who Needs It?
Dr Harry Burns, Greater Glasgow Health Board

Thursday 28 November
Heartsink Patients—Tilting towards a diagnosis?
Dr Arnold Deering, Cheltenham General Hospital

December 1996

Thursday 12 December
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
The Annual CPC and Competition for the Biggart Trophy

January 1997

Thursday 9 January
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Mini Symposium: Problems in the Adolescent Woman
Obstetrical and Gynaecological Problems
Dr Ann Hamilton, Craigavon Area Hospital
Family Planning
Dr Olga Elder
Eating Disorders
Dr Clare Adams

Thursday 23 January
Gastro-Intestinal Cancer: From the Laboratory to the Clinic
Professor Patrick Johnston, Queens University of Belfast

February 1997

Thursday 6 February
Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome: Facts, Fantasies and What You Can do About It
Dr Simon Wessely, King’s College Hospital

Thursday 20 February
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Mini Symposium: Ethical Dilemmas
Professor Jonathan Gorman, Queen's University Belfast
Mr. Dermot Byrnes, Royal Victoria Hospital
Dr Stephen Compton, Holywell Hospital
Mr. Bill Smith, Medical Protection Society

March 1997

Thursday 6 March
Junior Members Forum
Body Surface Mapping
Dr Stephen McMeechan, Cardiology
Intestinal Barrier Function In Obstructive Jaundice
Mr Rowan Parkes, Surgery
Appropriateness of Admission to Hospital
Dr Carolyn Berry, General Practice

Thursday 20 March
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Deprivation Matters. Deprivation Lasts. How can we break the vicious cycle?
Professor Graham CM Watt, General Practice, Glasgow

Meetings 1995 to 1996

President:  Professor David Hadden

 

October 1995

Thursday 12 October
Disease Oriented Medicine—The Metabolic Model
Professor David Hadden, Royal Victoria Hospital

Thursday 26 October
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
Mini Symposium: Interfaces Between Some Paediatric and Adult Diseases
The Problems in Adolescence
Dr. Nan Hill, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
A Seamless Service For Muscle Disorders
Dr. Victor Patterson, Consultant Neurologist
What happens to children with phenylketonuria?
Dr David Brenton, University College Hospital, London
Pregnancy in PKU in Northern Ireland
Dr. Helen Whitehead, Downpatrick Hospital

November 1995

Thursday 9 November
Immuno-pharmacology of Head and Neck and Breast Cancer
Dr. John W. Hadden, University of South Florida Medical College

Thursday 23 November
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Nutrition in Pregnancy Worldwide: Short Term and Long Term Outlook for Mother and Baby
Dr. Joseph J. Hoet, Universite Catholique de Louvain

December 1995

Thursday 7 December
JOINT MEETING WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND FACULTY ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Annual Clinical Pathological Conference

January 1996

Thursday 11 January
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Mini Symposium—Incontinence
Incontinence in Adults
Dr. Alison Love, Lagan Valley Hospital
Incontinence in Children
Dr. Maura Stewart, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
Incontinence in The Elderly
Dr. Peter Flanagan, Waveney Hospital, Ballymena
Incontinence—The Surgical Perspective
Mr. Robin Johnston, Belfast City Hospital
Incontinence—Support in the Community
Sister Ann McConville, Continence Advisor
Incontinence—Its History and Recording
Dr. John White, General Practitioner

Thursday 25 January
THE ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Cancer in Developing Countries
Dr. W.M. Craig Martin, Norwich

February 1996

Thursday 8 February
The Future of Medical Research
Dr. Timothy Lyons, Medical University of South Carolina

Thursday 22 February
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Effect of Impaired Mental Capacity On Legal Responsibility
Sir Brian Hutton, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

March 1996

Thursday 6 March
JUNIOR MEMBERS FORUM
Acute asthma in the casualty department
Dr. John Martin, Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine
Promoting Health In Primary Care
Dr. Colm Rafferty, General Practitioner
Pancreas transplants for diabetes?
Dr. Desmond Rooney, Senior Registrar in Medicine
Blood vessels in the retina
Dr. Usha Chakravarty, Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology

Thursday 21 March
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
Problems in Thyroid Diagnosis and Management
Dr. Colm Gorman, Mayo Clinic

Meetings 1994 to 1995

President:  Professor Philip Reilly

 

October 1994

Thursday 13 October
General Practice—Any port in a storm?
Professor Philip Reilly, Queen’s University of Belfast

Thursday 27 October
Tolstoy's Textbook of Medicine
Dr. John V. Salinsky, General Practitioner

November 1994

Thursday 10 November
THE ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Multi-disciplinary management of breast cancer
Mr. William Odling-Smee, Queen’s University of Belfast

Thursday 24 November
Norniron—in corpore sano— Are we as fit as we think we are?
Dr. Domhnall MacAuley, General Practice

December 1994

Thursday 8 December
JOINT MEETING WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND FACULTY OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Annual Clinico-Pathological Conference

January 1995

Thursday 12 January
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Violence and Children
Professor Philip Graham, European Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

February 1995

Thursday 9 February
The European Prototype for Integrated Care
Dr. Leslie Boydell, South and East Belfast Trust
Telemedicine
Professor Richard Wootton, Queen’s University of Belfast

Thursday 16 February
Professional Regulation—Serving Society
Miss Mary Uprichard, President of the United Kingdom Central Council For Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors

March 1995

Thursday 2 March
Inequality and Health
Professor Peter Townsend, University of Bristol

Thursday 23 March
JUNIOR MEMBERS’ FORUM
Kupffer cell function in obstructive jaundice
Mr. Andrew Kennedy
The role of exercise testing post myocardial infarction
Dr. Anne Moore
The benefit of an oesophageal electrode in cardiac electrophysiological studies
Dr. David McEneaney

Thursday 30 March
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
The Legacy of William Withering: The Rational Use of Drugs
Professor Michael Rawlins, University of Newcastle

Meetings 1993 to 1994

President:  Professor R.G. Shanks

 

October 1993

Thursday 14 October
Legacies of Sir William Whitla
Professor R.G. Shanks, Queen’s University of Belfast

Thursday 28 October
Asthma—the Modern Epidemic
Professor D.G. McDevitt, University of Dundee

November 1993

Thursday 11th November
Ultra Violet Radiation and Human Skin. The Dark side of the Sun
Professor R. MacKie, University of Glasgow

Thursday 25 November
ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Gene therapy—Exciting Fact or Expensive Fiction
Professor R. Williamson, St. Mary’s Hospital, London

December 1993

Thursday 9 December
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Annual Clinico-Pathological Conference

January 1994

Thursday 6 January
JUNIOR MEMBERS FORUM
Anaesthesia and Immuno-modulation at Cardiac Surgery
Dr. William McBride
No Stone Unturned—the Epidemiology of Myotonic Dystrophy in Northern Ireland
Dr. Immelda Hughes
The Effects of Neuroleptic Drugs on Eye Movements and Psychomotor Performance
Dr. Gerry Lynch

Thursday 20 January
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Selected Medical Travellers In and from Ireland 1600–1900
Mr. J. Gamble, Emerald Isle Books, Belfast

February 1994

Thursday 3 February
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Treating Acute Stroke—Time to do Better
Professor Charles Warlow, University of Edinburgh

Thursday 17 February
What is Cystic fibrosis?
Professor John Dodge, Queen’s University of Belfast

March 1994

Thursday 10 March
The Gentle Art of Measuring Blood Pressure
Professor John Swales, University of Leicester

Thursday 24 March
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
Philosophical Aspects of Pharmacology
Sir James Black, The James Black Foundation

Meetings 1992 to 1993

President:  Dr James McKenna

 

October 1992

Thursday 8 October
The Health of the Public from Cos to Maastricht
Dr James McKenna, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland

Thursday 15 October
ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
A Strategy for the Control of Cancer by the Year 2000
Dr C F Muir, Director of Cancer Registration in Scotland

Thursday 29 October
May Flies, Fruit Flies and Fishing Trips
Professor Alun Evans, Professor of Epidemiology, Queen’s University

November 1992

Thursday 12 November
Caring for People—The Social Services Dimension
Mr Michael O‘Higgins, Price Waterhouse Management Consultants

Thursday 26 November
Carry on Prescribing
Professor John Feely, Trinity College and St James’s Hospital, Dublin

December 1992

Thursday 3 December
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Annual Clinico-Pathological Conference—Competition for the Biggart Trophy

January 1993

Thursday 7 January
JUNIOR MEMBERS’ FORUM

Thursday 21 January
Ulster on the Couch
Dr John T Alderdice, Consultant Psychotherapist

February 1993

Thursday 4 February
Nutrition in Prevention and Care
Professor A A Jackson, University of Southampton

Thursday 18 February
Infectious Diseases—Past, Present and Future
Professor A M Geddes, University of Birmingham

March 1993

Thursday 4 March
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Cartoons and Caricatures in Medicine
Dr Kenneth Calman, Department of Health, London

Thursday 18 March
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Psychiatrist and Hysteria: Time for a Return to Victorian Values?
Dr A O House, The General Infirmary at Leeds

April 1993

Thursday 1 April
Is Prevention a Waste of Medical Time?
Dr Jane Wilde, Northern Ireland Health Promotion Agency

Meetings 1991 to 1992

President:  Mr Hume Logan

 

October 1991

Thursday 10 October
Who Fears to Speak of Ninety-Eight?
Mr Hume Logan

Thursday 24 October
CAMPBELL ORATION
Is the Grass Greener? A Personal View of Medical Practice in Ontario 1956–1991
Professor R M H Pinkerton, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

November 1991

Thursday 7 November
Through the Looking Glass
Diabetes: Dr J K Nelson
Cardiology: Dr D McC Boyle
Pain: Dr R Armstrong
The Ulster Hospital, Belfast

Thursday 21 November
ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Recent Changes in the Management of Breast Cancer
Professor R Blarney, University of Nottingham

December 1991

Thursday 5 December
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Annual Clinico-Pathological Conference—Competition for the Biggart Trophy

January 1992

Thursday 9 January
Lessons from the Kegworth Crash
Mr CL Colton, University Hospital, Nottingham
Kegworth—A Personal Experience
Dr R A McCann

Thursday 23 January
Psychiatrists—As Others See Us
Professor Anthony W Clare, Trinity College, Dublin

Thursday 30 January
JUNIOR MEMBERS’ FORUM

February 1992

Thursday 13 February
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Doctors Extraordinary
Mr Iain F MacLaren, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

March 1992

Thursday 12 March
Student Health—A Peculiar or Unique Practice
Dr D S McLean, Queen’s University of Belfast

Thursday 26 March
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Fitness to Drive
Dr John Taylor, Department of Transport

April 1992

Thursday 9 April
Politics, Policy and Problems in Smoking and Health
Sir Peter Froggatt, Queen’s University of Belfast

Meetings 1990 to 1991

President:  Dr H Baird

 

October 1990

Thursday 11 October
Emergency Care in a Country Practice
Dr H Baird

Thursday 25 October
What New Infections are Lurking in the Wings?
Professor D Simpson

November 1990

Thursday 8 November
The Management of Myocardial Infarction—Present and Future
Dr C Wilson

Thursday 22 November
Some Biographical Reflections
Professor WG Irwin

December 1990

Thursday 6 December
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

January 1991

Thursday 10 January
Computers in Medical Care—Present and Future
Dr C McAteer

Thursday 24 January
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
Screening for Risk Factors in General Practice
Dr R Thompson
Hyperlipidaemia
Dr I McDowell
A Student Attachment in Fiji
Miss Diane Donaldson

Thursday 31 January
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Neurology of AIDS
Professor Michael JG Harrison, The Middlesex Hospital, London

February 1991

Thursday 7 February
The Impact of Medical Genetics in the 21st Century
Professor NC Nevin

Thursday 21 February
THE EIGHTEENTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Whither Cancer Chemotherapy in the 1990's?
Professor Stanley B Kaye, Western Infirmary, Glasgow

March 1991

Thursday 7 March
Immediate Medical Care at Major Disasters
Dr Brian Robertson, Editor "The Journal of the British Association for Immediate Care"

Thursday 21 March
Imaging, Imagery and Innocence
Dr EM Mcllrath

April 1991

THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Thursday 4 April
Quality in Medical Care
Dr Donald Irvine, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice

Meetings 1989 to 1990

President:  Mr JF O'Sullivan

 

October 1989

Thursday 26 October
The Caesarian Birth
Mr JF O'Sullivan

November 1989

Thursday 9 November
Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689) and the Practice of Medicine Three Centuries Ago
Dr WF Bynum, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine

Thursday 23 November
Ballons in Medicine
Dr ME Scott

December 1989

Thursday 7 December
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

January 1990

Thursday 4 January
Should We Treat Premature Babies?
Dr BG McClure

Thursday 18 January
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
Epidural Anaesthesia—What Role in the Delivery Suite?
Dr Susan McClune
Spectral Analysis of the Foetal Heart in Labour
Dr P Fogarty
Vocational Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill in Northern Ireland
Dr M Doherty

February 1990

Thursday 1 February
The New Stone Age
Mr SR Johnston

Thursday 15 February
The Samaritan Hospital 1873–1986
Dr M Armstrong

March 1990

Thursday 1 March
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Management of Pituitary Tumours
Mr CBT Adams Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford

Thursday 15 March
THE SEVENTEENTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Cancer from Flints to Printing
Dr RJ Atkinson

Thursday 29 March
Medical Defence—The Final Solution
Dr CJ Orr, Medical Protection Society, London

April 1990

Thursday 19 April
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
1st July 1916—A Surgical Catastrophe
Professor H Ellis, University of Cambridge

Meetings 1988 to 1989

President:  Dr AG McKnight

 

October 1988

Thursday 27 October
Training for General Practice—Meeting the Challenge
Dr AG McKnight

November 1988

Thursday 10 November
Body Image and Dermatological Non-Disease
Dr Cotterill, Leeds General Infirmary

Thursday 24 November
The Future of Occupational Medicine
Professor RI McCallum, University of Edinburgh

December 1988

Thursday 8 December
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

January 1989

Thursday 5 January
THE SIXTEENTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Improving Communications with Cancer Patients and Their Relatives
Dr Peter Maguire, University Hospital of South Manchester

Thursday 19 January
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
Benzodiazepine Antagonism with Flumazenil
Dr Moyna Bill
A Review of Patients Taking Anticoagulants in General Practice
Dr Gillian Crooks
Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs, Diuretics and the Kidneys
Dr P Passmore

February 1989

Friday 3 February
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Euthanasia—The Last Act of Terminal Care
Dr Peter Admiraal, Reiner de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft

Thursday 16 February  The Postgraduate Centre, Craigavon Area Hospital
Doctor to the United Nations
Professor Peter Gatenby

March 1989

Thursday 2 March
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
There is a Time in the Affairs of General Practice
Dr Alastair Donald, Edinburgh

Thursday 16 March
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Self and its Brain
Professor R McClelland

Thursday 30 March
Osteoarthritis—Preventable or Curable?
Professor Paul Dieppe, University of Bristol

April 1989

Thursday 13 April
Naval Surgery from Antiquity to the Falklands Campaign
Sir James Watt, Past Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy

Meetings 1987 to 1988

President:  Mr DS Gordon

 

October 1987

Thursday 29 October
Penetrating Injuries of the Head—Ancient and Modern
Mr DS Gordon

November 1987

Thursday 12 November
Retinal Surgery—The State of the Art
Professor D Archer, Mr PB Johnston and Mr C Maguire

Thursday 26 November
The State of the Public Health
Sir E Donald Acheson, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health

December 1987

Thursday 3 December
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

January 1988

Thursday 7 January
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
Anorexia Nervosa—A Family Affair
Professor Arthur Crisp, St Georges Medical School, London

Thursday 21 January
Fraud, Plagiarism and Dishonesty in Medical Science
Professor Brian Rowlands

February 1988

Thursday 4 February
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
Assisted Reproduction—The Ulster Way
Dr Tara Cooper
The Detection of Psychological Problems in General Practice
Dr K McGlade
Studies in Intracranial Pressure
Mr J Gray

Thursday 18 February
AIDS—Scientific Facts and Economic Reality
Dr JRW Harris, St Mary's Hospital, London

March 1988

Thursday 3 March
THE FIFTEENTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer of the Lower Genital Tract
Dr Dennis McCance, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London

Thursday 24 March
The Surgical Treatment of Deafness—The Legacy of Kennedy Hunter and Bob McCrea
Mr G Smyth

April 1988

Thursday 7 April  The Postgraduate Centre, Waveney Hospital
Recent Advances in Pituitary Disease
Dr AB Atkinson
Pre-hospital Coronary Care
Dr C Wilson
On Opening the Oven Door
Dr JC Dornan

Thursday 21 April
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Neuro Rehabilitation—The Challenge for Phoenix
Professor RCB Aitken, Edinburgh University

Meetings 1986 to 1987

President:  Professor WG Irwin

 

October 1986

Thursday 30 October
Medical Ethics—the Changing Scene
Professor WG Irwin

December 1986

Thursday 4 December
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

Thursday 11 December
Computerisation and Communication of Medical Information
Professor R Wallace Ewart, University of Ulster

January 1987

Thursday 8 January
Cancer Screening, More Harm than Benefit
Dr Peter Skrabanek, Dublin University

Thursday 22 January
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Towards a Moral Consenus
Baroness Mary Warnock, Girton College, Cambridge

February 1987

Thursday 5 February
Progress in the Prevention and Treatment of Stroke
Professor John Marshall, The National Hospital, London

Thursday 26 February
Accounting for Personal Care
Professor Denis Pereira Gray, University of Exeter

March 1987

Thursday 12 March
THE FOURTEENTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Molecular Biology and Cancer Treatment
Professor Karol Sikora, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London

Thursday 26 March
Small is Beautiful—The Role of Electron Microscopy in Medical Practice
Professor P Toner

April 1987

Thursday 9 April
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
Contraception, Past, Present and Future
Professor Sir Malcolm Macnaughton, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Thursday 23 April
THE JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
General Practice, Warts and All
Dr K Steele
Glycolysation of Low Density Lipoproteins
Dr C Jack
Ano-rectal Dysfunction
Mr E Mackle

Meetings 1985 to 1986

President:  Dr Mary G McGeown

 

October 1985

Thursday 31 October
Dialysis and Transplantation: Problems for the Future
Dr Mary G McGeown

November 1985

Thursday 14 November
Should We be Interested in Bone Disease?
Dr Kanis, University of Sheffield

December 1985

Thursday 5 December
With the Royal College of General Practitioners
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

Thursday 12 December
Doctors for the Twenty-first Century
Professor David Kerr, The Royal Post Graduate Medical School, London

January 1986

Thursday 9 January
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Update on Urinary Tract Infection
Professor Asscher, Royal Infirmary, Cardiff

Thursday 23 January
THE JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
Hypertension and Endocrine Disease
Dr Catherine Ritchie
Bile Acids and Colo-rectal Cancer
Mr J Moreland
The Potential for Doppler Ultra-sound in Obstetric Practice
Dr Ann Harper

February 1986

Thursday 6 February
THE THIRTEENTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
The Treatment of Breast Cancer in 1986
Dr Desmond Carney, Mater Hospital, Dublin

Thursday 20 February
The Use of Antibiotics
Professor M Emerson

March 1986

Thursday 6 March
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
The Early Detection and Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy
Dr Gian Carlo Viberti, Guy's Hospital Medical School

Thursday 20 March
What Do We Know About Glomerulonephritis?
Dr Netar Mallick, Manchester Royal Infirmary

April 1986

Thursday 10 April
Medicine and the Menace of the Media
Professor O Wade, University of Birmingham

Thursday 24 April
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Post-viral Neurological Syndromes
Dr Peter Behan, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

Meetings 1984 to 1985

President:  Dr JA Weaver

 

November 1984

Thursday 1 November
John Henry Biggart—A Portrait in Respect and Affection
Dr JA Weaver

Thursday 15 November
Epidemics I Have Known
Professor D Simpson

Thursday 29 November
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
The Diabetic Foot
Mr ST Irwin
Kielland's Forceps, a Continuing Use?
Dr R Morrow
The Evaluation of Unstable Angina
Dr J Lee

December 1984

Thursday 6 December
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

January 1985

Thursday 10 January
Ageing in the 80's
Professor RW Stout

Thursday 24 January
Of Graves and Worms and Epitaphs
Professor RSJ Clarke

February 1985

Thursday 14 February
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Jonathan Swift—a Case Study
Professor JNP Moore, St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin

Thursday 21 February
THE TWELTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Recent Developments in the Management of Testicular Cancers
Professor MJ Peckham, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Thursday 28 February
Drug Therapy—Past, Present and Future
Professor RH Girdwood, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

March 1985

Thursday 14 March
FAMILY PRACTITIONERS' SYMPOSIUM
The GP/Hospital Interface: A Call for New Relationships
Dr Julian Tudor-Harte, Glyncorrwy, Glamorgan

April 1985

Thursday 4 April
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Highlights of Endocrine Surgery
Professor Richard B Welbourn, University of London

May 1985

Thursday 16 May
The Distinctive Tradition of Ulster Medicine
Dr P Froggatt

Meetings 1983 to 1984

President:  Professor JMG Harley

 

October 1983

Thursday 20 October
The Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast—Fifty Glorious Years
Professor JMG Harley

November 1983

Thursday 3 November
Towards the Control of Coronary Heart Disease
Dr AE Evans

Thursday 17 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

December 1983

Thursday 1 December
The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Dr William Harris, St Mary's Hospital, London
Clamydial Genital Infections
Dr R Maw

January 1984

Thursday 12 January
FAMILY PRACTITIONER' SYMPOSIUM
Modern GP Obstetrics
Dr Geoffry Marsh, Stockton-on-Tees

Thursday 26 January
Congenital Malformations in Diabetic Pregnancy
Professor Lars Mølsted-Pedersen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen

February 1984

Thursday 16 February
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
A New Aid in the Diagnosis of Congenital Hip Dislocation
Mr H Cowie
A Well Woman Clinic in General Practice
Dr Pauling Kennedy
Rectal Prolapse
Mr J Anderson

March 1984

Thursday 1 March
The Foetal Alcohol syndrome
Dr H Halliday
Alcohol Misuse Among Preganant Women—How to Prevent It?
Mr Ian Robertson, The Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Thursday 22 March
THE ELEVENTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Success and Failure in the Treatment of Childhood Cancers
Dr Jon Pritchard, Great Ormonde Street Hospital for Sick Children, London

April 1984

Thursday 12 April
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Therapeutic Potential of Music
Dr M Swallow
Outcome of Research in Music Therapy with Handicapped Children
Mr Leslie Bunt, Director of the Bristol Music Therapy Centre

Thursday 26 April
Nursing and Midwifery—The Image and the Reality
Miss Mary Rooney and Miss Mary Uprichard

May 1984

Thursday 10 May
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Royal Confinements in British History
Professor Sir John Dewhurst, Past-President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Thursday 24 May
THE POSTGRADUATE CENTRE, CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL
Perinatal Care—The Continuing Battle
Dr Maureen Scott, Dr G McClure and Dr Iain Chalmers, Oxford

Meetings 1982 to 1983

President:  Dr MF Russell

 

October 1982

Thursday 21 October
The Poor Man's Doctor—The Rise and Fall of the Dispensary System In Ulster
Dr MF Russell

November 1982

Thursday 4 November
Low Back Pain
Mr IV Adair
The Management of Limb Injuries
Mr J Templeton
Internal Fixation of Limb Fractures
Mr JB Pyper
Hip Problems in Babies and Children
Mr J Piggot

Thursday 18 November
Patients, Computers and Doctors
Professor A Greenfield

December 1982

Thursday 2 December
The Pathway to Psychiatric Care
Professor David Goldberg, University of Manchester

January 1983

Thursday 6 January
WITH THE BRITISH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION. GENERAL PRACTITIONERS SYMPOSIUM
Epilepsy in General Practice
Dr C Ramsey, Dr J McCluggage and Mrs Nuela Dowds

Thursday 20 January
Dr William Drennan—A Doctor in Georgian Ireland
Mr CJH Logan

February 1983

Thursday 10 February
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
Haemorrhoids
Mr J Templeton
Digoxin in General Practice Patients
Dr Margaret Cupples
A Human Model for Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes
Dr J Andrews

Thursday 24 February
Introduction to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Dr J Glasgow
A Historical Review of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Professor P Froggatt
Intensive Monitoring in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Professor Hamish Simpson, University of Leicester
The Impact of a Cot Death on the Family
Mrs Kay Savage

March 1983

Thursday 10 March
Renal failure—Then and Now
Dr Lavinia Loughridge, Westminster Hospital School of Medicine

Thursday 24 March
THE TENTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
The Epidemiological Basis of Cancer Control
Professor Alwyn Smith, University of Manchester

April 1983

Thursday 14 April
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Renal Disease
Dr J Douglas
Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Alcoholism
Dr Helen Harbinson
Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Cancer
Dr V Patterson

Thursday 28 April
The Patient's Response to Rehabilitation
Mr Jeremy Harbinson, Department of Finance

May 1983

Thursday 12 May
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Clinical Syndromes Associated with Ovarian Tumours
Dr Robert E Scully, Harvard Medical School

Meetings 1981 to 1982

President:  Dr TT Fulton

 

October 1981

Thursday 22 October
Through the Artist's Eyes
Dr TT Fulton

November 1981

Thursday 5 November
Alcohol and the Liver
Professor Alan Read, Bristol Royal Infirmary

Thursday 19 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

December 1981

Thursday 3 December
A Historical Review of Vascular Surgery
Mr JWS Irwin
Extracranial Cerebrovascular Surgery
Mr AAB Barros D'Sa
Peripheral Vascular Surgery
Mr RC Curry
Coronary Artery Surgery
Mr H O'Kane

January 1982

Thursday 7 January
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Video recording: Whither General Practice?
Dr D White

Thursday 21 January
Prescribing—Who Benefits?
Dr F Stanford

February 1982

Thursday 18 February
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM
Urinary Tract Infections in Children—a Survey of Methods and Policy in General Practice
Mr S Potts
Acute Phase Reactants in Rheumatology
Dr J McCrea
An Audit of General Practitioner Referral Letters by Peer Review
Dr J Clements

March 1982

Thursday 4 March
The Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mr W Wilson

Thursday 18 March
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Medical Portraiture in Ireland
Dr Eoin O'Brien, Charitable Infirmary, Dublin

April 1982

Thursday 1 April
Diabetic Eye Disease
Professor D Archer

Thursday 22 April
THE NINTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Current Approaches to Terminal Care
Dr Robert Twycross, Churchill Hospital, Oxford

May 1982

Thursday 6 May
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Prevention of Genetic Disease
Professor Alan EH Emery, University of Edinburgh

Thursday 20 May
A TWO DAY RESIDENTIAL MEETING
Guest Lecture: A New Look at Hysteria
Professor Robert Kendell, University of Edinburgh

Meetings 1980 to 1981

President:  Dr Margaret Haire

 

October 1980

Thursday 23 October
The Kissing Virus
Dr Margaret Haire

November 1980

Thursday 6 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

Thursday 20 November
FAMILY PRACTITIONERS' SYMPOSIUM
Emergencies in Childhood
Dr Catherine Halliday, Dr Meuros Fitch, Dr J Glasgow

December 1980

Thursday 4 December
A History of Urology
Mr E Morrison

January 1981

Thursday 8 January
Professor JC Ferguson, First President of the Ulster Medical Society, Physician and Foetologist
Professor J Pinkerton

Thursday 22 January
Why Do Old People Fall?
Professor Bernard Issacs

February 1981

Thursday 12 February
JUNIOR MEMBERS SYMPOSIUM
The Heart in Rheumatoid Disease
Dr W Dinsmore
Steroid Receptor Sites in Carcinoma of the Breast
Mr V Loughlin
Pain Relief Post-thoracotomy
Dr I Orr
Terminal Care in the Home Setting
Dr P Rei11y

Thursday 26 February
Herpes Simplex Virus Infections—Clinical and Laboratory Aspects
Professor Morag Timbury

March 1981

Thursday 5 March
G1ycosolated Haemoglobin and Diabetic Control
Dr B Sims
A Comparison of Glucose Self-monitoring Systems
Miss Margaret Telford
Alternative Insulin Delivery Systems
Dr JK McMullan

Saturday 21 March [?]
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
The Hepatitis Viruses and Chronic Liver Disease
Professor Ralph Wright, University of Southampton

Thursday 26 March
THE EIGHTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Communication Between Doctor and Patient
Professor Calman, Glasgow

April 1981

Thursday 30 April
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Diagnosis of Dementia
Dr M Swallow
The Management of Dementia
Dr S Cooper

Meetings 1979 to 1980

President:  Dr EJ Miller

 

October 1979

Thursday 18 October
One Man's Practice
Dr EJ Miller

November 1979

Thursday 1 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

Thursday 15 November
WITH THE N.I. LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH FUND
Leukaemia—Trials and Errors
Dr Humphrey Kay, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

December 1979

Thursday 6 December
FAMILY PRACTITIONERS' SYMPOSIUM
Child Care in the Year of the Child
Dr T Smythe, Dr M Savage and Dr S Rainey

January 1980

Thursday 17 January
The Aetiology of Neural Tube Defects—Inspiration or Perspiration
Professor N Nevin

February 1980

Thursday 14 February
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Dr TS Callaghan
Ileostomy Update
Dr B Cranley
Congenital Abnormalities in Babies of Diabetic Mothers
Dr A Glasgow
Sotolol in the Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Dr M O'Hare

Thursday 28 February
Sir Hans Sloane, Old Legend: New Look
Mr WR Sloan

March 1980

Thursday 13 March
Cancer—the Continuing Battle
Dr A Lyons

Thursday [?] March
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Claude Bernard and the Story of Diabetes
Dr David Pyke, Kings College, London

April 1980

Friday 18 April
With the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, the N.I. Council for Postgraduate Medical Education and the Society of Occupational Medicine
Symposium: Occupational Medicine and the General Physician

May 1980

Thursday 1 May
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The Neurophysiological Basis of Pain
Dr B Sawhney
The Clinical Management of Intractable Pain
Dr W Loan
Surgical Aspects of the Treatment of Pain
Mr D Byrnes

Thursday 15 May
A TWO DAY RESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, THE ULSTER SOCIETY OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, THE ULSTER RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
Guest Lecture: Exercise, Heart and Health
Professor Jerry Morris, London

Meetings 1978 to 1979

President:  Mr DM Bell

 

October 1978

Thursday 19 October
On the Move
Mr DM Bell

November 1978

Thursday 2 November
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Professor John Goligher, Leeds

Thursday 16 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

Thursday 30 November
Treasures of the Ulster Medical Society
Sir Ian Fraser

January 1979

Thursday 11 January
The Biology of Iodine
Dr TG Milliken

February 1979

Thursday 22 February
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Some Contemporaries of John Hunter
Mr Reginald Murley, President of the Royal College of Surgeons

March 1979

Thursday 8 March
FAMILY PRACTITIONERS’ SYMPOSIUM
Some Aspects of the Vaccination Controversy
Dr J White and Dr J Connolly

Thursday 22 March
The Postgraduate Centre, Craigavon Area Hospital
Congenital Malformations in Northern Ireland
Dr Maureen Scott, Dr M Reid and Mr V Boston

Friday 30 March
WITH THE N.I. COUNCIL FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
Symposium: Endocrinology in 1979

April 1979

Thursday 26 April
THE SIXTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Nutrition in the Aetiology of Cancer
Professor Sir Richard Doll

May 1979

Thursday 3 May
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Music and the Brain
Dr Ronald Henson

Meetings 1977 to 1978

President:  Mr H Gallagher

 

October 1977

Thursday 20 October
Medical Aspects of the First Recorded Invasion of Ulster
Mr H Gallagher

November 1977

Thursday 10 November
Sports Medicine
Dr Ian Adams, St James Hospital, Leeds

Thursday 24 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

December 1977

Thursday 1 December
Some Aspects of Medicine in China
Professor Geoffrey Bourke, University College, Dublin

January 1978

Thursday 5 January
Clinical Immunology in the Rheumatic Diseases
Dr John Holborrow, MRC Rheumatism Research Unit, Taplow

Thursday 19 January
WITH THE SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY ASSOCIATION
Dermatological Aspects of Zoonoses
Dr M Beare and Mr Michael Geary, Intervet Ltd, England

February 1977

Thursday 9 February
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM. WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Hormonal Aspects of Duodenal Ulceration
Dr JC McLaughlin
Characteristics of Casualty Attenders from a General Practice
Dr P Rei11y
Intra-uterine Foetal Breathing
Dr JW Knox Ritchie
The Results of the Belfast Smoking Withdrawal Clinic
Dr M Varma

Friday 24 February
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH AND THE N.I. COUNCIL FOR POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
Symposium: "Contribution of Nutrition to Disease."

March 1978

Thursday 2 March
FAMILY PRACTITIONERS' SYMPOSIUM
The Use and Abuse of Antibiotics
Professor WG Irwin, Professor Gillies and Professor D Roy

Thursday 16 March
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
The Healing Serpent—The Snake in Medical Iconography
Dr CJ Lawrence, Medical Historian to the Wellcome Museum

Thursday 30 March
Henry Musgrave and the Musgrave Clinic
Mr G Boyd

April 1978

Thursday 20 April
THE FIFTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Prospects in Environmental Carcinogenesis
Dr John Higginson, Institute of Cancer Studies, Lyons

May 1978

Thursday 4 May
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Medical Aspects of James Joyce
Dr Jack Lyons, Mercers Hospital, Dublin

Meetings 1976 to 1977

President:  Dr GTC Hamilton

 

October 1976

Thursday 21 October
Doctor at Work
Dr GTC Hamilton

November 1976

Thursday 4 November
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS, THE NI VETERINARY ASSOCIATION AND THE SMALL ANIMALS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION
Rabies
Mr Hubert Hutchinson, Mr Terence Morrow and Dr D Canavan

Thursday 18 November
Bacteriuria and Kidney Damage
Professor AW Asscher, Royal Infirmary, Cardiff

Thursday 25 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

December 1976

Thursday 2 December
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
Europe and its Environment
Sir John Peel, Past-President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

January 1977

Thursday 6 January
FAMILY PRACTITIONERS' SYMPOSIUM
General Practice in Canada
Dr B Darby
Family Practice in the Republic of Ireland
Dr MM Berber, Dublin
Title not available
Dr JN Lewis  Talk not given because of illness

Thursday 20 January
An Early Victorian Doctor's Postbag—Some Correspondence of AG Malcolm, MD
Dr HG Calwell, Honorary Archivist, Royal Victoria Hospital

February 1977

Thursday 3 February
JUNIOR MEMBERS' FORUM. WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Ankle Jerks, Thyroxine and Catecholamines
Dr C Russell
Treadmill Testing in Ischaemic Heart Disease
Dr K Balnave
An Investigation of the Availability of Laboratory Services to General Practitioners in the North of Ireland
Dr D White
The Role of Bradycardia in Experimental Myocardial Infarction
Dr D Allen

Thursday 10 February
Some Veterinary Medical Contacts
Mr RF Monie, Veterinary Surgeon, Belfast

Thursday 24 February
THE JAMES CRAIG MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Pigment Epithelium and its Outer Receptor Elements
Mr Alan C Bird, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

March 1977

Thursday 10 March
WITH THE SOCIETY FOR OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Absenteeism
Dr PJ Taylor, Post Office Central Headquarters, London

Thursday 24 March
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
From Napoleon to the Boer War—Military Surgery in the Century of the British Empire
Mr AS Till, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford

April 1977

Thursday 21 April
THE FOURTH ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE WITH THE SOCIETY OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Asbestosis, Carcinoma of the Lung and Mesotheliomas in Northern Ireland
Professor PC Elmes

May 1977

Thursday 5 May
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
The After effects of Severe Head Injury
Mr D Gordon
Minor Head Injuries
Mr W Rutherford
Legal Problems arising from Head Injury Cases
Mr John Creaney QC, Belfast

Meetings 1975 to 1976

President:  Dr DAD Montgomery

 

October 1975

Thursday [23?] October
The Ulster Medical Society—Quo Vadis?
Dr DAD Montgomery

November 1975

Thursday 6 November
The Professors of Surgery at the Queen's University of Belfast
Sir Ian Fraser

Thursday 20 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

Thursday 27 November
THE THIRD ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
The Apudomas—A Family of Endocrine Tumours
Professor RB Welbourn, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London

December 1975

Thursday 4 December
The Immunology of Infection
Dr TA McNeill
The Clinical Relevance of Autoimmunity
Dr Helen Mawhinney

January 1976

Thursday 15 January
The Problem Orientated Record
Professor WG Irwin
Medical Audit
Dr AG McKnight
The Role of the Community Hospital
Dr JS Garvin

Thursday 29 January
WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
The Infertile Marriage
Dr DAD Montgomery, Dr W Thompson and Dr T Kaytar

February 1976

Thursday 5 February
WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
Hypothalamic Regulatory Hormones and Their Clinical Applications
Professor R Hall, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne

Thursday 19 February
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Diabetes Mellitus—What Goes Awry?
Professor AE Renold, Geneva, Switzerland

March 1976

Thursday 11 March
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTIONERS
Secretin Up To Date
Dr RW Henry
The Identification of the Gastrointestinal Endocrine Cells
Dr RJ McFarland
Osteomalacia due to Anticonvulsant Therapy
Dr AAJ Redmond
Penetrating Head Injuries
Dr R Shillington
An Immunological Lesion in the Utero-placental Blood Vessel in Pre-eclampsia
Dr P Weir

Thursday 25 March
A New Medical School in Africa
Professor D Roy

May 1976

Thursday 6 May
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Advances in Multiple Sclerosis
Dr JHD Millar
Abnormalities of IgG in Multiple Sclerosis
Dr KG Porter
Neuropharmacology and the Affective Disorders
Dr D King

Meetings 1974 to 1975

President:  Professor JE Morison

 

October 1974

Thursday 24 October
One Entry into Life
Professor JE Morison

November 1974

Thursday 7 November
William Baird McQuitty, Clinician
Mr HW Gallagher

Thursday 21 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

December 1974

Thursday 5 December
WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
Coeliac Disease
Professor Brian McNicholl, Galway

January 1975

Thursday 9 January
The Importance of Grieving
Dr C Darragh, The Reverend Dr Lynas, Mrs I Kyle

Thursday 30 January
The Carotid Body in the High Andes and a film Survival in the Andes
Professor D Heath, Liverpool

February 1975

Thursday 6 February
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Human Umbilical Blood Flow
Dr D McCallum
Coliform Meningitis Within the First Year of Life
Dr J Hutchinson
Observations on Human Sweating
Dr J Allen
Some Thoughts on Anti-hypertensive Therapy in General Practice
Dr JB White
Macrocytic Anaemia in a Diabetic
Dr TS Callaghan

Friday 14 February
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH AND THE N.I. COUNCIL FOR POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
Recent Advances in the Study of Vitamin D
Professor H DeLuca, University of Wisconsin, USA

Thursday 20 February
Adventures in Physiology at QUB in World War II
Professor H Barcroft

April 1975

Thursday 10 April
THE SECOND ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
The Management of Malignant Disease
Professor S Lowry

Thursday 24 April
Curiosa et Exotica
Professor WStC Symmers, Charing Cross Hospital, London

May 1975

Thursday 8 May
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
A Symposium on Anorexia Nervosa
Dr Rosalind James and Dr DR Hadden

Meetings 1973 to 1974

President:  Mr DH Craig

 

October 1973

Thursday 3 October
The History of the Belfast City Hospital
Mr DH Craig

November 1973

Thursday 8 November
Music in Medicine
Dr M Swallow

Thursday 22 November
WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
The Epidemiology and Pathology of Hypertension
Dr ME Scott
The Endocrine Causes of Hypertension
Dr DAD Montgomery
Renal Aspects of Hypertension
Dr J McEvoy
The Management and Treatment of Hypertension in General Medical Practice
Dr B Mullally

December 1973

WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Thursday 6 December
Clinico-pathological Competition for the Biggart Trophy

January 1974

FAMILY PRACTITIONERS' SYMPOSIUM
Thursday ? January
The New Medical Records
Dr O Woods
Modern Management of Road Accidents
Dr H Baird
Some experiences as Ships' Doctors
Dr P McClements and Dr D Park

February 1974

Thursday 7 February
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
The Treatment of Chronic Peptic Ulceration
Professor JH Louw, University of Cape Town

Thursday 14 February
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Bone Tumours in Northern Ireland
Mr J Camblin
Some Aspects of Insulin and Glucagon
Dr E Trimble
Blood Levels in Valium Therapy
Dr J Gamble
Obstetrical Aspects of Hyaline Membrane Disease
Dr W Sproule
Human Placental Lactogen as a Placental Function Test
Dr T Kaytar  (Talk not given because of illness)

March 1974

Thursday 7 March
Clinical and Experimental Organ Transplantation
Professor Roy Caine, University of Cambridge

April 1974

THE FIRST ULSTER CANCER FOUNDATION LECTURE
Thursday 4 April
Whither Cancer Research?
Professor LG Lajtha, Christie Hospital, Manchester

Thursday 25 April
Personal Reminiscences of Sir Almroth Wright and Sir Alexander Fleming
Dr VD Allison

May 1974

WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Thursday 2 May
Human Sexuality—Disorders of Differentiation, Development and Identification
Dr DR Hadden, Dr J Glasgow, Dr J Quinn, Mr H McAllister, Miss J Graham, Mr G Harbison

Meetings 1972 to 1973

President:  President Dr JA McVicker

 

October 1972

12 October
Forty Years On
Dr JA McVicker

November 1972

Thursday 16 November
William Willis Dalziel Thomson
Mr HW Gallagher

December 1972

Thursday 14 December
Dealing With Injuries Following Explosions
Mr W Rutherford and team

January 1973

Thursday 11 January
Programme by Northern Ireland General Practitioners
Mountain Medicine
Dr ND Wright
Medicine in the Promised Land
Dr J Doherty
Space Medicine
Dr R Ormonde

March 1973

Thursday 1 March
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Napoleon and the Doctors
Major-General FM Richardson, Edinburgh

No more information available regarding this session

Meetings 1971 to 1972

President:  President Sir John Henry Biggart

 

September 1971

30 October
Cnidos v. Cos
Sir John Henry Biggart

October 1971

Thursday 21 October
JOINT MEETING WITH THE SOCIETY OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Medical Aspects of Oil Operations in the Arctic
Mr G Clothier, Chief Medical Officer, British Petroleum

November 1971

Thursday 11 November
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
John Alexander Sinton, VC, FRS—Soldier, Doctor, Scientist
Major General A Sachs

Thursday 16 December
Symposium by Northern Ireland General Practitioners
The Value of Profile Analysis
Professor WG Irwin, Queen's University, Belfast
Drug Hazards in the Elderly
Dr J Doherty, Enniskillen
Inderal
Dr Moran

January 1972

Thursday 13 January
Recent Studies on the Aetiology of Ischaemic Heart Disease
Professor T Crawford, St George's Hospital Medical School

March 1972

Thursday 23 March
Chromosome Damage Caused by the Treatment of Rheumatic Conditions
Dr AC Stevenson, Director of the MRC Population Genetic Unit, Oxford

April 1972

Thursday 6 April
History and the Half-Dead Disease
Professor GF Adams, Queen's University, Belfast

Thursday 13 April
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Symposium: Medical Aspects of the Current Civil Distrubances in Belfast
Changes Seen in a West Belfast Practice
Dr R Graham
The Psychiatric Effects in Young People
Dr MR Frazer
High Velocity Cranial Injuries
Mr C Gleadhill

Meetings 1970 to 1971

President:  Dr K Forsythe

 

October 1970

Thursday 1 October
The Ultimate Diagnosis
Dr K Forsythe

Thursday 22 October
Clio and Hygeia Meet in the Middle Sea
Professor V Griffiths, Professor of Surgery, Royal University of Malta

November 1970

Thursday 12 November
Symposium by Northern Ireland General Practitioners
Health Centres
Dr RP Maybin
Electrocardiography in General Practice
Dr H Baird
Sports Medicine
Dr R Graham

December 1970

Thursday 3 December
The Foundations of Belfast Medicine
Dr RWM Strain

January 1971

Thursday 14 January
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
The History of the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
Dr HG Calwell

March 1971

Thursday 18 March
Healthy People
Dr J Horder, General Practitioner, London

April 1971

Friday 2 April
JOINT MEETING WITH THE SECTION OF MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF IRELAND
Symposium on Gastro-intestinal Medicine
Human and Hamster Brush Borders
Dr Haughton and Dr McCarthy, University College, Galway
Ischaemic Disease of the Intestine
Dr Hourihane and Dr McDonald, Trinity College, Dublin
Immunity and the Gut
Dr AH Love, Queen's University, Belfast
Glucagon in the Gut
Dr KD Buchanan and Dr RF Murphy, Queen's University, Belfast

Thursday 8 April
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Symposium on Pain
The Use and Abuse of Analgesic Drugs
Professor PC Elmes
Surgical Treatment of Pain
Mr C Gleadhill
Entrapment Neuropathy
Dr M Swallow
The Psychiatric Aspects of Pain
Dr WO McCormick

Meetings 1969 to 1970

President:  Dr RS Allison

 

October 1969

Thursday 23 October
The Parietal Lobes: Clinical And Pathological Aspects Of Their Dysfunction
Dr RS Alison

Thursday 30 October
Crohn's Disease
Mr J W Kyle

November 1969

Thursday 13 November
The Management of Hypertension in the Young Adult
Sir Max Rosenheim, President of the Royal College of Physicians, England

January 1970

Thursday 29 January
Symposium: Modern Trends in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Modern Techniques for Induction of Ovulation
Dr JMG Harley
Birth Control
Professor JHM Pinkerton
Screening for Bacteriuria in Pregnancy
Dr K Houston
Malabsorption Syndromes and Pregnancy
Dr Whitfield
Modern Management of Isoimmunisation
Dr Carson
Placental Enzymes in the Diagnosis of Placental Insufficiency
Dr Hunter

March 1970

Thursday 12 March
WITH THE ULSTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Vascular Disease of the Brain and Extracerebral Vessels
Dr H Shepperd
Cerebro-vascular Accidents
Mr A Taylor
Little Strokes
Dr L Hurwitz

No further information is available for this year.

Meetings 1968 to 1969

President:  Dr RWM Strain

 

October 1968

Thursday 17 October
University Square—A Sentimental Retrospect
Dr RWM Strain

Thursday 31 October
The History of the Mater Infirmorum Hospital
Mr R Casement

November 1968

Thursday 28 November
WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Theology and Medicine
The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, Dr R Wyse-Jackson
(Paper read by The Reverend Brian Harvey, Canon Theologian to St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast)

December 1968

Thursday 12 December
General Considerations in the Management of Infections
Professor P Beeson

January 1969

Thursday 16 January
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
The Foundation and Early Development of the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
Dr HG Calwell

Thursday 30 January
The Predictability of Coronary Heart Disease
Dr R Mulcahy

February 1969

Thursday 13 February
The Illness of George III and its Influence on the Development of British Psychiatry
Dr R Hunter

Thursday 20 February
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
The Postgraduate Centre
Dr J Lister

Thursday 27 February
Nasal Carcinoma in Wood Workers
Professor ED Acheson

March 1969

Thursday 6 March
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Intravascular Thrombosis and its Treatment
Professor S Douglas

Meetings 1967 to 1968

President:  Sir Ian Fraser

 

October 1967

Thursday 19 October
Father and Son—A Tale of Two Cities
Sir Ian Fraser

November 1967

Thursday 2 November
The Management of Multiple Injuries
Mr Osmond-Clarke

Thursday 16 November
WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
The Management of Babies of Diabetic Mothers
Dr Farquhar

Thursday 30 November
WITH THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
The Safety of Drugs
Sir Derrick Dunlop

January 1968

Thursday 4 January
Jonathan Swift, His Private Life and Personality
Mr TG Wilson

Thursday 18 January
Joseph Lister
Dr FF Cartwright

February 1968

Thursday 1 February
Diseases of the Colon
Sir Clifford Naunton Morgan

Thursday 22 February
John Keats, Apothecary and Poet
Dr CT Andrews

April 1968

Thursday 4 April
A Symposium on Vertigo
Mr G Smyth, Dr L Hurwitz, Mr T Wilmot and Dr A Kerr

Meetings 1966 to 1967

President:  Mr JA Price

 

October 1966

Thursday 20 October
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
The Early Ovariotomists— Pioneers In Abdominal Surgery
Mr JA Price

November 1966

Thursday 3 November
Undergraduate Medical Education
Professor J Vallance-Owen
Postgraduate Medical Education
Dr J McKnight

Thursday 17 November
Drugs for the Relief of Severe Pain
Dr WB Loan
Current Views on Diverticular Disease of the Colon
Mr G Parks
Cardiac Resuscitation
Dr JS Geddes
Angioplacentography
Dr W Thompson
Selective Vagotomy
Dr J Black

December 1966

Thursday 15 December
WITH THE ULSTER NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Introduction to the Non-metastatic Effects of Tumours
Dr TT Fulton
Neurological Non-metastatic Tumour Syndromes
Dr L Hurwitz
Endocrinological Non-metastatic Tumour Syndromes
Dr DAD Montgomery
Haematological Non-metastatic Tumour Syndromes
Dr J Bridges
Dermatological Non-metastatic Tumour Syndromes
Dr M Beare
The Pathology of Non-metastatic Tumour Syndromes
Dr I Allen

January 1967

Thursday 12 January
A Review of Ulcerative Colitis
Dr A Connell
A Surgeon's Experience of Ulcerative Colitis
Mr W Wilson

February 1967

Thursday 9 February
A History of the Ulster Medical Society
Dr RWM Strain

March 1967

Thursday 2 March
The History of Obstetrical Intervention
Dr A Browne

Thursday 9 March
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Developments in Geriatrics in the Last Decade
Professor F Anderson

Thursday 30 March
WITH THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
General Practice and Medical Education
Dr PS Byrne

Meetings 1965 to 1966

President:  Mr JS Loughridge

 

October 1965

Thursday 14 October
Keir Building, Stranmillis Road *
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
What of the Future?
Mr JS Loughridge

November 1965

Thursday 11 November
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL LECTURE
Observations out of Time
Sir John McMichael

December 1965

Friday 10 December
WITH THE ULSTER NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
Late Effects of Head Injury—The Neurosurgical View
Mr AR Taylor
Late Effects of Head Injury—The Psychiatric View
Dr J Nabney
Late Effects of Head Injury—The Practitioner's View
Dr SJ Gibson
Late Effects of Head Injury—The Legal View
Mr Maurice Gibson QC

January 1966

Thursday 6 January
WITH THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Disease in General Practice with Special Reference to Migraine
Dr JS McCormick

Thursday 20 January
WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Diabetes in Pregnancy
Dr I Drury
Diabetes in Pregnancy
Dr G Harley

Friday 28 January
WITH THE NORTH OF IRELAND VETERINARY ASSOCIATION
Medical and Veterinary Aspects of Brucellosis and its Control
Dr WR Kerr
Brucellosis
Dr PC Elmes

February 1966

Thursday 3 February
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
THE BEECHAM LECTURE
Some Aspects of Peptic Ulcer
Mr KG McKeown

Thursday 17 February
WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
Reflections of a Part-time Obstetrician
Dr A Eakins
Left Bundle Branch Block
Dr SSA Fenton
Trans-abdominal Transfusion of the Foetus
Dr JS Dick
New Test of Pituitary and Adrenal Function
Dr JK Nelson
Neo-natal Convulsions
Dr LA Sherski

March 1966

Thursday 3 March
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Oliver Goldsmith—Poet, Vagabond and Doctor
Dr CT Andrews

Tuesday 29 March
Plastics in Ophthalmology
Mr E Cowan
What's New in Otology
Mr G Smyth
Inner Ear Disturbances
Mr H Shepperd

* The first meeting to be held there after the closure of the Whitla Medical Institute

Meetings 1964 to 1965

President:  Dr Kathleen M Cathcart

 

October 1964

Thursday 29 October
The Whitla Medical Institute
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Where is Our Logic?
Dr Kathleen M Cathcart

November 1964

Thursday 12 November
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Lung Cancer and Bronchitis in Northern Ireland
Dr G Dean

January 1965

Thursday 7 January
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Dr JF Pantridge

Thursday 21 January
The Whitla Medical Institute
THE ETHICON LECTURE
Non-malignant Lesions of the Breast
Miss AH Baker

February 1965

Thursday 4 February
The Whitla Medical Institute
THE ICI LECTURE
Some Aspects of Renal Stone
Professor LN Pyrah

Thursday 18 February
The Whitla Medical Institute
Management of Kidney Failure
Dr MG McGeown
The Clinical Assessment of Bladder Cancer
Mr B Gray
Problems of Urinary Diversion
Mr J Megaw

March 1965

Thursday 4 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
An Investigation into the Incidence of Hypoparathyroidism Following a Thyroidectomy
Dr DAD Montgomery
The Pathology of Asbestosis
Professor E McCaughey
The Epidemiology of Asbestosis
Dr PC Elmes

Thursday 18 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
The Care of the Dying
Dr C Saunders

April 1965

Thursday 1 April
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
The Significance of False Positive Phenistix Reactions
Dr N Carson
The Partial Thoracic Stomach (Hiatus Hernia) as a Cause of Vomiting in Infancy
Professor I Carre
Child Accidents in the Home
Dr JA Dodge

Meetings 1963 to 1964

President:  Mr JR Wheeler

 

October 1963

Thursday 24 October
The Whitla Medical Institute
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Three Generations
Mr JR Wheeler

November 1963

Thursday 7 November
The Whitla Medical Institute
Paralytic Poliomyelitis 1958–1962
Dr FF Kane
Non-paralytic Poliomyelitis 1958–1962
Dr J Connolly
Poliomyelitis Immunisation
Dr D Dane

December 1963

Thursday 5 December
The Whitla Medical Institute
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Two Cultures
Professor CHG Macafee

January 1964

Thursday 9 January
The Whitla Medical Institute
Mental Barriers to Recovery From Stroke
Dr G Adams and Dr L Hurwitz

Thursday 23 January
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
THE JAMES CRAIG LECTURE
Contemporary Association of Ophthalmic and Plastic Surgery
Sir Benjamin Rycroft

February 1964

Thursday 6 February
The Whitla Medical Institute
Plastic Surgery of the Hand
Mr W Dickie and Mr N Hughes

Thursday 20 February
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
General Practitioner Obstetrics—An Urban Practitioner's Experience
Dr GTC Hamilton

March 1964

Thursday 5 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
The Pressure Chamber
Professor Sir Charles Illingworth

Thursday 19 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
Modern Trends in Cardiac Surgery
Mr DN Ross

Meetings 1962 to 1963

President:  Dr CW Kidd

 

October 1962

Thursday 18 October
The Whitla Medical Institute
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Sir William Whitla—Profile of a Benefactor
Dr CW Kidd

November 1962

Thursday 1 November
The Whitla Medical Institute
Lesions of the Vulva
Professor CHG Macafee

Thursday 22 November
The Whitla Medical Institute
Cholera—A Trip to the Far East
Professor GM Bull

December 1962

Thursday 13 December
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Pituitary Tumours in Cushings Syndrome
Dr DAD Montgomery
Diagnosis of Virus Diseases in General Practice
Professor GWA Dick
Obstetric Suction Apparatus and its Uses
Mr GB Gibson

January 1963

Thursday 24 January
The Whitla Medical Institute
Brucellosis
Dr IW Kerr

February 1963

Thursday 21 February
The Whitla Medical Institute
THE ETHICON LECTURE
Transplantation of the Kidney in Man
Professor MFA Woodruff

March 1963

Thursday 7 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
Physically Handicapped Babies—Some Thalidomide Lessons
Dr AW Franklin

Thursday 21 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Group Practice—Description and Assessment
Dr HW Dunn and Dr N Wright

April 1963

Thursday 4 April
The Whitla Medical Institute
The New Drug—Is It Any Good?
Professor O Wade

Meetings 1961 to 1962

President:  Mr FA McLaughlin

 

October 1961

Thursday 19[?] October
The Whitla Medical Institute
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
The Other Side of Medicine
Mr FA McLaughlin

November 1961

Thursday 9 November
The Whitla Medical Institute
THE BEECHAM LECTURE
Antibiotics and Corticosteroids in the Management of Disease
Dr G James

December 1961

Thursday 7 December
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Research in General Practice. The Patient, Hospital and Family Doctor. A Survey in One Practice
Dr P Maybin

January 1962

Thursday 11 January
The Whitla Medical Institute
The Patient's Need and the Doctor's Response
Professor JG Gibson

Thursday 25 January
The Whitla Medical Institute
The Meeting Place of Medicine and Dentistry
Professor PJ Stoy

February 1962

Thursday 8 February
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
The Surgical Treatment of New Born Babies
Miss I Forshall

Thursday 22 February
The Whitla Medical Institute
Medical Education in the United States of America
Dr JB Gibson

March 1962

Thursday 8 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE ULSTER PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
Nephrosis
Professor A Moncrieff

Thursday 22 March
B.M.A. House, Ormeau Road
WITH THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
THE ICI LECTURE
Gall Stones and Their Implications
Mr McN Love

April 1962

Thursday 5 April
The Whitla Medical Institute
The Deep-seated Fungal Infections as Problems in Clinical and Laboratory Practice in the British Isles Today
Professor W St Clair Symmers

Meetings 1960 to 1961

President:  Dr JAL Johnston

 

October 1960

Thursday 20 October
The Whitla Medical Institute
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
The Medical History of Londonderry
Dr JAL Johnston

November 1960

Thursday 10 November
The Whitla Medical Institute
THE ICI LECTURE
The Problem of Simple Goitre
Mr S Taylor

Thursday 24 November
The Whitla Medical Institute
Erythema Nodosum, Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis
Dr TG Milliken

January 1961

Thursday 26 January
The Whitla Medical Institute
Social Medicine in India
Professor J Pemberton

February 1961

Thursday 16 February
The Whitla Medical Institute
WITH THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
The Use of Anticoagulants in General Practice
Dr WM Loughridge

March 1961

Thursday 2 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
Iodine Goitre
Dr JA Weaver
A New Treatment for Gout
Dr C Lucy
Chlorpropamide in Diabetes
Dr DR Hadden
Glucophage in Diabetes
Dr G Allen
The Spectrum of Diabetes in a Hospital Clinic
Dr J Rosensweig

Thursday 9 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
The Surgery of Deafness
Mr T Cawthorne

Thursday 23 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
Hypertension
Dr T Hanbey

April 1961

Thursday 13 April
The Whitla Medical Institute
Antenatal Paediatrics
Professor JHM Pinkerton

Thursday 20 April
The Whitla Medical Institute
Metabolic Disease of Bones
Professor CE Dent

Meetings 1959 to 1960

President:  Dr J C Smyth

 

October 1959

Thursday 22 October
The Whitla Medical Institute
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
The Poor Relation—A History of Dentistry
Dr JC Smyth

November 1959

Thursday 5 November
The Whitla Medical Institute
Emphysema
Professor O Wade
Physiology of the Normal Lung
Dr RWB Penman
Excess Sputum Production
Dr PC Elmes
Testing of Antitussives
Dr JAC Ball

December 1959

Thursday 10 December
The Whitla Medical Institute
The Mechanics of Bladder Control
Mr SA Vincent

February 1960

Thursday 4 February
The Whitla Medical Institute
Demonstration of Open Heart Surgery in Moscow
Dr A Hollman

March 1960

Wednesday 2 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
Medical and Other Problems in the Rhodesias and Nyasaland
Professor HW Rodgers

Thursday 10 March
The Whitla Medical Institute
Some Facts about Accident Neurosis
Dr H Miller

April 1960

Thursday 7 April
The Whitla Medical Institute
Facial Pain
Mr TG Ward

Thursday 21 April
The Whitla Medical Institute
With the College of General Practitioners
Wilson's Disease
Mr DW Neill and Dr CG Warnock

May 1960

Thursday 5 May
The Whitla Medical Institute
The Assessment of the Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Rheumatic and Congenital Heart Disease
Dr JF Pantridge