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