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