Scientific Programme Archives

2008

23 September

BOOK LAUNCH - 'Touching Distance'   FROM FATAL FLOWERS TO GERM THEORY:

The Story of a Remarkable Aberdonian Physician                                        

Rebecca Abrams , Author and Journalist

16 October

UNDERGRADUATE ELECTIVE PRESENTATIONS
Joint meeting with Aberdeen University Medical Society

6 November

FORESTERHILL DEVELOPMENT

Dr Roelf Dijkhuizen, - Medical Director, NHS Grampian

and

Mr Graeme Smith, Head of Service Director - NHS Grampian

ANNUAL FOUNDERS' DINNER 

The Marcliffe at Pitfodels

4 December

EATING DISORDERS: What are they and what can we do about them?
Dr Harry Millar, Chairman - North of Scotland Managed Clinical Network for Eating Disorders

2009

8 January

FROM GLADIATORS TO GENE THERAPISTS: Who Loses in the Drugs Race?
Professor Mike Greaves, Head of School of Medicine and Professor of Haematology - University of Aberdeen

24 January

(Saturday)

BURNS' SUPPER

Joint meeting with Aberdeen University Medical Society

5 February

REVALIDATION: The Future
Professor Stephen Field, Chairman - UK Council Royal College of General Practitioners

5 March

UROLOGICAL CANCER: Do we care?
Professor James N'Dow - Department of Urology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

2 April

NEW OBSERVATIONS IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Dr Carl Counsell, Senior Lecturer - Department of Neurology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

7 May

CAUDWELL XTREME EVEREST: New Perspectives on Hypoxic Adaptation

Dr Mike Grocott, Senior Lecturer in Physiology - University College, London and Consultant in Intensive Care, University College Hospital

5 June

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
Dr David G Millar

2007

4 October

RHEUMATOLOGY SERVICES & RESEARCH IN ABERDEEN: The shape of things to come
Professor David Reid, Chair in Rheumatology - University of Aberdeen

5 October

JAZZ EVENING
The Forum - 7.30 pm, 3 Skene Terrace, Aberdeen

11 October

UNDERGRADUATE ELECTIVE PRESENTATIONS
Joint meeting with Aberdeen University Medical Society

1 November

PLANNING FOR A HEALTIER SCOTLAND

Dr Aileen Keel, Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Scottish Executive Health Directorates

ANNUAL FOUNDERS' DINNER 

The Marcliffe at Pitfodels

6 December

WHO NEEDS GENERALISTS: The Changing Role of Medicine in the Information Age
Professor David Haslam, President - Royal College of General Practitioners

2008

10 January

FROM GLADIATORS TO GENE THERAPISTS: Who Loses in the Drugs Race?
Professor Mike Greaves, Head of School of Medicine and Professor of Haematology - University of Aberdeen

7 February

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: The New Epidemic
Dr Nicholas Fluck, Consultant Physician - Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

16 February

(Saturday)

MED-CHI OPEN DAY

Showcasing talents and interests of Medical Students and Med-Chi Members with live music, talks, an art exhibition and refreshments

6 March

RISING TIDES
Dr Colin Fleming, Consultant Dermatologist - Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

3 April

WHO'S WINNING THE WAR: The NHS or MRSA?
Dr Ian M Gould, Consultant Microbiologist - Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

1 May

NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Recent Developments in Medical Education and Research in the Highlands and Islands

Professor Malcolm Laing, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in Inverness

Professor David Godden, Director of the Centre for Rural Health

Professor Alasdair Munro, Retired General Surgeon
Raigmore Hospital, Inverness

5 June

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
Dr Marion I White

7 October

COLORECTAL CANCER - FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE

Professor E El-Omar, Professor of Gastroenterology - University of Aberdeen

Professor A Mowat, Consultant Gastroenterologist - Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

19 October

ELECTIVE PRESENTATIONS

2 November

MATTHEW HAY PROJECT

Mr John Miller, Architect and other members of the Project Team

11 November

(Saturday)

ANNUAL FOUNDERS' DINNER

The Marcliffe at Pitfodels

7 December

IMPROVING AND PROTECTING HEALTH

Professor Cairns Smith, Professor of Public Health - University of Aberdeen

11 January

NUTRITION AND PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE: HOPES AND REALITIES

Professor Peter J Morgan, Director - The Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen

18 January

BURNS NIGHT

With Aberdeen University Medical Society

Queen's Hotel, Aberdeen

1 February

DIABETES - NEW OPTIONS FOR CLINICAL CHALLENGES

Dr Donald W M Pearson, Consultant Physician and Head of Diabetic Service - Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

1 March

THE TROUBLE WITH MEDICAL JOURNALS

Dr Richard Smith, Chief Executive of UnitedHealth Europe and Former Editor of the British Medical Journal

5 April

MODERN MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION

Professor G T McInnes, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Head of Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Stroke Medicine - University of Glasgow

3 May

THE FUTURE OF MAN: AN ECOLOGIST'S VIEW

Professor Jeremy Greenwood, Director - British Trust for Ornithology

7 June

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

Dr W Melvin Morrison

5 October

COMMUNICATING ENTHUSIASM

Mr Mark Stephen - BBC Scotland

20 October

ELECTIVE PRESENTATIONS

3 November

... AND THE SYSTEM HAS TO BE CHANGED, THE EVOLUTION OF ATLS

Dr Dermot McKeown, Consultant Anaesthetist - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

12 November

(Saturday)

ANNUAL FOUNDERS' DINNER

The Marcliffe at Pitfodels

1 December

THE LEGACY OF SIMPSON

Professor Andrew Calder, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology - University of Edinburgh

12 January

AFTER SARS, WHAT NEXT

Dr Rob Laing, Consultant in Infectious Diseases - Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

19 January

BURNS NIGHT

With Aberdeen University Medical Society

Queen's Hotel, Aberdeen

2 February

MODERNISING MEDICAL CAREERS

Professor, Sir John Temple, Past President - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

2 March

IMPROVING SCOTLAND'S HEALTH - NEW THOUGHTS

Dr Harry Burns, Chief Medical Officer, Scotland

6 April

THE MODERN SURGEON AT WAR

Col. Mike Stewart - Royal Army Medical Corps

4 May

... AND THE TEAM DOCTOR IS BEING CALLED ONTO THE PITCH ...

Dr James Robson & Professor Donald MacLeod - Scottish Rugby Union

1 June

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

Professor J D Hutchison

"THE VIEW FROM THE DWARF"

CHILDREN'S SURGERY IN NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND - EVOLUTION OF THE SERVICE

Visit to Institute of Child Health, Children's Hospital

Professor George Youngson - Dept of Surgical Paediatrics, ARI

ELECTIVE PRESENTATIONS

Joint meeting with Aberdeen Medical Society

WHAT ARE MY CHANCES, DOCTOR

Dr Keith Beard, Consultant Physician, Medicine for the Elderly, Mansonhouse Unit - Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow

13 November

(Saturday)

ANNUAL FOUNDERS' DINNER

The Marcliffe at Pitfodels

FITS, FAINTS AND FUNNY TURNS

Dr R Duncan, Consultant Neurologist - Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

13 January

IMAGING WIZARDRY BY THE WITCHES OF FORESTERHILL

Professor Fiona Gilbert, Head of Dept., Roland Sutton Chair of Radiology - University of Aberdeen

20 January

BURNS NIGHT

With Aberdeen University Medical Society

Queen's Hotel, Aberdeen

3 February

SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY

Professor Gordon N Dutton, Consultant Ophthalmologist - Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology

3 March

REMOTE AND ISLAND MEDICINE

Dr Leo Murray, Consultant Physician - Broadford Hospital, Skye

7 April

A WAKE UP CALL ON SLEEP DISORDERS

Professor Neil Douglas, President - Royal College of Physicans of Edinburgh

5 May

HISTORY OF HEADACHES OF MEDICINE REGULATIONS

Sir Alasdair Breckenridge, Chairman - Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

2 June

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

Dr John Webster

2 October

THE HISTORY OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED THEREFROM
Professor Sir Kenneth Calman
Vice-Chancellor and Warden, University of Durham

23 October

ELECTIVE PRESENTATIONS
Joint meeting with Aberdeen Medical Society

6 November

ORTHOPAEDIC EXHIBITION
VISIT TO THE ABERDEEN MARITIME MUSEUM
Mr Alex Adam
Librarian, Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society

15 November

ANNUAL FOUNDERS' DINNER
(Saturday) The Marcliffe at Pitfodels

4 December

MAKING AN 'IMMPACT' ON MATERNAL MORTALITY
Professor Wendy Graham
Director, Dugald Baird Centre for Research, University of Aberdeen

2004

8 January

THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE 21st CENTURY
Professor Stephen D Logan - Provost & Head of College, College of Life Sciences & Medicine, University of Aberdeen

22 January

BURNS NIGHT
With Aberdeen University Medical Society
Queen's Hotel, Aberdeen

5 February

GMC – DAWN OR DUSK?
Sir Graeme Catto - President, General Medical Council

4 March

HEALTH & WEALTH
Dr Mac Armstrong - Chief Medical Officer Scotland

1 April

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ACADEMIC GENERAL PRACTICE
Professor John Howie - Emeritus Professor of General Practice, University of Edinburgh

6 May

THE NEW GENETICS: ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT STEP FOR MANKIND
Professor Neva Haites - Associate Dean (Clinical), University of Aberdeen

3 June

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
Professor Lewis D Ritchie