2021 Recent advances in medicine and surgery: This one-day symposium, held annually, offers a series of brief reviews of clinical topics which have seen recent advances, either in pathogenesis, investigation or treatment, given by speakers who are authorities in their fields.
Date and time: Thu 2 Dec 2021 from 10:00am to 4:20pm
Among the subjects to be addressed this year are:
- Air pollution and health
- Battlefield surgery
- Multiple sclerosis
- Post-COVID syndrome – pathogenesis and treatment
The meeting will deliver broad, accessible and stimulating updates on topics that hold key clinical importance and current interest, directly relevant to physicians, surgeons, GPs and others involved in healthcare.
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Standard pricing available until 01 December 2021.
AGENDA
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Dr Richard Lansdown, Chairman, Retired Fellows Society, Royal Society of Medicine
Session one
Chair: Professor Robin Williamson, Committee Member, Retired Fellows Society, Royal Society of Medicine
Pulmonary Fibrosis in the 21st century
Dr Helen Parfrey, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Papworth Hospital
Discussion
Maxillofacial update
Mr Nadeem Saeed, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London and The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Discussion
Battlefield surgery
Mr David Nott, Consultant Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Discussion
Lunch
Chair: Professor Humphrey Scott, Dean, Royal Society of Medicine
Adolescent mental health
Dr Michael Groszmann, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Discussion
Dengue fever
Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Discussion
Tea and coffee break
Chair: Dr David Murfin, Committee Member, Retired Fellows Society, Royal Society of Medicine
Multiple sclerosis: Disease-modifying treatment
Professor Jeremy Chataway, Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Professor of Neurology, University College London
Discussion
Long COVID
Professor Hugh Montgomery, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London
Discussion
Closing remarks and close of meeting
The origins of the Royal Society of Medicine date back to the 18th century when, throughout Europe, medical societies began to be founded with the object of bringing together physicians and surgeons.
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