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2021 Recent advances in medicine and surgery

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.

Can’t make it in person for this event? You can also book to watch this event via live stream by clicking here.

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Standard pricing available until 01 December 2021.

AGENDA

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Dr Richard LansdownChairman, 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
Session Two

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
Session three

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
3:45pm
Long COVID

Professor Hugh Montgomery, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University  College London 

Discussion
4:20pm
Closing remarks and close of meeting
The Royal Society of Medicine: The Royal Society of Medicine is one of the UK’s major providers of postgraduate medical education. Independent and apolitical, the Society promotes an exchange of information and ideas on the science, practice and organisation of medicine. 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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