SUTTON
AND DISTRICT
MEDICAL
SOCIETY
2023-2024
Founded 1919
President:
Dr Hervey Wilcox
Web-site: www.sdmedicalsociety.org
Email: s.d.m.society@gmail.com
All events are: Reception 7.15, Dinner 7.45
pm, Lecture 9.00 p.m.
at Banstead Downs Golf Club unless
otherwise stated.
PROGRAMME: 2023-2024
Wednesday 4th October 2023
The MacBean Ross
Lecture
Dr Jeremy Cashman, MD, FRCA
Consultant Anaesthetist, St George’s Hospital
(rtd)
Self-Experimentation in Medicine
Wednesday 1st November 2023
Cressy Memorial Lecture
Mr John Beynon, FRCS, FRCOG
Consultant
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist retd. St. Richard’s Hospital, Chichester
Mallory and Everest
Wednesday 6th December 2023
Ann and Peter Snow in conversation,
talking about
their long careers and adventures in journalism.
Ann is former
London bureau chief of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Peter
spent has spent his working life at ITN and the BBC.
With Questions
and Answers
Wednesday 10th January 2024
Dr Glenn Flux, PhD
Head of Radioisotope Physics, Royal Marsden Hospital
Radioactive drugs: Into the light
Wednesday 7th February 2024
The Ian Smith Memorial Lecture
Dr Eluzai Hakim, FRCP, DTM & H
Retired Consultant Physician in Rehabilitation Medicine, St
Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight
Founder of the
Southern Sudan Medical Journal &
International
Adviser to the Royal College of Physicians on South Sudan.
Health provision in South Sudan: where did it all
go wrong?
Wednesday 6th
March 2024
Annual General
Meeting
Mr Steven Harsum
MBBS, BSc, PhD, FRCOphth
Consultant
Ophthalmologist & Vitreoretinal Surgeon
Epsom & St Helier
University Hospitals NHS Trust
“What I Love About Eyes”
Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Mr Harvey White, DM, MCh, FRCS.
Consultant Surgeon, (retd.), Royal Marsden Hospitals (Fulham and Sutton)
East to Barts
(Based on his book celebrating
Barts’ 900th Anniversary)
Wednesday 1st May 2024
Annual Dinner at BDGC
Dr Christopher Harland
Consultant Dermatologist, Epsom & St
Helier University Hospitals
“Sageism”
Committee
Past- President: Dr John Clark
Honorary Treasurer: Mr Leslie Ross
Honorary Archivist: Dr Steve Hyer
Honorary Secretary: Mr Nicholas Madden
Dr Michael Bending, Dr Jeremy Cashman, Dr Gary Heron,
Dr Penelope Hewitt, Dr Elizabeth North, Dr David Thomas,
Dr Martyn Wake,
The Sutton and District Medical Society was founded in 1919 by Dr
Arthur Cressy, who was a General Practitioner (GP) at Wallington Green. His purpose in creating the Society was to
foster a spirit of mutual help between the GPs in the area of Surrey comprising
Wallington, Carshalton, Sutton and Cheam.
At the inception of the National Health Service in 1948 many new
consultants were appointed in the area and were invited to join the Society. In
2018 the Merton Medical Society merged with Sutton & District Medical Society, hence no name change.
Until a few years ago, all lectures were strictly medical in nature
but, with the widespread provision of Continuing Medical Education (CME/CPD) in
the local Postgraduate Centres, a broader range of topics of general interest
are now covered. Partners, friends and
young relatives interested in medical careers are welcomed as guests to the
evening meetings which provide a most valuable local professional network for
colleagues and their families.
The standard monthly meetings from October to March are held at
Banstead Downs Golf Club, Burdon Lane, Cheam, Sutton, Surrey SM2 7DD and
consist of a reception at 7.15 pm, followed by dinner at 7.45 pm, then a
lecture at about 9 pm, with time for discussion. Members unable to get to the reception and
dinner are welcome to attend the lectures. The current charge for attending the
monthly receptions plus dinners is
£ 35.00 (no charge
for the lectures). Each year the Society also holds a a formal Black-Tie Dinner
in May.
Medical Practitioners living or working in the area are welcome to
join. The current subscription is £30 per annum.
Application forms can be obtained from the Honorary Secretary s.d.m.society@gmail.com
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