Programme 2020–2021
IMPORTANT NOTICE – CORONAVIRUS – future meetings and events
Until it is possible to resume meetings at the Medical Society of London, meetings will be held online via ZOOM
Please visit this page before attending any event.
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Presidential Address: Expert Witnesses Past Present & Future 8th October 2020 Professor Harry Zeitlin
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The Consequences of Torture 12th November 2020 Dr Margaret Brearley
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Medicines and Murder
10th December 2020 Professor Robin Ferner, Honorary Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist at City Hospital Birmingham, and Honorary Consultant at the West Midlands Centre for Adverse Drug Reactions.
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Medical Legal Considerations in Premier League Football 14th January 2021 Dr Gary O’Driscoll, Head of Sports Medicine, Arsenal Football Club
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What is a Pandemic? 11th February 2021 Dr Nathalie MacDermott, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer King’s College London
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Speaker and Subject to be confirmed
11th March 2021
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Rumours, Myths and Realities 8th April 2021 Jeremy Chipperfield, HM Coroner for County Durham & Darlington
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Air Pollution – The Greatest Public Risk of our Time
13th May 2021 Professor Stephen Holgate CBE, Professor of Immunopharmacology, Medical Research Council
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The Importance of a transparently independent & professional investigation when things have gone wrong or accusations made
10th June 2021 Tom Kark QC, QEB Hollis Whitman Chambers
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Annual Dinner 21 June 2021 The Rt Hon Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws Professor Iain Hutchison |
Attendance at meetings is limited to Members of the Society and their guests. However, if you would like to come to one meeting as a “Taster” before joining, please contact the secretary Sandra Marcantonio at [email protected] or any other member of the Society’s Council.
Membership is open to anyone interested in Medico-Legal matters. For membership details, see here. Students are welcome and may join at a reduced subscription.
With the exception of the Annual Dinner, or unless otherwise stated, all meetings take place at 7 pm at:
The Medical Society of London
Lettsom House
11 Chandos Street
Cavendish Square
London
W1G 9EB
See below for a map.
Meetings are followed by a drinks reception.
If you have any queries, please contact us.
