About this event

  • Date and time Thu 30 Nov 2023 from 10:00am to 4:20pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Senior Fellows Forum

Registration, tea and coffee: 10:00am
Event: 10:30am
Close of meeting: 4:20pm

This one-day annual symposium 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. This event will provide an update on targeted therapy in cancer, as well as information on the prediction, prevention and management of future pandemics.

Among the subjects to be addressed this year are: 

  • Life expectancy
  • Malnutrition in hospitals
  • Liver surgery
  • Deafness
  • Kidney disease

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.

Participants will be able to:

  • Know about recent developments across a wide field of subjects of topical interest.   
  • Learn about new techniques in areas of medical and surgical practice.   
  • Help appreciate the value of a multidisciplinary approach in modern medicine. 

This event is available to attend in person or virtually. Please select your preference below.

A recording will be available for all registered delegates for up to 60 days after the event. The link will be sent 24 hours after the meeting.

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Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Dr Jeffrey Rosenberg, Chairman, Senior Fellows Forum, Royal Society of Medicine

Session one

Chair: Professor Robin Williamson

Falling life expectancy in the UK

Professor Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University Centre for the Environment

Discussion
Malnutrition in hospital

Professor Marinos Elia, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

Discussion
The modern scope of liver surgery

Professor Long Jiao, Consultant Surgeon, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Discussion
Lunch

Session two

Chair: Group Captain John Skipper, Honorary Secretary, Senior Fellows Forum, Royal Society of Medicine

Hearing and deafness – why it matters and what’s possible in 2023

Mr Joseph Manjaly, Consultant Otologist, Auditory Implant and ENT Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Discussion
Chronic kidney disease

Professor David Goldsmith, Professor and Emeritus Consultant Nephrologist, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Discussion
Tea and coffee break

Session three

Chair: Professor Gillian Leng, Dean and President-Elect, Royal Society of Medicine

Targeted therapy in cancer

Professor Andrew Wardley, Consultant Medical Oncologist, London

Discussion
The curious rarity of ileal carcinoma

Professor Robin Williamson

Discussion
Close of meeting
View the programme

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Dr Jeffrey Rosenberg, Chairman, Senior Fellows Forum, Royal Society of Medicine

Session one

Chair: Professor Robin Williamson

Falling life expectancy in the UK

Professor Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University Centre for the Environment

Discussion
Malnutrition in hospital

Professor Marinos Elia, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

Discussion
The modern scope of liver surgery

Professor Long Jiao, Consultant Surgeon, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Discussion
Comfort break

Session two

Chair: Group Captain John Skipper, Honorary Secretary, Senior Fellows Forum, Royal Society of Medicine

Hearing and deafness – why it matters and what’s possible in 2023

Mr Joseph Manjaly, Consultant Otologist, Auditory Implant and ENT Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Discussion
Chronic kidney disease

Professor David Goldsmith, Professor and Emeritus Consultant Nephrologist, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Discussion
Comfort break

Session three

Chair: Professor Gillian Leng, Dean and President-Elect, Royal Society of Medicine

Targeted therapy in cancer

Professor Andrew Wardley, Consultant Medical Oncologist, London

Discussion
The curious rarity of ileal carcinoma

Professor Robin Williamson

Discussion
Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Disclaimers:

Registration for this event will close on 29 November 2023 at 1:00am (GMT) for the in-person event and 30 November for the live stream. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

We are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. This is at the presenter and the RSM’s discretion.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.

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