About this event

  • Date and time Thu 17 Oct 2019 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Urology

The Presidential Address is the traditional opening of the new Urology Section sessions and acts as a prelude to the academic programme. 

This year we celebrate the RSM Urology Section's 100th Anniversary. We will look at the Section's foundation and history and the pivotal role played by particular past presidents in the development of prostate surgery. 

This meeting will also include to the presentation of the Geoffrey D Chisholm CBE communication prize salver to this year's prize winner Dr Sarah Howles, National Institute for Health Research Academic Clinical Lecturer in Urology, University of Oxford.

This event is FREE for RSM members and from just £10 for non-members. 

Key speakers

Mr Michael Dinneen

Mr Michael Dinneen

Consultant Urological Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.

Speaker's biography

Mr Michael Dinneen qualified from University College Cork (1983) achieving first place in surgery (Pearson Medal and John Kelly Prize in Clinical Surgery). He moved to the UK in 1987 initially working in Colchester General Hospital before moving to the department of urology in Great Ormond Street, where he did clinical research leading to an MD thesis (1995) on 'The Relationship between Renal and Vesical Function in boys with Posterior Urethral Valves'. Thereafter he joined the West London Urology Training Programme and was appointed to Chelsea and Westminster in 1995. He is a general urologist with a special interest in the surgical management of penile dermatoses, working closely with Professor Christopher Bunker for over 25 years.

 

He is an active member of the section of Urology of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) having served on the Council since 2004 he was Honorary Secretary in 2007/2008. He is a member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons. He is the Honorary Urologist to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, where he carries out regular clinics.

 

He will take up the office of President of the Section of Urology of the RSM in October 2019, the centenary year of the section.

Agenda

View the programme

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Mr Jeremy Noble, President, Urology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Presentation of the Geoffrey D Chisholm CBE communication prize salver
Dr Sarah Howles, National Institute for Health Research Academic Clinical Lecturer in Urology, University of Oxford

Presidential address - A century not out

Mr Michael Dinneen, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

Discussion
Close of meeting
Drinks reception

All welcome

Location

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

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