Interesting and entertaining state of the art topics with predominantly medical themes from speakers of national and international standing. Founded in 1828, the Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society is one of the oldest medical societies in the UK.
In the UK, urology has only recently enjoyed the position of a specialty. It was in the final quarter of the C20th that it eventually truly broke away from General Surgery. Yet, urology is said to be the world’s oldest surgical specialty, defined by Hippocrates and possibly more ancient still. Allow me to walk you through the last 1000 years or so of the history of British urology and towards the end of our ramble, I’ll suggest some reasons for the British Urological Paradox.
A tale of medical scandal! Sue Ward is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at king's Mill Hospital, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK
A talk about environment and health.
A talk about by retired consultant and member of the Jane Austin Society.
An inspiring talk by the president of the Royal College of Physicians and consultant gastroenterologist Derby.
A talk about human rights in childbith
This is the presidential address from Dr David Bogod.
A fascinating talk about biofilms, where they grow and the bacteria that cause them
Professor Roy Taylor, Professor of Medicine and Metabolism, Newcastle University gives a fascinating talk about his groundbreaking research into managing and 'curing' type 2 diabetes.
Dr David Gange is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Birmingham.A fascinating talk about kayaking along the atlantic coastline of the British Isles
A fascinating talk about anatomy and its use to uncover who made the Rothschilds' tiger bronzes.This is the second talk to Nottingham MedChi by Professor Abrahams
Dr Dean Temple delivers his presidential address.
A superb, thought provoking talk about end of life care in the UK with particular emphasis on the Liverpool Pathway.
This is an audio podcast episode. The first minute or so was not recorded.
Professor Maitland is Professor of Energy Engineering at Imperial College London and Past President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (2014-2015). He talks about global warming with particular emphasis on carbon capture.
A fascinating talk about the sense of smell. Professor Cobb is Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester.
“The Life Forensic – From Silent Witness To Syria” – (Joint Meeting with Nottingham Law Society and the Medico-Legal Society)Dr Hamilton is a forensic pathologist based in Leicester
A fascinating talk about the Ospreys of Rutland water and their international travels. Tim Mackrill is a senior reserve officer (projects). He is responsible for all project work at Rutland Water, including the Osprey Project which he has managed since 2006. He graduated from the University of East Anglia with a degree in Ecology in 2003 and is now completing a PhD on Ospreys with Leicester University.
The science of sea shells. Dr Helen Scales is a Marine Biologist, Writer and Broadcaster.
The presidential address from Professor Ian Ellis. He reflects on his student days and training in Nottingham and talks about his internationally acclaimed research into breast cancer.
A fascinating, humerous, moving and touching talk by a much loved retired GP and past president of Nottingham MedChi.
The fascinating story of how Dr Harold Shipman was brought to justice for murdering is patients. Dr Grenville was an expert witness in general practice in the Shipman trial
A fascinating talk on hot air ballooning by an international balloonist, retired haematologist Dr David Bareford.
"The Philpott Fire Investigation” Matthew Lee, Station Manager, Prevention and Inclusion Department, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service. This is an audio podcast episode because of the sensitive nature of some of the images that are not in the public domain.
Alexander Litvinenko; Po-210: The London Poisoning And The Medical Implications” (Getting away with murder: Polonium and other radioisotopes!
Presidential address by Dr Helen Percival MedChi President 2015/16. She talks about her career and interests, the history of Nottingham MedChi and introduces presidents past and future.
Professor Russell Foster is professor of Circadian Neuroscience at Oxford University. This is a fascinating talk about how the body clock is regulated and the role of photoreceptors in the eye.
A fascinating and thought provoking talk about health. Sir Harry Burns is Professor of global public health, University of Strathclyde, Scotland.
A fascinating and very entertaining talk about genetics, in particular in-breeding. Steve Jones is Professor of genetics emeritus at University College London.
Leading architect Piers Gough talks about the Nottingham Maggie's centre he designed and the architecture of other Maggie's centres around the country including designs by Hadid, Foster and Rogers.
Excellent state of the art lecture on climate change from a world expert
A fascinating and completely up to date talk about dinosaurs and how modern technology can be used to determine their colours.
Audiopodcast of a fascinating talk by Dick Shepherd about his career as a forensic pathologist
Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society presidential address. 1st October 2014.
A thought provoking talk about human rights
Advances in treatment of aortic diseases, particularly aneurysms using laparascopic surgery.
A talk about the use of modern technology in the management of conditions including bipolar disorder
A talk about the use of space age technology in diagnostic medicine. Professor Sims is professor of astrobiology and space instrumentation at the university of Leicester.
Professor Poliakoff talks about his family background, the YouTube periodic table of videos and Viagra.
An entertaining, interesting and varied talk about life as a doctor in the Royal Marines, training surgeons and wine.
A fascinating talk about the challenges and rewards of general surgery in rural Scotland. Caution: There are occasional graphic images.
Nottingham MedChi presidential address about medicine in Edinburgh. Including James Barry, Burke and Hare and Professor Sir Michael Woodruff.
A talk by professor of robotics about robot applications, intelligence, swarms and the 'Uncanny Valley'
A lecture about how the environment and genes affect the development of the adolescent Brain. The talk includes discussion of prenatal exposure to cigarette smoking, population neuroscience and structural MRI, the Seguency study, testosterone and drugs.
A grand round with cases including an unusual side effect of mefenamic acid and cases of rheumatoid arthritis and Addison's disease. There is a discussion of use of salivary cortisol measurements and a short presentation about Hakims.
A lecture about the growing problem of obesity, its causes, cost and complicaions. Possible ways ofredcing the level of obesity are addressed
Presidential lecture to Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society. Professor Walker talks about childhood cancers, his career and interests.
A lecture on the role of genetics in modern medicine.
Med Chi presidential address including an overview of medicine and general practice in Nottingham
A wonderfully inspiring, fascinating and moving talk about High Sea Racing and the Ellen MacArthur Trust
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