Nottingham MedChi: Recent Episodes
Geoffrey Hulman
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
An inspiring talk by the president of the Royal College of Physicians and consultant gastroenterologist Derby.
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
A superb, thought provoking talk about end of life care in the UK with particular emphasis on the Liverpool Pathway.
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.
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
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 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 talk by professor of robotics about robot applications, intelligence, swarms and the 'Uncanny Valley'
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
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
A talk from a neurosurgeon who became a barrister. The talk includes advances in neurosurgery and contrasts life in the NHS and as a barrister
Dr Black describes a typical day in GP surgery. Grand round on theme of patients seen on same day with unusual conditions. Dr Haines, talks about lymphoma, Dr Jones talks about polymyalgia and Dr Neill Bilkhu talks about Uterine developmental abnormality
Vodcast of a talk about the history of Padua University and Medical School. This episode is unedited and includes introductory remarks and an appeal for a nursing school n Tanzania.
An audio podcast about changes and innovations in vascular medicine in Nottingham. Some parts of this episode are very quiet due to microphone placement. Apologies for this but it would have been a shame to edit the quiet parts out as they are interesting
Very amusing debate about careers in medicine including aneasthetics, histopathology, radiology, general practice, orthopaedics, obstetrics, paediatrics and ENT.
Tim talks about training to become an olympic gold athlete, medicine and how winning an olympic gold medal has changed his life.
Dr Seth talks about his experience as a patient suffering from cancer. A very funny, heart warming yet practical talk.
Professor Freddie Hamdy is Nuffield Professor of Surgery at Oxford University. He talks about prostate cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment.
A fascinating talk about state of the art treatment of stroke. This is the Tony Mitchell memorial lecture
Vodcast about how the Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science was created.
A short talk about paediatric neurology in Ethiopia, contrasting it to paediatric neurology in the UK.
A fascinating and thought provoking talk about the NHS by Professor Julian Le Grand, from the London School of economics and past advisor to the Blair government.
A fascinating and thought provoking talk about the NHS by Professor Julian Le Grand, from the London School of economics and past advisor to the Blair government.
A talk about trauma care prior to hospital admission and the new Major Trauma Centre in Nottingham
Talk by Dame Carol Black about maintaining a healthy working-age population and keeping people in work.
'Bart' lecture by Professor Stephen Field, CBE about inequalities in the provision of health services.
The presidential address about the history of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Fascinating account of the Knightsbridge location involving the Kennedy clan, JP Morgan Banking and the Iranian embassy siege.
Rt Hon David Blunkett MP and Dr Caroline Mitchell talk about treatment in primary care for substance misuse and criminality. This is an audio podcast.
Presidential lecture to Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society. Professor Walker talks about childhood cancers, his career and interests.
Dame Philippa is chair of standing commission on carers and talks about the challenge of working in long term partnerships with families as NHS care relocates from hospital to community.