RSM Lectures
Novel approaches to pain managment: Cancer pain
Dr Paul Farquhar-Smith, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London.
DCELL® Technology: transplantation between animals and humans
Professor Eileen Ingham, University of Leeds; Antony Odell, Tissue Regenix.
New therapy modalities for heart failure
Dr Stuart Rosen, Reader in Cardiology, Imperial College London.
Medical careers day: The interview, aptitude tests and getting the right work experience
Dr Kevin Murphy, Deputy admissions tutor, Kings College London Medical School.
The first person in the UK to receive a total artificial heart transplantation
Mr Steven Tsui, Consultant Surgeon, Papworth Hospital.
Telehealth: The reality. How telehealth can be used to improve the quality of patient care (CPD)
Helen Lyndon, Nurse Consultant, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust.
Now and then: A personal view of sex therapy from the 1980's to the present
Dr Michael Perring, Medical Director, Optimal Health.
Timing of surgery for undescended testes: BAPU consensus document
Dr Feilim Murphy, Consultant in Paediatric Urology, St George's Hospital.
Designing a new cancer care centre
Piers Gough (Architect) & Mandy McMahan (Clinical Psychologist), Maggie's Cancer Centres.
Biomedical state-of-the-art visualisation systems
Assistant Professor John Qualter, Langone Medical Centre, New York.
The hand-held sample-to-result DNA sequencer - analysis in under 20 minutes
Jonathan O'Halloran & Elaine Warburton, QuantuMDx Group.
Inventing a 'Pain-Free-Socket' to combat phantom pain experienced by amputees
Ms Katherine Bomkamp, Student, West Virginia University, USA.
Separating conjoined twins
Mr David Dunaway, Consultant Craniofacial Surgeon, The Wellington Hospital.
How to provide better care for insomnia: Resources for effective sleep treatment
Professor Niroshan Siriwardena, Professor of Primary and Prehospital Health Care, University of Lincoln.
From research to eye health programmes and policy: examples from developing countries
Professor Clare Gilbert, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.
The treatment of insomnia symptoms in older adults: a sustainable model for primary care
Professor Kevin Morgan, Sleep Research Centre, Loughborough University.
Psychotherapy for people with psychopathic disorders
Dr Cleo Van Velsen, Consultant psychiatrist, East London Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lipids debate: CETP inhibition is 'cosmetic surgery' for dyslipidemia
Professor Fredrik Karpe, Oxford & Professor Philip Barter, Sydney, Australia.
Pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary arterial hypertension: an overview
Dr Clive Handler, Consultant, National PH Unit, Royal Free Hospital.
Delivering safe care in the birth place: Learning from studies
Jane Sandall, Professor of Social Science and Women's Health, School of Medicine, King's College London
Have we created an era of over-feminisation?
Jane Dacre, Vice Dean and Director of Medical Education, University College London.
Outcomes of intrapartum care in different settings
Jennifer Hollowell, Epidemiologist, Researcher, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford.
Controversial aspects in the treatment of acute stroke
Professor Hugh Markus, Head of Stroke and Dementia Research Centre, St George's, University of London.
Overview of the role of dietary lipids in cardiovascular disease risk
Professor Julie Lovegrove, Deputy Director, Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Reading.
Causes and consequences of microRNA dysregulation in cancer
Dr Carlo Croce, Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA.
Orthopaedics: complex surgical exposure techniques
Mr Stephen Cannon, Consultant Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.
Antimicrobial resistance: The problem for GPs
Dr Hema Sharma, Speciality Registrar in Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London.
Palliative care for non-malignant conditions
Dr Miriam Johnson, Reader in Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School.
Prostate cancer: non surgical aspects
Dr Simon Hughes, Consultant Oncologist, Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals.
John Fry lecture 2011: diagnosis - still the achilles heel of general practice
Professor Roger Jones, Editor British Journal of General Practice
Medical Innovations Summit 2011: The bionic eye
Dr Lyndon da Cruz, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
Medical Innovations Summit 2011: Mosquitoes to combat dengue fever
Dr Luke Alphey, Director and Chief Scientist, Oxitec Ltd, Oxford
Medical Innovations Summit 2011: Mobiles transforming data collection in developing countries
Dr Joel Selanikio, CEO and co-founder of DataDyne, Washington DC, USA and Nairobi, Kenya
Medical Innovations Summit 2011: London pathway for homeless patients
Dr Nigel Hewett, Clinical Lead at London Pathway Homeless Team, UCLH
Medical Innovations Summit 2011: Harnessing the HIV virus
Professor Mary Collins, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences, University College London
Medical Innovations Summit 2011: Birth of customised transplants
Professor Shay Soker, Associate Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine, North Carolina,...
Medical Innovations Summit 2011: Campaign against severe acute malnutrition
Dr André Briend, Inventor of Plumpy'nut, France
Breakfast Briefing: Medical Research Council
Professor Sir John Savill, Chief Executive, Medical Research Council.
Global Health: The NHS and the world, careers of the future
Mr Peter Lees, Medical Director and Director of Leadership, NHS South Central.
Global Health: The case for disease specific models and health system strengthening
Dr Nick Banatvala, WHO & Dr Simon Mardel, University of Manchester.
Stevens Lecture 2011: pancreatic cancer, challenges and hopes
Professor Robin Williamson, Immediate Past-President, RSM.
Medical Innovations Briefing: The disposable tourniquet
Dr Christian Fellows & Dr Ryan Kerstein, Co-Inventors of the Tournistrip.
Jephcott Symposium: Medicines in prevention: The PolyPill concept
Professor Sir Nicolas Wald, Director of The Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, London.
Jephcott Symposium: Medicalisation and professionalism
Dr Tom Marshall, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, University of Birmingham.
The Jephcott lecture 2011: time for a SASS tax
Professor Sir Nicholas Wald, Director, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine.
Jephcott Symposium: The role of the pharmacist in prevention
Professor David Taylor, The School of Pharmacy, University of London.
Jephcott Symposium: The quality outcome framework: A critical assesment
Dr. David Misselbrook, Dean of RSM and GP.
Medical Innovations Briefing: Changing the way we measure blood pressure
Professor Bryan Williams, Professor of Medicine, University of Leicester.
Disaster medicine: Doctors on a global stage
Professor James M Ryan, Emeritus Professor, UCL & SGUL & International Professor of Surgery, USUHS.
Medical Innovations Briefing: Fertility and saviour siblings
Dr Simon Fishel, Managing Director, CARE Fertility Group.
Medical Innovations Briefing: Circle Healthcare model
Mr Ali Parsa, Managing Partner and Founder of Circle.
Global health: What can the world do to improve It?
Dr Zeke Emanuel, Dept of Bioethics, Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health, Washington.
The neurobiology of anti-social personality disorder
Professor Bill Deakin, Professor of Psychiatry and Director NPU, University of Manchester.
Altered brain connections on the road to psychopathy
Dr Michael Craig, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London.
Diagnosis and treatment of muscular dystrophies
Dr David Hilton-Jones, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Breakfast Briefing: A Look at the reforms (Audio only)
Dr Clare Gerada, Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners.
Medical Innovations Briefing: The solid dose injector
Dr Charles Potter, CEO and Founder, Glide Pharma.
An ethicist's view (Audio only)
Dr Deborah Bowman, Senior Lecturer in medical ethics and law, St George's, London.
A view from the consulting room (Audio only)
Dr Iona Heath, President, Royal College of General Practitioners.
Medical Innovations Briefing: BrainLab
Dr Sasha Burn, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
The Wellcome lecture: true innovation in healthcare
Professor Stephen Smith, CEO Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Future directions: A paediatric perspective
Professor Terence Stephenson, President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
What's new in dental education?
Professor Liz Davenport, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London.
Whiplash injuries: the bigger picture
Mr John O'Dowd, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, RealHealth Institute.
Understanding metabolic syndrome and its effect on reproduction
Dr Lisa Webber, Consultant Gynaecologist and Specialist in Reproductive Medicine, St Mary's Hospital.
Breakfast Briefing: Healthcare in the military environment (Audio only)
Surgeon Vice-Admiral Philip Raffaeli, Surgeon General, Ministry of Defence.
The treatment of resistant depression
Professor Ian Anderson, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manchester.
In safe hands: Wrong site surgery, surgical error or system failure?
Professor George Youngson CBE, Professor of Paediatric Surgery and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon & Vice President of the...
In safe hands: human factors in the operating theatre
Mr Simon Paterson-Brown, Consultant General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
In safe hands: The stuart lecture. Ensuring safe hands in high risk industries
Professor Rhona Flin, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen.
In safe hands: Bringing it all together, the surgical check list
Mr Simon Paterson-Brown, Consulant and Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Learning from experience - Professor Sir Brian Jarman OBE
Professor Sir Brian Jarman OBE, Emeritus Professor, Imperial College, London.
Medical Innovations Briefing: Professor Anan Shetty
Professor Anan Shetty, Senior tutor in orthopaedics, University of London.
Setting the scene: the scale of the challenge for the NHS
Jim Easton, Director QIPP Programme, Department of Health.
Dr Daniel Gale - Medical rounds winner 2010
Dr Daniel Gale, UCL & West London Renal and Transplant Centre.
From battlefield to Birmingham: keynote address
Andrew Robathan MP, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans.
From battlefield to Birmingham: Trauma care of casualties in the UK
Keith Porter, Professor of clinical traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
From battlefield to Birmingham: Mental health - what might we be facing?
Surgeon Commander Neil Greenberg, Defence Professor of Psychiatry ACDMH
Stop worrying - radiation is good for you
Dr Bob Bury, Consultant Radiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospital.
Preventing death and injury from explosive violence
Mr Richard Moyes, Policy and Research Officer for Action on Armed Violence.
Bombs, bullets and conflict surgery
Peter Roberts CBE, Emeritus Professor of Military Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Breakfast Briefing: Regulatory science
Dr Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner Food and Drug Administration, USA
Clinical and policy perspectives on prevention of diabetes and its complications
Professor Nick Wareham, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
Beyond neuroscience: The five cardinal mysteries of the mind
Dr James LeFanu, General Practitioner and columnist for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph.
Patient safety: A patient led NHS
Joan Saddler, National Director of Patient and Public Affairs, Department of Health.
Three nations, one global economy, one search for health?
Professor Finn Diderichsen, Professor at the Department of Social Medicine, Copenhagen.
Economic instability: why, when and where it matters to population health
Professor George Kaplan, Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor of Public Health, Emeritus, University of Michigan, USA.
Assisted suicide: Setting the scene
Lord Mackay of Clashfern, principal author of the House of Lords Report on Assisted Suicide.
Assisted Suicide: The sanctity of life - A religious and secular perspective
Professor Paul Badham, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Wales.
Assisted suicide: The sanctity of life - A Christian perspective
The Right Reverend Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter.
Assisted suicide: nursing issues
Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing.
Assisted suicide: Evidence FOR a slippery slope
Professor David Jones, Director of the Centre for Bioethics and Emerging Technologies, St Mary's University College.
Assisted suicide: Evidence AGAINST a slippery slope
Professor Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Associate Professor, VU Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam.
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Medical Innovations: sensei robotic catheter system and artisan control catheter
Dr Frederic Moll, President and CEO Hansen Medical Inc, California.
Medical Innovations: The world's first use of ultrasound to treat bowel cancer
Professor Paul Abel, Hammersmith Hospital.
Medical Innovations: The world's first trachea transplant on a child
Professor Martin Elliott, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Paolo Macchiarini, Careggi University Hospital, Florence.
Medical Innovations: The world's first ovary transplant
Dr Sherman Silber, The Infertility Centre of Saint Louis, Missouri.
Medical Innovations: one-hour cure for high blood pressure
Dr Paul Sobotka, Ardian, California and Dr Mel Lobo, Barts and the London NHS Trust.
Medical Innovations: world's first artificial heart and stem cell operation
Professor Stephen Westaby, John Radcliffe Hospital, and Dr Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Ahepa University Hospital, Greece.
Medical Innovations: A fridge-free vaccine for the developing world
Professor Adrian Hill, Chairman of the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine at Oxford University.
Medical Innovations: wound management using flesh-eating maggots
Dr Alun Morgan and Mrs Gill Davies, ZooBiotic.
Medical Innovations: prescription medication kiosks
Peter Suma and Peter Ellis, Pharmatrust, Canada and the UK.
Debate: FOR "This house believes that assisted suicide should be legal in the UK"
FOR: Lord Joffe, Seconder - Raymond Tallis
Assisted suicide: regulatory issues
Professor Sir Graeme Catto, Chairman, Better Regulation Group, Universities UK.
The social aspects of ageing
Professor Anthea Tinker, Professor of Social Gerontology at King's College London.
Sport and exercise nutrition - where are we now? Where are we going?
Professor Ron Maughan, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University.
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Breakfast Briefing: Developments in stroke care strategy (Audio only)
Dr Anthony Rudd, Consultant Physician in Stroke Medicine at St Thomas' Hospital, and 'Stroke Tsar'.
The governance of patient safety: what all boards need to know
Andrew Corbett-Nolan, Director of the Good Governance Institute and Jonathan Hazan, Chief Executive of Datix.
The financial challenge of integrated cancer care
Professor Karol Sikora, Medical Director, CancerPartnersUK.
Breakfast Briefing: US healthcare reform (Audio only)
Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, Chair, Clinical Center Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, USA.
Moses, microscopes and molecules; A history of chlamydial infection
Dr Geoffrey Ridgway, Clinical Microbiologist, Hampshire.
Stevens Lecture: balancing cost and effectiveness in healthcare
Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, Chairman of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence.
Clinical management of patients with secondary Hyperlipidaemias
Dr Hugh Simpson, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.
Novel multidisciplinary approaches to falls and syncope in older adults
Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Trinity College Dublin.
NICE recommendations, HTA trials and PCT rationing - what is the future for venous intervention?
Professor Gerry Stansby, Professor of Vascular Surgery.
Jephcott Lecture: Medical education: Achieving excellence
Professor Sir John Tooke, Vice Provost (Health) University College London.
36th Albert Wander lecture: Beyond quality in the NHS
Professor David Haslam, Immediate Past President, Royal College of General Practitioners.
Breakfast Briefing: The GMC and revalidation (Audio only)
Professor Peter Rubin, Chairman, General Medical Council.
Research strategy at Marie Curie cancer care
Steve Dewar, Director of Research and Innovation at Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Epidemiological trends in death and dying
Professor Irene Higginson, Professor of Palliative Care and Policy at King's College London.
The Meningitis Trust: rebuilding shattered lives
Sue Davie, CEO of the Meningitis Trust, discusses how the Trust supports people for life.
Changing lives in an Instant: Diagnosing meningitis and septicaemia
Professor Simon Kroll, Meningitis Trust Medical Director and Professor of Paediatrics.
Robotic surgery in the 21st Century
Mr Ben Challacombe, Consultant Urological Surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
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Breakfast Briefing: Perceptions of Africa (Audio only)
Richard Dowden, Director of the Royal African Society.
Pathways in a medical career
Professor Michael Roberts, Respiratory Physician and Dean of Students at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Entry requirements for medicine
Dr Robert Wilkins, University Lecturer at the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford.
Genome sequences and the transformation of medicine
Professor Sir Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust.
An introduction to the Royal Society of Medicine
Established over 200 years ago at One, Wimpole Street, London.
Killing pain or killing patients? Double effect and doctors in the dock
Dr Richard Huxtable, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director at the Centre for Ethics in Medicine.