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NEXT EVENT Royal College of Anaesthetists 19th March 2020

13th March 2019 Bart’s and London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

For this, our 5th annual meeting, we returned to The Bart’s and London Medical School and enjoyed the comfortable surroundings of the Milton Lecture Theatre and the Old Library. Forty two registrants gathered, including several new faces to this event, among them Gordon Mizner, Vice-President of the Old Millhillians Club, as well as 13 pupils from the School accompanied by Dr Kate Damberg and Mr John Barron. It was a pleasure also to welcome three pupils each from the Foundation’s partner schools, namely Copthall Girls’ School and the London Academy of Excellence in Tottenham. All these pupils are considering or are already determined to pursue careers in one of the medical professions. This endorses one of the functions of this meeting which is to encourage careers choices. The presence of pupils and medical students ensures a wide age range to this event, which attracts both retired and currently practising consultants and hospital trainees. We would love to see other medical professions better represented and more of those in primary care.

The Scientific Session included, for the first time, a symposium, entitled “Medical Education and Training in the 21st Century”, for which five OMs ranging from medical students to consultant described their stages of education and training. This was devised to provide both the aspiring school students and current medical students with detailed information on the pathway they might take and it appeared to be well received if seen by some as a somewhat daunting in prospect.

This was followed by two short

trauma: an experience of urethral surgery from the largest reconstructive centre in the world”. By contrast Umar Ahmad spoke on “The role of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Decision Making” from his role as Co-founder of Abtrace Ltd, a new company developing and using artificial intelligence to help doctors. Both papers were intellectually demanding and on subjects at the cutting edge of modern healthcare. As such the Club and the Foundation can continue to be proud of the range and quality of the contributions being made to this annual meeting and to the wider world of healthcare by its medical alumni.

The evening concluded with a finger buffet during which there was much mingling and interchange between the pupils and the OMs. Arrangements for the meeting in 2020 are already underway. It is to be held at The Royal College of Anaesthetists in Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG on Thursday 19th March from 5.30pm. Further details will be posted on the Club’s website.

presentations delivered by OMs from the same year group (1999-2004). Amar Rawal joined us from the Kulkami Institute in Pune, India where he is a Fellow in Genitourinary Trauma and Reconstruction before he returns to his Genitourinary Residency in Illinois USA. He spoke on “Uninvited pelvic Dr Russell Cowan (Weymouth 58-63)

Gordon Mizner Dr David Cohen Dr Matthew Frise Nigel Mendoza Peter Wakeham Dr Nigel Andrew Dr Max Coupe-King Ted Macdonald Dr Neil Lodhia Dr James Berwin Dr Russell Cowan Dick Lidwell Patrick Russell Dr Umar Naeem Ahmad Dr Roger Chapman Andrew Croysdill Dr Pramod Achan Dr Kate Damberg Dr Amar Rawal Laura Turner Harold Berwin John Barron Paresh Lodhia Dr Charles Shaw Yasmin Adewusi (MHS) Ailin Ariana (MHS) Sam Chen (MHS) Katie-Sai Ellis (MHS) Hugo Forte (MHS) Duha Gheasuddin (MHS) Bardia Gougani (MHS) Rasha Hassan (MHS) Daniel Kan (MHS) Mert Karabulut (MHS) Elle Philllips (MHS) Danyal Zaman Abbas (MHS) Dan Rose (MHS) Kiana Movahed (MHS) Archie Dawood (MHS)