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  • The Med-Chi Lectures

    Brains, Bytes and Bedside: The Doctor-AI partnership

    Aberdeen Medico Chirurgical Society

    Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill

    Professor Gerald Lip is a leading figure in breast screening and medical innovation, holding key roles as the Clinical Director for Breast Screening in the North East of Scotland and is the current…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Aberdeen MedChi Heritage meeting

    Foresterhill Health campus - The People's Hospital?

    An evening remembering the history of Foresterhill, reviewing it's growth, its governance and celebrating its contribution to the well being of the people of the Northeast and the Islands

    The Suttie Centre, Aberdeen University Medical School, Thursday 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)

    Bookable…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Med-Chi Lectures - Aberdeen, Tudor hart and the Deep End: Searching for Inclusion

    ROom 402, the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, 7pm

    Professor Graham Watt was the Norie Miller Professor of General Practice at the University of Glasgow from 1994 - 2016. He retired in December 2016, but remains active as Emeritus Professor.

    After graduating from the University of Aberdeen in 1976, followed by hospital…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Cancelled: The Obesity Fight, Cut, Jab, or Diet?

    Due to the adverse weather conditions, the MedChi lecture which was due to take place tomorrow night has been cancelled. It has been rescheduled for the 22nd of January at 7pm in room 402 of the Suttie Centre with Professor Duff Bruce.

    However, if you are unable to make the…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • THE OBESITY FIGHT, CUT, JAB OR DIET?

    Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill. Thursday 8th January 2026 7pm

    Professor Duff Bruce is a graduate of Robert Gordon's College and the University of Aberdeen and has 26 years experience in General Surgery, gained in Northern Scotland, Australia and the USA. In 2001, he completed a…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Burns Night - Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society

    23 January 2026, 19:00 

    Douglas Hotel

    NHS staff colleagues are invited to join with our students for our traditional Burns night celebrations. To book your places, please contact Marilene at medchi.admin@abdn.ac.uk with names and any dietary requirements. Dress code, preferably a "touch of tartan". Places to be booked by Tuesday…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Robot Invasion, Friend or Foe?

    Ms Justine Royle, Consultant Urological Surgeon, NHSG

    Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill

    Justine qualified from Manchester in 1994. She has an MD in prostate cancer cellular biology from the same university. As well as being a fellow of the faculty of surgical trainers, she has chaired…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Alcohol: Licensing, Pricing and Preventing harm

    Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill

    Professor Ewan Forrest, Consultant Physician and Hepatologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Honorary Professor University of Glasgow


    Professor Forrest has a specialist interest in alcohol related liver disease and in particular the management of alcohol related hepatitis. Co-developer of the Glasgow Alcoholic…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • President's Medal Lecture: Medicine, the Med Chi and Me!

    Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill

    Thursday 16th October 2025 7pm

     

    Dr Ken McHardy was born in Aberdeen in May 1955, firstborn of a mixed marriage; his mother, a toonser, and father, a teuchter, had been denied opportunities to improve on the family’s scant educational heritage courtesy…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Cultural Blind spots: a literature review of eating disorders in British South Asians, with a focus on Bangladeshi communities

    Aberdeen Medico-Chiruigal Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre Foresterhill

    Thursday 2nd October 2025 7pm

    Dr Erica Cini is a clinical academic at University College London and at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. Clinically, she practices as a consultant psychiatrist at East London NHS Trust…

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