Posts by Alison Borthwick

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

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

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

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…

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…

Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society, Room 402 Suttie Centre, 7pm, 15th May 2025

The University of Aberdeen 2025 MBChB Graduates, who were awarded Elective Bursaries by the Society to facilitate their final year studies, will be invited to compete for the Adam Quaich by presenting their elective findings to the meeting with…

Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society

Room 402, Suttie Centre, Foresterhill 7pm

Dr Don Urquhart is a Consultant and Honorary Reader in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Medicine at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and University of Edinburgh. Don is a clinician and researcher whose main interests are exercise and…

Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society

Thursday 27th March, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, 7pm

Professor Amanda Howe was a practising GP for almost 40 years, as well as pursuing an academic career and holding various professional leadership roles. She is Emeritus Professor of Primary Care at the University of East Anglia,…

Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society

Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, 7pm

Dr Carey Lunan has worked as an NHS GP for 20 years, mostly in areas of high socio economic deprivation, including homeless services. She is the Chair of the Scottish Deep End Project, and is currently on secondment from clinical…

Due to unforseen circumstances, the original lecture for the the 6th of February has been cancelled. The following lecture will take place instead.

Room 402, the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, 7pm

Dr Ken McHardy is an Aberdonian who…

Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society

Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, 7pm

Colenel Mike Stewart is a native of Aberdeen where he attended Robert Gordon's College, and in 1979, graduated from Aberdeen University Medical School.

Inspired by his early years with the late Mr Norman Mathieson, he trained in General Surgery in…

Frdiay 24th January 2025, Douglas Hotel 19:00

NHS Staff Colleagues are invited to join with our students for our traditional Burns night celebration. The cost of the evening is £45 per person with tables of 8-10, therefore can be an ideal opportunity to arrange an entertaining night out for your…