President’s Programme
The Full 2025-26 Programme has been published, starting on 2 October 2025.
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2025
2 Oct 2025: Cultural Blind Spots: A Literature Review of Eating Disorders in British South Asians, with a Focus on Bangladeshi Communities Speaker: Dr Erica Cini, Honorary Associate Professor, University College London.
16 Oct 2025: President’s Medal Lecture – 2025/2026: Medicine, the Med-Chi and Me Speaker: Dr Ken McHardy, retired Consultant Diabetologist NHSG.
6 Nov 2025: Alcohol: Licensing, Pricing and Preventing Harm Speakers: Professor Ewan Forrest, Consultant Physician & Hepatologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary; Mr Andrew Fraser, Chair, Alcohol Focus Scotland.
22 Nov 2025 (Saturday): Annual Founders’ Commemorative Dinner Venue: Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen.
4 Dec 2025: Robot Invasion, Friend or Foe? Speaker: Ms Justine Royle, Consultant Urological Surgeon, NHSG.
2026
8 Jan 2026: The Obesity Fight, Cut, Jab, or Diet? Speaker: Professor Duff Bruce, Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal & Bariatric Surgeon.
23 Jan 2026 (Friday): Annual Burns Supper Joint Event with Aberdeen University Medical Society. Venue: Aberdeen Douglas Hotel.
5 Feb 2026: Aberdeen, Tudor Hart and the Deep End: Searching for Inclusion Speaker: Professor Graham Watt CBE, University of Glasgow.
5 Mar 2026: Microbiome Revolution, Are We Ready for the Big Time? Speaker: Professor Emad El-Omar, UNSW Australia.
TBC (Wednesday): Professor Jim Petrie Annual Lecture Speakers: To be confirmed.
2 Apr 2026: Brains, Bytes and Bedside: The Doctor-AI Partnership Speaker: Dr Gerald Lip, Clinical Director Breast Screening NHSG.
30 Apr 2026: Crisis, What Crisis? The 21st Century Medical Workforce Speaker: Sir Andrew Goddard, Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist.
2 May 2026 (Saturday): Famous for Five Minutes Charity Event Venue: Fountainhall Church, Aberdeen.
14 May 2026: Undergraduate Elective Presentations Joint Event with University of Aberdeen Medical Society.
11 Jun 2026: Annual General Meeting & Presidential Address Speaker: Dr Alastair McKinlay, Retired Consultant Gastroenterologist.
TBD: Heritage Exhibition
