York Medical Society Events
York Medical Society Annual Public Oration
"Heart Disease in the 21st Century: Genes, Prevention and Treatment "
Professor Bernard Keavney BSc, BM BCh, DM, FRCP
Professor Bernard Keavney is the British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Manchester and NHS Consultant Cardiologist at Manchester Hospitals Foundation Trust. He is also Honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where his research helping to identify and fight cardiovascular disease in the African population was short listed for a Newton Award.
From 2014 to 2022, he was Chair of the International Scientific Advisory Board for UK Biobank - the world’s most detailed study tracking the long-term health of half a million people as they age.
Bernard’s clinical work at the Manchester Heart Centre focusses on heart disease in pregnancy and also on inherited cardiac and aortic conditions. He leads a multidisciplinary clinical team offering a service to people in the North-West of England. His scientific research looks at how differences in the genes we inherit from our parents increase our risk of heart and circulatory diseases. His team published the world's first studies of congenital heart disease to identify parts of the human genetic code that are important in heart development.
His innovative work is supported by the British Heart Foundation, Medical Research Council and National Institute of Health Research. He has published around 200 discovery science papers, reviews and book chapters, and is ranked in the top 1% of scientific authors. He has been a committed teacher, mentor and role model to many students, young scientists and medical doctors.
The meeting will start at 2pm and end at approximately 3.15pm, when tea and cakes will be served
To book places or request a zoom invitation please email yorkmedicalsociety@gmail.com
We look forward to welcoming you for a fascinating afternoon
Paul Blenkiron, President
Bat Night
Join us and the East Yorkshire Bat Group in York Cemetery to learn more about these fascinating creatures including listening equipment to find and hopefully spot them.
Annual Oration 2024
The year started on the 12th October with our Annual Oration in the Societies rooms, 23 Stonegate, at 2pm.
Dr Gwen Adshead, forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital, author of ‘The Devil You Know’ gave a talk entitled ‘Killing time: the work of a forensic psychotherapist”
The lecture room was full with over 70 in attendance.
The Annual Dinner followed in the evening in The Oak Room at The Principal Hotel
The evening was well attended with Tim Hughes and Paul Blenkiron giving some very entertaining speeches and Dr Gwen Adshead making the case that William Shakespeare could be regarded as the first forensic psychiatrist.
Dr Gwen Adshead is the 2024 Reith lecturer and her lecture series ” Four Questions about Violence” develops themes from her Oration and went out first on 24/11/24 and is available on the BBC.
