PLYMOUTH MEDICAL SOCIETY

SEPTEMBER 2022 TO JUNE 2023

MONDAY 27th MARCH 2023 (6pm)

Plymouth Medical Society are delighted to welcome you to a lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Van Tam on the subject of “Science and Leadership during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic”

Jonathan Van-Tam Kt, MBE, FMedSci, is a public health specialist with a clinical background in emergency medicine, anaesthesia and infectious diseases. He is an expert on respiratory viruses and pandemics and currently Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham. His career has also taken him to Public Health England, the World Health Organization, and the pharmaceutical and vaccine industries. Jonathan was seconded to the Department of Health and Social Care in 2017-22 as Deputy Chief Medical Officer. He is well-known for his leadership role during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly his straight, no-nonsense, communication style from the podium at No.10 Downing Street, and for the acquisition and rollout of vaccines and antiviral drugs in the UK. He received a knighthood from Her Majesty the Queen in her 2022 New Year’s Honours List, for services to public health. He has recently been awarded the Royal Society’s Attenborough Award and Lecture 2022, for outstanding public engagement in science. 

The lecture will be followed by liquid refreshment and a buffet supper.

Full details of venue etc. to follow shortly. The meeting is open to all medical staff and students whether members of the Society or not. We look forward to seeing you there

WEDNESDAY 25TH JAN 2023

Burns Supper at the Customs House with Dinner and Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

FRIDAY 9th DEC

 A tasting and Christmas Dinner with William Dean “The London Wine Whisperer”

FRIDAY 11th NOV

A talk on “The Arcane Art of Preparing and Painting Icons” with Dr David Wright with dinner following (please bring your own wine).

FRIDAY 21st OCT

A talk on “Plymouth and Emancipation in the 1800’s” with Dr Todd Gray MBE

with dinner following (please bring your own wine).

FRIDAY 23rd SEPT

President’s Address

Dr John Dean