Lectures

22 April 2026, Professor Bryn Baxendale, ‘Learning New Skills from the practice of Medicine to the Business of Brewing’

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Please join us Wednesday 22th of April at 7pm in the Lecture Theater PGMEC City Hospital Campus for a talk by Professor Bryn Baxendale.

Professor Bryn Baxendale MBChB FRCA FAcadMedEd

Owner, Brewer and Bottle Washer

Gasman Brews Ltd

Human Factors Advisor and Lead for Safer Surgery and Invasive Procedures

Formerly Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Professor, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Bryn was a Consultant Anaesthetist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) for 25 years. In 2004 he led the launch of the Trent Simulation & Clinical Skills Centre and was Director of this regional facility until 2023, which focused on developing expertise in the use of simulation to enhance professional training and patient safety in healthcare. Between 2020-2025 Bryn held a national role with NHS England (NHSE) as an advisor on the strategic implementation, quality assurance and evaluation of simulation-based and immersive learning technologies within health and care.

He is an Honorary Professor of Clinical Simulation at the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham and is the Clinical Lead for the MSc in Quality and Patient Safety Improvement within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Bryn retired from clinical work in April 2024 and currently works with the Trust Quality and Patient Safety Team one day / week as a Human Factors Advisor and Lead for Safer Surgery and Invasive Procedures. In this role he is pursuing implementation of methods that help teams and clinical services demonstrate effective organisational learning and resilience in day-to-day work, whilst also responding to resource constraints and wider changes in care delivery.

Since semi-retirement Bryn has set up a small commercial nanobrewery (www.gasmanbrews.com)  located in an outbuilding at home and is pursuing an ambition to become a certified beer sommelier as well as host beer tasting and food pairing events. This transition in careers will be the focus of this evenings Med Chi lecture.

For further details please contact admin@medchi.org.uk

You can see the recordinng of the talk on our YouTube channel once availabe by clicking here

18 March 2026 Dr Gerry Dolan ‘Haemophilia – From Darkness into Light’

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Please join us Wednesday 18th of March at 7pm in the Lecture Theater PGMEC City Hospital Campus for a talk by Dr Gerry Dolan.

Dr Gerry Dolan MBChB, FRCP, FRCPath, Consultant Haematologist, Haemophilia Centre Director at St Thomas’ Comprehensive Care Centre, London, UK and lead for the South London Haemophilia Network.

Prior to his current position, he was Consultant Haematologist at Nottingham University Hospitals and lead for non-malignant haematology from 1991 -2015.After receiving his medical degree from Glasgow University Medical School, Glasgow, UK, Dr Dolan held training posts in internal medicine and haematology in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Sheffield, UK.

His research interests include the molecular aspects of inherited bleeding disorders, gene therapy and outcome measures of haemophilia care. His main clinical interest is in the management of haemophilia in older adults.

Dr Dolan has held a number of professional posts including Chairman of the Age-related DeVelopments ANd CommorbiditEs in haemophilia (ADVANCE) working group, Clinical Lead for the NHS England Clinical Reference Group for Specialised Haematology, Chairman of the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Doctors’ Organisation (UKHCDO) and President of the British Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis.

For further details please contact admin@medchi.org.uk

You can see the recordinng of the talk on our YouTube channel once availabe by clicking here

25 February 2026 Professor Jonathan Corne ‘How will we train the Doctors of the Future’

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Please join us Wednesday 25th of February at 7pm in the Lecture Theater PGMEC City Hospital Campus for a talk by Professor Jonathan Corne MBChB PhD FRCP, Regional Postgraduate Dean for the Midlands

Join Meeting with Vale of Trent Faculty

Jonathan is the Regional Post Graduate Dean for the Midlands and local Dean for the East Midlands, a role in which he has overall responsibility for the delivery of postgraduate medical training in primary and secondary care in the East Midlands as well as postgraduate pharmacy and dentistry across the Midlands. .He is a respiratory physician by training having graduated from Cambridge and Kings College London and undertaking his respiratory training and research in Southampton followed by a year at Yale.   Jonathan still works two sessions a week as a Respiratory Consultant at Nottingham University Hospitals.

Jonathan was previously a College Tutor, Educational Supervisor, Head of the East Midlands School of Medicine, Chair of the National Heads of Schools of Medicine Group, and interim Secondary Care Dean.  He is also Lead Dean for a number of specialties, the Lead Dean for flexible training in England and the liaison dean for obstetrics for NHSE.

For further details please contact admin@medchi.org.uk

14 January 2026 Dr Norman McConachie Tony Mitchell Memorial Lecture ‘Advances in endovascular management of neurovascular disease’

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Dr Norman McConachie MBChB FRFC

 

Please join us Wednesday 14th of January at 7pm in the Lecture Theater PGMEC City Hospital Campus for a talk by Dr Norman McConachie MBChB FRCR, Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologis, Dr. Norman McConachie is President of the British Society of Neuroradiologists, the immediate past Chair of the United Kingdom Neurointerventional Group and an examiner for the Intercollegiate Specialty Examination Board in Neurosurgery.

He is the author of several book chapters and numerous scientific papers concerning craniofacial trauma, imaging of brain tumours, intracranial haemorrhage, embolisation of aneurysms, mechanical thrombectomy for acute stroke and non-accidental injury in children. Dr McConachie is instructed to act as an expert witness in personal injury and clinical negligence cases in the areas of head and spinal injury, birth-related injury/cerebral palsy, interventional neuroradiology and diagnostic MRI of the brain and spine.

Drinks and nibbles in the Green Lounge at 6:30pm

For further details please contact admin@medchi.org.uk

3 December 2025 Professor Nick Maynard ‘Gaza- A War on Healthcare’

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Please join us on Wednesday the 3rd of December at 7pm to welcome Professor Nick Maynard MS FRCS

Consultant Upper GI Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

 

A surgeon in Oxford, UK and has been travelling to Gaza since 2010 to teach and carry out surgery.

Lover of Gaza and Sandycove, Ireland (the Kinsale one, not the Dublin one!)

For further details please contact admin@medchi.org.uk

 

 

12 November 2025, Mrs Rachel Buckingham, ‘Sea Legs – Life and Surgery on board the Mercy Ships’

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Please join us on Wednesday 12 of November at 7 pm to welcome Mrs Buckingham MBChB FRCS (T&O),

Mrs Buckingham is a graduate of Bristol medical school.

She undertook her orthopaedic training the South West of England followed

by a clinical fellowship at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford.

Mrs Buckingham was appointed as a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon in 2007.

 

 

 

29 October 2025, The Muir Lecture. Mr Henry Marsh ‘Prima non nocere – Painful lessons from 45 years in Neurosurgery ’

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Tonight’s lecture, by Mr Henry Marsh, is dedicated to Dr Margaret Grace Muir

‘The Muir Lecture’ generously supported by a legacy from the family of Dr Margaret Grace Muir who lived locally, and sadly died of Muscular dystrophy in her 50s and whose husband wanted to leave money to the Society on her behalf.

‘I know my mother and father would be very honoured to be associated with such an interesting and prestigious lecture, given by such an eminent figure as Mr Henry Marsh CBE FRCS’

 

Please join us tonight Wednesday 29th of October to welcome Mr Henry Marsh CBE FRCSFormerly Consultant Neurosurgeon at St George’s Hospital London, Henry Thomas Marsh  is a British neurosurgeon and author, a pioneer of awake craniotomy techniques and of neurosurgical work in Ukraine.

 

21 May 2025 -Dr Jamie Black and Dr Elizabeth Mumby ‘There and Back Again – a Kiwi Tale’

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Wednesday 21st of May. We welcome Dr Jamie Back (trainee anaesthetist) and Dr Elizabeth Mumby (GP trainee) to tell of their experiences working and training in NZ and trying to navigate a way back into the doctor depleted NHS – not as easy as it sounds

Dr Jamie Back  and Dr Elizabeth Mumby qualified from St George’s and Southampton respectively and are both currently working in Cornwall. In August 2024 they returned to the UK having worked and trained for nearly 4 years in New Zealand – in anaesthetics, ICU, and on the rescue helicopter.

When not travelling, they both love surfing, trail running, skiing, hiking and tennis. They are getting married in September at Elizabeth’s family home in Newark.

Please join us on May 2025 (date TBC) at the PGMEC, City Hospital Campus (free parking at the rear of the Centre) or via Teams. Wine and Nibbles available from 18:30 with the talk starting at 19:00

For further details please contact admin@medchi.org.uk

2 October – Inaugural Presidential Address – ‘Imagine That!’

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Please join us this Wednesday 2nd of October for Dr Jane Selwyn’s Inaugural Presidential address in the Lecture Theatre at the PGMEC (or via Teams/Zoom).

The meeting will start at 7pm with free drinks and nibbles available in the lounge from 6:30pm. There is limited free parking at the rear of the PGMEC

Jane’s chosen charity for the year is Doctors in Distress.  You can donate to the charity by clicking here

For further details please contact admin@medchi.org.uk