Past Event
Friday 3rd May 2024
May Outing
Date: TBC
Venue & Time:
Jupiter Artland
Past Event
Friday 19th April 2024
Annual Dinner
TBC
Venue & Time:
New Club Princes Street at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 15th March 2024
Management of wounds sustained by British forces on the Western Front 1914-1918
Guest speaker: Tom Scotland - Retired orthopaedic surgeon and historian
Venue & Time:
50 George Square Room G.04 at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 16th February 2024
The origin of the Universe and was it designed to enable life?
Guest speaker: Arthur Trew – Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh University
Venue & Time:
50 George Square Room G.04 at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 26th January 2024
Burns Supper
TBC
Venue & Time:
Edinburgh Academy
Past Event
Thursday 14th December 2023
Concert Outing
Beethoven Violin Concerto Nicola Benedetti Mozart Symphony No34
Venue & Time:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Usher Hall
Past Event
Friday 17th November 2023
A doctor’s daughter: the extraordinary life of Phoebe Traquair
Guest speaker: Elizabeth Cummings - Honorary Professor in Art History, Edinburgh University
Venue & Time:
50 George Square Room G.04 at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 27th October 2023
Medicine Old and New: An unorthodox life of Sir Thomas Browne 17th Century physician and NHS Free for all – his two latest books.
Guest Speaker: Gavin Francis - GP and author
Venue & Time:
19 George Square Room G.02 at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 14th April 2023
Annual Dinner
Guest speaker: Professor James Drife
Venue & Time:
The New Club, Princes Street, Edinburgh at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 10th March 2023
Classical Guitar Recital, and Annual General Meeting
tbc
Venue & Time:
G.04, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 10th February 2023
The Firearm Industry as a Commercial Determinant of Health
Guest speaker: Dr Nason Maani, Lecturer in Inequality and Global Health, University of Edinburgh
Venue & Time:
RMS Rooms, Bristo Square, Edinburgh at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 13th January 2023
A Fresh Look at Burke and Hare
Guest Speaker: Eric Melvin, former teacher and local historian
Venue & Time:
G.06, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU at 7:30pm
Past Event
Thursday 15th December 2022
Winter Concert Outing: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Mozart Piano Concerto, and Dvorak 7th Symphony
Details to follow
Venue & Time:
Usher Hall at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 18th November 2022
Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes in Ethnic Minority Women and White Women in the US and the UK
Guest speaker: Dr Gwenetta Curry, Lecturer in Race, Ethnicity and Health, University of Edinburgh
Venue & Time:
G.06, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 14th October 2022
The Four Horsemen: Pestilence, Warfare, Injustice, and Climate Change
Guest speaker: Professor Anthony Seaton, Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aberdeen
Venue & Time:
G.06, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 13th May 2022
Summer Outing
Outing
Venue & Time:
tbc
Past Event
Friday 1st April 2022
Two Hundred Years of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh - a celebration of its history and of its founder, Dr Andrew Duncan
Guest speakers: Dr Ted Duvall & Dr Daisy Cunynghame
Venue & Time:
Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 11th March 2022
Theatre and Cinema Collecting - a 70 Year Passion
Guest speaker: Dr Alan Brown
Venue & Time:
Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 11th February 2022
Domestic Violence and When Men Murder Women
Guest speakers: Professors Russell and Rebecca Dobash
Venue & Time:
Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 14th January 2022
An Abyss of Suffering: Why is Palliative Care Still Missing in the Global Health Agenda and What is the Situation in Africa?
Guest speaker: Professor Liz Grant
Venue & Time:
Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 10th December 2021
The Royal Jaunt - George IV's Visit to Edinburgh 1822
Guest speaker: Eric Melvin
Venue & Time:
Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 12th November 2021
When New Cures Were Old: Biocolonialism and the Caribbean
Guest speaker: Lisa Williams
Venue & Time:
Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 15th October 2021
From Sunday Mass to Celebrating Iftar: a small pop-up vaccination clinic to address socially determined inequalities in health
Guest speaker: Dr Tamara Joffe
Venue & Time:
Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 14th May 2021
"To Make and Save Money": Medicine, Sugar and Slavery in 18th century Jamaica
Guest speaker: Alastair Learmont.
Venue & Time:
Via Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 23rd April 2021
Of Plates, and Pots, and Pans - The Early History of Penicillin
Guest Speaker: Dr Edward Duvall. A virtual tour of some of the objects in the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street that illustrate the early history of penicillin from its discovery in 1928 to its use in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in the early 1950s.
Venue & Time:
Via Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 19th March 2021
Dr Andrew Gold - an inspiration
Mrs Rosemary Gold, followed by Annual General Meeting.
Venue & Time:
via Zoom
Past Event
Friday 26th February 2021
W S Bruce and J H H Pirie: the two Edinburgh medics of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902 -1904
Dr Phil Stone
Venue & Time:
via Zoom
Past Event
Friday 22nd January 2021
Book Collecting: a delightful gentle madness
Dr. Stefan Slater
Venue & Time:
via Zoom
Past Event
Friday 4th December 2020
Walking with dinosaurs - reconstructing behaviour in extinct animals
Dr Greg Funston, a Canadian palaeontologist, will be speaking. Read synopsis.
Venue & Time:
via Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 20th November 2020
Health, Hedonism and Hypochondria
Professor Ian Bradley, Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Spiritual History at the University of St Andrew's University will address us on the subject of Health, Hedonism and Hypochondria - the hidden history of Spas, which is the title of his latest book.
Venue & Time:
via Zoom at 7:30pm
Past Event
Friday 16th October 2020
Zugzwang: a metaphor for our Covid-19 times
Prof. Raj Bhopal
Venue & Time:
via Zoom
Past Event
Saturday 16th May 2020
Summer Outing: Botanics Library and Science Block
Darwin's letters, Medical School Links and Botanical Art Further details nearer the date
Venue & Time:
20a Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR
Past Event
Friday 24th April 2020
Med Chi Annual Dinner
Guest Speaker: Dr Alice Thompson, Social Bite Dinner at 8:00pm
Venue & Time:
The New Club, 86 Princes Street, EH2 2BB at 7:00pm
Dress Code:
Black tie
Past Event
Friday 13th March 2020
Dr Andrew Gold - an inspiration
Mrs. Rosemary Gold Followed by Annual General Meeting
Venue & Time:
Room G.06, 50 George Square, EH8 9LH at 7:00pm
Past Event
Friday 28th February 2020
History of the Cockburn Association
Prof. Cliff Hague. Chair of the Cockburn Associaton
Venue & Time:
Room G.06, 50 George Square, EH8 9LH at 7:00pm
Past Event
Friday 17th January 2020
Annual Burns Supper
Annual Burns Supper.
Venue & Time:
The Edinburgh Academy Main Hall, 42 Henderson Row, EH3 5BL at 7:00pm
Dress Code:
Black tie or national dress
Past Event
Friday 6th December 2019
Group Outing to RSNO
Pre-concert talk, RSNO Concert and interval reception.
Venue & Time:
Usher Hall, Lothian Road, EH1 2EA
Past Event
Friday 22nd November 2019
Dinner
Moody Cows and Scaredy Cats - The Science of Animal Personality. Guest Speaker - Dr Jill MacKay
Venue & Time:
The New Club, 86 Princes Street, EH2 2BB at 7:00pm
Dress Code:
Lounge suits
Past Event
Friday 18th October 2019
Mediaeval Islamic Medicine
Prof. Carole Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh.
Venue & Time:
ECCI, High School Yards, Infirmary Street, EH1 1LZ at 7:00pm
Past Event
Friday 17th May 2019
Summer Outing
Musical evening at St. Cecilia's Hall with supper
Venue & Time:
St. Cecilia's Hall at 5:30pm
Dress Code:
Smart Casual
Past Event
Friday 26th April 2019
Med Chi Annual Dinner
Guest Speaker: Dr Richard Weller 'Dermatology in Ethiopia'.
Venue & Time:
The New Club, 86 Princes Street, EH2 2BB at 7:00pm
Dress Code:
Black tie or national dress
Past Event
Friday 8th March 2019
Talk: Functional Animation for Public Health
George McBean. Followed by Annual General Meeting.
Venue & Time:
ECCI, High School Yards, Infirmary Street, EH1 1LZ at 7:00pm
Past Event
Friday 8th February 2019
Talk: Altruistic kidney donation
Dr Richard de Soldenhoff (donor) and Mr Gabriel Oniscu (transplant surgeon).
Venue & Time:
ECCI, High School Yards, Infirmary Street, EH1 1LZ at 7:00pm
Past Event
Friday 18th January 2019
Annual Burns Supper
Annual Burns Supper.
Venue & Time:
The Edinburgh Academy Main Hall, 42 Henderson Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5BL at 7:00pm
Dress Code:
Black tie or national dress
Past Event
Friday 14th December 2018
Group outing to RSNO
Reception and pre-concert talk, followed by the RSNO concert at 7.30pm.
Venue & Time:
Usher Hall, Lothian Road, EH1 2EA
Dress Code:
smart casual
Past Event
Friday 23rd November 2018
Dinner
Speaker: Dr Jonathan Silvertown: Dinner with Darwin –Food, drink and evolution.
Venue & Time:
The New Club, 86 Princes Street, EH2 2BB at 7:00pm
Dress Code:
Lounge suits
Past Event
Friday 19th October 2018
Talk: The Soay Sheep of St. Kilda
Professor Josephine Pemberton, University of Edinburgh. Wow! Who would have believed that alpha males have a shorter life expectancy than the rest of us? Or that according to the Foster's theory large animals get smaller when put an island whilst small animals get larger. St Kilda endorses this theory as the Soay sheep are getting smaller whereas the common mouse is twice the size of ones on the mainland. This was a fascinating talk by Prof Josephine Pemberton and she had us all glued to our seats. The new venue at ECCI was also a great success. Hilary Watkinson
Venue & Time:
ECCI, High School Yards, Infirmary Street, EH1 1LZ at 7:00pm
Past Event
Saturday 5th May 2018
Summer Outing
Trip to Innerpeffray Libray, by Crieff: the oldest lending library in Scotland.
Venue & Time:
Innerpeffray Library, Crieff PH7 3RF at 12:00pm
Past Event
Friday 20th April 2018
Med Chi Annual Dinner
With Guest speaker, Dr Allan Beveridge ‘Divided opinions: Approaching the mythology of RD Laing'.
Venue & Time:
The New Club, 86 Princes St EH2 2BB at 8:00pm
Past Event
Friday 16th March 2018
Talk: Gasmasks and Lipstick
Dr Margaret Collingwood followed by AGM 9.00pm to 9.30pm
Venue & Time:
The Project room, 50 George Square , EH8 9JY at 7:30pm