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The President’s Report 2012 Following last year’s AGM, the Executive Committee continues to need reinforcements. The active members remain small in number and if new blood is not found, it will be difficult to maintain an active Association. However, we have received some offers of help and will keep you up to date with news on any candidates. The contribution of the Association to the both the Medical School Students’ Distress Fund and the Elective Bursary scheme assumes greater importance each year due to the ever increasing financial burden on students. We are very pleased to be in a position to continue this and the membership fee will be put to good use. The new RFUCMS Alumni Association has just recruited approximately half of this year’s graduates and aims to begin holding events from October. An invitation is being extended to past graduates of all three original medical schools (Royal Free, University College London and Middlesex) to participate in the inaugural event

to emphasise the history and achievements which the current Medical School benefits from and must keep alive. Special thanks from me this year to all the members of the Executive Committee, particularly Wendy Kelsey without whom I would not have a chance of organising anything. In addition, we would like to thank Marion Huber on behalf of all the members for her many years of dedication as our administration expert who has finally retired from the Association. Her legacy has been inherited by Tanya Shennan who we are delighted to have with us and who is already proving a worthy successor. Finally, I look forward to seeing you at this year’s AGM for which, in response to overwhelming demand, the ward rounds have been reinstated. Philip Lodge

Inside this issue ◘ The Programme for THURSDAY, 15th NOVEMBER 2012 ................... Page 2 ◘ Minutes of the AGM held on 17th November 2011 ... Pages 3-5 ◘ Financial Statement for the Year to 30th April 2011 .. Pages 6-7 ◘ This and That: Internal Issues ......................................................... Page 8 Achievements ......................................................... Page 9 Reunion News ........................................................ Pages 10-13 ◘ Obituaries ................................................................ ... Pages 14-15 Enclosures: ◘ Registration Form for Attendance (pink) ◘ Triennial Dinner Form (white) ◘ Membership Subscription Form (yellow) ◘ Stay in Touch Form (green)

The Royal Free Association (incorporating the Royal Free Old Students' Association and Members of the School)

Newsletter

President: Dr Philip Lodge, qualified 1989, Consultant in Palliative Care, Royal Free Hospital and Marie Curie Hospice, North London Vice-President: Dr Jane Zuckerman, qualified 1987, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine; Sub-Dean, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant at the UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus) and the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London.

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* * * The TRIENNIAL DINNER will be held at THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS * * * 7.00 pm on Wednesday 14th November, 2012. Tickets £75

THE PROGRAMME

for the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday, 15th November 2012 in the

Sir William Wells Atrium, Ground Floor, Royal Free Hospital

10.00 a.m. REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

Sir Williams Wells Atrium Ground Floor, Royal Free Hospital

10.30 a.m. WARD ROUNDS Acute Surgery with Mr Massimo Varcada Orthopaedics with Mr Philip Ahrens Medical Oncology with Dr Christina Thirlwell Liver Transplant Team with Miss Linda Selves Pulmonary Hypertension and Rheumatology with Dr Benji Schreiber Care of the Elderly and Orthopaedics with

Dr Dean Noimark

11.45 a.m. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Agenda 1. Apologies for absence 2. Recording of deaths 3. Minutes of the last Meeting held on

Thursday, 17th November 2011 4. Matters arising 5. President’s Report 6. a. Election of Officers for 2012-2013

b. Election of new Members 7. Financial Report 8. Any Other Business 9. Date of next Annual Meeting 12.15 p.m. REPORTS ON UCL MEDICAL SCHOOL Speaker: Gareth Chan

RUMS Vice-President for Events Student President’s Report

Speaker: Melvyn Jones Senior Clinical Lecturer

Dept. of Primary Care & Population Health, UCL

12.30 p.m. STUDENT ELECTIVE REPORTS 1.00 p.m. LUNCH

2.00 p.m. THE PETER SCHEUER SYMPOSIUM

Chairman: Dr Philip Lodge

Consultant in Palliative Care

Speakers:

Professor Arie Zuckerman Former Principal & Dean, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine

“ Reflections of a Student to Dean“

Dr Charmian Goldwyn Volunteer, Medical Justice

“How Medical Justice Inspired Me to Leave Retirement“

4.00 p.m. TEA

5.00 p.m. THE MARSDEN LECTURE

Speaker:

Professor Sir John Bell, FRS, HonFREng, PMedSci President of the Academy of Medical Sciences &

Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University

6.00 p.m. TRUSTEES’ RECEPTION

6.30 p.m. for 7.00 p.m. INFORMAL DINNER

at Thyme (formerly known as the Brasserie Chez Gerard)

215 Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4RB

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Free Association held in the

Sir William Wells Atrium at the Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG on Thursday, 17th November 2011

Present: Dr Philip Lodge in the Chair plus 52 Members of the Association, namely:

Lesley ASHWORTH (1961) Rosemarie BAILLOD (1961) Elizbieta BIEL (1961) Josephine BOXER (1968) Valerie BRADBURN (1961) Elizabeth BRADSHAW (1964) Richard BRUETON (1971) Helen CLARK (1964) Malcolm CLARKE (1965) Wendy CLINE (1965) Andrew CLYMO (1959) Colin COOPER (1959) Barbara CROFT (1959) Helen CROSSLEY (1961) Anita DAVIES (1959) Ewa DRAGOWSKA (1960) Ozgen FEIZI (1964) John GIBSON (1956)

Robin GUPTA (1992) David HENDERSON (1965) Susan HILLS (1979) Hilary HUBBARD (1971) Wendy KELSEY (1966) Jean KEELING (1964) Mary MAGUIRE (1955) Angela MAIN (1956) Neil McINTYRE (Member) Deborah MEANLEY (1965) Julian MOORE (1989) Carola MORAN (1964) Renu MORRIS (1964) Ruth ODELL (1947) Santilal PARBHOO (Member) Dorothy PLATTS (1961) Margaret PROUT (1964)

Anna RAKOWICZ (1962) Avery REZEK (1959) Elizabeth SALTER (1965) Helen SAPPER (1959) Louise SCHEUER (Member) Hilary SHAW (1955) Elizabeth SMITH (Guest) Alison SOMERSET (1991) William TAMPION (Member) Mary Elsbeth TATE (1961) Brenda THOMPSON (1961) John TUCKER (1966) Maureen VAN RYSSON (1964) Jane WALDER (Guest) Patricia WALMSLEY (1964) Anne WICKHAM (1965) Dorothy WRIGHT (1950)

Philip Lodge welcomed everyone to the Meeting, particularly Dr Louise Scheuer, widow of Professor Peter Scheuer. Philip reported the sad news of the death of Bruce MacGillivray, to whom he owed his entire career. 1. Apologies for Absence Apologies were received from 172 members as per the list on page 5. 2. Recording of Deaths The Chairman regretted to report the deaths of 33 members; many of whom had made outstanding contributions to medicine and the care of patients. He read out the names: ALWYN-SMITH, Alison H.C. (1945), BAMJI, J. Elizabeth (née Jermyn) (1948), BERRY, Sheila I. (Mrs Hargreaves) (1954), BILLINGHURST, Margaret A. (1941), BREWER, Angus (1939), BRUUN-HANSSEN, Cynthia F. (née Stephenson) (1947), BURTON-BROWN, Jean R.C. (1940), CONNELL, Helen Margaret (1945), COPE, James (1957), DALTON, Michael J.T. (1966), EMOND, Ronald T.D. (Member), EVANS, Audrey Trevor MBE (1946), GROVES, Betty E. (née Wilkins) (1949), HAMMOND, Josephine E. (1960), HATCHER, Hilda J. (née Tanner) (1948), HEATON, Winifred M. (née Farmar) (1942), HENDERSON, Rosa (née Hertz) (1938), HILL, Jean M. (née Adams) (1954), IVORY, Christine M. (née Bayes) (1970), LEES, Kathleen P. (1941), MACGILLIVRAY, B. Bruce (Member), MARSHALL, Patricia F. (1963), MCDONALD, Alison D. (née Wells) (1941), MONEY, Patricia (Mrs Smith) (1961), MOON, JeanV. (née Lang) (1943), NEWMAN, Barbara M. (Mrs Davey) (1947), PINE, Enid (née Scholfield) (1946), RECKLESS, Helena M. (1946), SKEGGS, Dr David (Member), SLEIGH, Gillian (Mrs Nicholls) (1963), STERLAND, Mary (née Helmer) (1945), TEWSON, Jocelyn (née Johnston) (1949), THOMPSON, Clive D. (1957), WORT, M.Elizabeth (1949) There followed a short silence.

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3. Minutes of the last AGM held on Thursday 18th November, 2010 The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting had been circulated to all members via the Annual Newsletter and copies were made available to those present. There were no objections or questions and the Minutes were approved. 4. President’s Report Philip Lodge referred members to his report in the News letter. He went on to explain that there will be no new alumni joining the Royal Free Association. New students now join an Association formed by the UCL Medical School and the Students’ Union. This Association is known as RUMS (Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students. The ethos and manifesto of RUMS included Student Welfare, Education, Social Events and Reunions. Philip reassured members that the Royal Free Association had not merged with RUMS, but would run along side and would benefit from an extended database and more electronic mailing. Neil McIntyre pointed out that no decision to merge the two Associations could be made without agreement at an AGM. Philip responded that at present there was no suggestion of the two Associations being merged. Rosemarie Baillod suggested that RUMS members are invited to the Royal Free Association meetings. It was agreed that Consultants at the RFH should continue to become members of the Royal Free Association. Philip Lodge reported money from the Trustees was no longer available to the Association, but help and support from Consultants to the students would be encouraged via his association with the Consultants’ Committee. Members voiced their disappointment that there no ward rounds at this year’s meeting. It was felt that these had previously been a highlight of the day and provided an opportunity to meet people around the hospital. There was a show of hands, and it was agreed that ward rounds should be re-instated from next year. It was suggested that a cabinet was made available to display the various student trophies kept by the Royal Free Association and Dr Lodge said that he would pursue this issue.

5. Officers for 2011-2012 President: Philip Lodge Vice-President: Jane Zuckerman Secretary/Treasurer: Wendy Kelsey Executive Committee: Rosemarie Baillod Richard Brueton Jacqueline Cooper Bimbi Fernando Peter Howden Sandra Jones Dimitri Mikhailidis Andrew Platts Susan Tuck 6. Financial Report Wendy Kelsey referred members to the printed copy of the report. There was one amendment – expenditure of Distress Fund was £4,000 instead of £3,000. Wendy explained that the coming year would be very different in terms of expenditure. In the previous year, there had been no catering or post costs, but this would not continue to be the case. Also, we no longer received the £7,000 donated previously by the Royal Free Charity. 7. Any Other Business There was no further business and the meeting was closed. 8. Date of Next Meeting The next Annual General Meeting would be held on Thursday, 15th November, 2012 and include the Triennial Dinner on Wednesday 14th November, 2012. Ward Rounds would be offered. Page 4

Apologies for Absence ADAMS, Laureen (1948) ADAMSON, Kenneth P. (1967) AIHIE, Pamela (1959) ALLEN, Roy T.J. (1960)

AMBACHE, Stella (1942) ASHBY, Rosemary R. (Mrs Chapman) (1956) BARNES, Priscilla (1953) BARRON, Prudence (née Walton) (1942) BEERE, Deborah M. (1981) BERRY, Robert (Member) BIRKS, Doreen A. (1949) BISHOP, Angela P. (1976) BISHOP, Diane (1963) BLATCH, Sheila (1958) BOUCHER, Audrey M.G. (née Wilson) (1974) BOXALL, Lionel (1956) BRICKNELL, Paul (1958) BURTENSHAW, Hazel M. (1959) BUTLER, Eleanor (1963) CARLSON, Jacquelin (1956) CARLYON, Tamsin (1983) CHAPMAN, Patrick (1968) CHESTERS, Pamela J. (Member) CLARKE, Simon (1991) CLAY, Barbara (1961) COLSTON, Jean R. (1957) COOPER, Gisu (1988) COPE, Anna (née Pridal) (1956) COTTER, Helen (1960) COWARD, Jeremy (1988) COWEN, Jenny (1972) CREE, Sylvia J. (1957) DAVIES, Muriel A. (1958) DOCK, Valerie (1973) DONALD, Dorothy (1960) DOYLE, Edmund X. P. (1994) DUGUID, Barbara (1951) EDMONDS, John P.F. (1971) EDWARDS, Joan (1957) EMPSON, Dora (1962) ERROCK, Paula (1962) ERWIN, Diana (1960) ETHERIDGE, Monica M. (1940) EVERETT, V. Jill (1959) FARRAND, David (1970) FISHER, Judith M. (née Shaw) (1963) FISHER, Marie G. (1952) FLETCHER, Ian R. (1971) FOUND, Sally (1975) FOX, Bruce (1991) FOX-MALE, Patricia (Mrs Ridgway) (1971) FREEMANTLE, Ruth (1959) GALVIN, Elizabeth A.S. (Mrs Turrell) (1971) GARDNER OF PARKES, Baroness T. (Member) GIBEON, Simon (1973) GOLTON, Andrea G. (1971) GORDON-WRIGHT, Hilary (née Burt) (1974) GOWER, Sean G. (1989) GREEN, Mary (1955)

GREEN, Peter (Member) HALL, Judith M. (Mrs O'Leary) (1958) HALL, Professor Joseph G. (1957) HARDIMAN, James H. (1964) HARPUR, Jane (1969) HARRIS, John (Member) HARTMAN, Sandra (1969) HELSON, Edna (1958) HENDERSON, Elizabeth P. (1953) HENDERSON, Moira M. (1958) HEWITT, Susan (1974) HITCHINGS, Roger (1966) HOBBS, Rebecca J. (1982) HORDER, John (Member) HORNICK, Rita (1959) HOVER, E. Carol (née Lock) (1955) HOWARD, Ann (1964) HOWDEN, Peter (1983) HOWELL, Annabel (1991) HUGHES, Mary (1956) HUNTER, Anne L. (1950) HUNTER, Mary (1950) JAGO, Audrey (1951) JAMES, Stephanie (née Holmes) (1951) JAMPEL, Liliana (1958) JONES, Pamela A. (Mrs Kirk) (1966) JONES, Roy (1972) KING, Isabel J. (1973) KING, Janet (1958) KLUTH, David C. (1989) KOHNER, Eva (1959) LAQUEUR, Sylvia (1972) LAZARO, Neil G.T. (1992) LINDESAY, Kathleen (1957) LINSELL, Jane C. (1978) LUCAS, Susan V. (Mrs Hardiman) (1963) LYNCH, Anthony (1995) MacDONALD BURNS, David C. (Member) MANAKTALA, Kavitha (1982) MANN, Evlene (1979) MANNALL, Jill (1964) MARR, A. Christina (1966) MASON, James (1973) McCARTHY, Ann (1955) McEWEN, Leonie (1960) McINTYRE, Waveney (1994) McKINNON, Jean (1961) McLAUGHLIN, James E. (Member) MEADOWS, Isobel (1957) MEYNEN, Frederick (1964) MILLMAN, Guy C. (1994) MITCHELL, Jean (1945) MORGAN, Robert (Member) MORRIS JONES, Patricia H. (Mrs Casarini) (1957) MUNSON, David (1978) MURPHY, Margaret (1962) NEWBERRY, Sarah (1989) NICHOLS, Mary P. (née Bacon) (1982) Page 5

O’CALLAGHAN, Abina (1977) ODEKU, K. Jill (née Adcock) (1961) OSBORN, Marion (1955) OSBORNE, Bridget (1980) OSGOOD, Vicky (1977) PAINTIN, Avril (1955) PAPINI, Remo (1984) PATEMAN, Sally (1965) PEPYS, Mark (Member) PERCY, Catherine M. (née Campbell) (1975) PHILLIPS, Brian (1954) PLUMMER, Yvonne M. (1977) POLLITZER, Melanie J. (Mrs Fone) (née Moss) (1973) PULLEN, Denise A. (Mrs Palmer) (1943) RANDALL, Jean M. (Mrs Measday) (1948) RANSOME, Mary (1945) REGAN, Leslie (1980) RENDELL, Anne (1954) RIDGWAY, Geoffrey L. (1971) ROGERS, Valerie (1961) ROSS, Ian H. (1968) ROWLANDS, A. Eleri (née Owen) (1970) RUDWICK, Ann L. (née Hunter) (1956) SELL, Dorothy M. (née Roberts) (1952) SEYMOUR, Anne (1959) SHARP, Olive (1958) SHIRLEY, Janet A. (née Clements) (1971) SHOTTS, Nina (1957) SLATTER, Elaine (née Bowlt) (1965) SMITH, Gina (1966) SMITH, Margaret M. (née Healey) (1957) SMITH, Marilyn (1963) STANGER, Hilda (1965) STERN, Dennis (1960) STEWART, Barbara (1947) STRACEY, Pamela M. (1958) STREETER, Helen L. (1989) SUCKLING, Heather (1963) SUMMERS, Lynne (Mrs Tracey) (1976) SYKES, Elizabeth (1978) THOMAS, A. Myfanwy (née Gray-Jones) (1968) THOMAS, Michael (Member) THOMPSON, Patricia A. (née Evershed) (1962) THORNLEY, Barbara A. (1966) THOW, Mary (1957) TOBIN, Jean M. (Mrs MacDonald Burns) (1968) VISRAM, Shirin (1955) WALKER, Robert (1989) WALSH, Margaret (1956) WEBB, Freda (née Garnett) (1957) WHITE, Pamela (1969) WILLIAMS, F. Gail (1972) WILSON, Rosalind (née Everett) (1951) WORTHINGTON, Marion M. (1962) ZUCKERMAN, Arie J. (1957)

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This and That ……….. Internal Issues

Executive Committee 2011/2012

President: Dr Philip Lodge Department of Palliative Care Royal Free Hospital Pond Street, London NW3 5QN e-mail: Philip.Lodge@nhs.net Vice-President: Dr Jane Zuckerman WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF

e-mail: j.zuckerman@ucl.ac.uk Treasurer/Secretary:

Dr Wendy Kelsey 7 Butterworth Gardens Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0BJ

Members:

Mr Richard Brueton, Orthopaedics Dr Rosemarie Baillod, Emeritus Dr Jacqueline Cooper, Anaesthesia Mr Bimbi Fernando, Nephrology Dr Dimitri Mikhailidis, Clinical Biochemistry Dr Andrew Platts, Radiology Miss Susan Tuck, Obstetrics and Gynaecology

e-mail: mcintyre@boston.demon.co.uk

* * * * IMPORTANT NOTICES * * * *

The RFA Database and Membership Directory We are trying to become paperless and save printing costs and to this end are sending as many Newsletters as possible electronically this year. However, we currently only have email addresses for about a quarter of our members. PLEASE send us your email address, if you have one, to rfassociation@gmail.com so that next year we can print a final hard copy of the Membership Directory containing these. It will be the last hard copy printed and will be posted to all members. After next year, members wanting information from the Directory will need to contact either Tanya or myself by email. We are unable to put the Directory on line as it is data protected. SO - if you have not already done so - please send us your email address or an updated 'green form’. We also want to hear about your changes of address and additional qualifications. Members who do not have email will, of course, continue to receive their Newsletters by post. Wendy Kelsey *****************************************************************************************************

This year, the TRIENNIAL DINNER will be held at THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

7.00 pm on Wednesday 14th November, 2012. Tickets £75

If you are able to join us, please complete and return the enclosed white form.

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This and That ……….. Achievements

To all Alumni and Members

Our warmest congratulations to all Alumni and Members for their achievements and successes during the year

…………… and in particular to:

Rosemarie BAILLOD Past President of the Royal Free Association, has had an award named after her by the

Nephrology Division of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Mr Jonathan JAGGER, LVO Royal Free Consultant Opthalmologist has been awarded the Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, an honour reserved for people who have served the Queen or the Monarchy in a personal

way. Mr Jagger has been the Queen’s surgeon oculist for a decade.

Professor Mark PEPYS, FRS Professor Mark Pepys has been knighted for services to Biomedicine. Sir Mark was

Professor of Medicine and Head of the Division of Medicine at the Royal Free Campus of UCL until September 2011.

Mr Colin SHIEFF, Consultant Neurosurgeon Colin Shieff’s amazing work with soldiers injured in action has been recognised with the

Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal – an accolade which is reserved for exemplary reserve forces personnel. The medal was presented to him by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday,

12 October, 2011.

Keith HUNT, MBE Keith Hunt received an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to complimentary medicine after 46 years of service to the Royal Free. Many members will remember Keith as

Manager of the Royal Free Recreation Club. He went on to become a full-time therapist and set up the Department of Complimentary Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital.

Professor John Edward EARIS has been awarded an Honorary Professorship of the University of Liverpool.

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This and That ……… Reunion News

REUNIONS TO BE HELD IN 2012

ROYAL FREE 25 year REUNION- 22 September 2012

Did you start in 1982 or graduate in 1987?

Hurry! and book your places for the 25th year reunion. Please contact your friends and bring any interested parties along.

Where: Norton Park Hotel, Near Winchester, Hampshire. tel : 01962 763000 Date: 22nd September 2012 Dinner at 8pm

To book please call: Central reservations team on 0845 074 0055 quoting

"Saturday 22nd September Royal Free reunion Dinner". http://www.qhotels.co.uk/hotels/norton-park-winchester.aspx

Questions/dietary requirements to:

siobhanlaws@aol.com or sabine.margarson@me.com

1960

There is going to be a reunion of the 1960 qualifiers on Friday 16th November, 2012. We plan to meet in the British Museum in the morning, 10 am in the Grand Hall cafe. There will be a dinner in the Westbury Hotel in the evening. We celebrated our 50 years

there in 2010. For further details contact Charmian Goldwyn , at chum.goldwyn@waitrose.com Tel: 0208 876 3700.

77 Elm Bank Gardens, London SW13 0NX.

Class of 1964, 48th Reunion

A dinner to mark the 48th Reunion of the Class of ’64 will take place on 18th September 2012 at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. As in 2009, I plan a get-together on the preceding evening, 17th and outings [optional] on

Tuesday and Wednesday, 18/19th.

Please contact me if you are interested, preferably by e-mail [jeanwkeeling@aol.com] or at 9 Forres Street, Edinburgh EH3 6BJ to

ensure that you receive further information.

1964:

1987:

1960:

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This and That ……… Reunion News (Continued)

REUNIONS TO BE HELD IN 2012-2013

REUNIONS TO BE HELD IN 2014

REUNION INFORMATION: If you are organising a Reunion for your Year, the RFA can provide a list of names and addresses for any particular year (and where possible e-mail addresses) plus a print out of address labels. Contact: Tanya Shennan, Royal Free Association, UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus), Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, e-mail: rfassociation@gmail.com

1984

I am planning a 30 year reunion in June 2014, for 1984 graduates, hopefully using the same venue we had 10 years ago, near Heathrow. Would anyone interested please contact me, Dr Barbara Hanak at barbara.hanak@ntlworld.com or by post at 76 Digswell Park Road, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 7NS, or by text 07941 365630.

1972

We are planning a reunion of the 1972 qualifiers sometime later this year (2012) or Spring 2013, to celebrate 40 years since graduation!

Date and venue still to be decided, but if you are interested in joining us, please contact Geoff Scott by e-mail: janethd@runbox.com

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Royal Free Students 1971 Qualifiers - November, 2011

RFHSM Reunion - 1971 Qualifiers

The reunion was held in York, at the Grange Hotel, on 4 November 2011. In all, 80 people attended, of whom 51 were year members – a respectable turnout for a year which originally totalled 90 (and sadly, six of those are known to have died). While the majority came from the UK, members also arrived from North America & Australia. The reunion itself comprised a drinks reception, followed by an informal dinner, although many people took the opportunity to stay in York for two or three days – as a popular tourist destination, there was no shortage of attractions to see and visit, and the consensus of opinion was that York had been a good choice. Paul Arnison-Newgass had nobly volunteered to assemble a year-book of members’ lives, inviting self-written contributions (the style perhaps revealing as much about the author as the text itself!). The next reunion will be in five years’ time (2016) – or so the organisers (A J Barnes & I R Fletcher) have been told… Ian R Fletcher

Photographs kindly provided by Michael Modelski

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Thirty one of us who qualified in 1962 had a very enjoyable reunion on 12th May 2012, at the Beaumont Estate Hotel in Old Windsor. Some of us arrived early on the Friday evening and spent a pleasant Saturday enjoying Windsor and its surrounds, before dinner in the evening. We were all very happy to meet up again and exchange our news, especially with those who had come from Canada or the USA. We had drinks beforehand and then a delicious dinner, followed by a few speeches and a toast to Brian and Mary Searby who were celebrating their Ruby Wedding anniversary that day. Afterwards we had a hilarious time as some husbands took photos of our group. We thought meeting again in 10 years may be a bit ambitious(!), but we hope to meet up again in 5 years’ time. Anne Louise Ashton (Mrs O’Donovan)

Royal Free Students 1962 Qualifiers – May 2012

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Obituaries

Qualifying in 1948, Valerie Thompson’s medical career throughout her life was centred on the Royal Free from student, Houseman, Registrar to Consultant with one important exception. As Senior Registrar she moved east to The London (now The Royal London) Hospital in Whitechapel where she met her husband-to-be, Cliff Yorke. Cliff was not only Senior Registrar in Psychiatry, but a much loved character, singing and playing jazz piano in the Residents’ Mess. The writer was Resident Accoucheur at The London when Valerie arrived. The first lady to hold the post of Senior Registrar in what was a totally male department, the very antithesis fro m the one she had just left, but in no time she became a most welcome guest at the Resident Mess dinners. She returned to the Royal Free as Consultant in Gynaecology and ten years later I was delighted to have the opportunity to join her along with her colleagues first at Grays Inn Road and later in Hampstead. Her work was entirely in Gynaecology with the usual out-patient beds and operating list. In addition, Valerie had an interest in infertility working with her colleagues. She was also an active member of the Institute Psychosexual Medicine with rooms at 81 Harley Street, shared with her husband. A passionate ice-skater, Valerie was a regular patron of ice rinks in West London. On one occasion, whilst skating, she was struck with a violent headache. Making the diagnosis herself, she immediately contacted the Neurosurgery Department and then ordered a rather puzzled Ambulance crew to take her without any delay to the Royal Free, which they duly did. She was greeted by the Neurosurgical Houseman who started to try to tell her the risks of the procedure, only to be told “Give me that paper – I will sign and go straight to theatre”! The subsequent craniotomy was a complete success. In retirement Valerie continued her active close support and association with the Medical School and Hospital through the Royal Free Association, becoming President in 1991. Valerie and Cliff retired to live in rural Oxfordshire at South Moreton where she was able to pursue her skills as a gardener, building up a fine collection of hostas, heucheras and hellebores. Philip Chalk

Valerie Thompson, FRCS, FRCOG 1927-2010

Memorial Festschrift for Professor Don Jeffries Thursday 18 October 2012 

To be held at The Royal College of Pathologists, 2 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AF

Professor Don Jeffries died suddenly on December 7th 2011, aged 70 years. Following undergraduate studies at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, Don qualified MB.BS in 1966, acquiring a  BSc  Physiology  and  a  scholarship  for  pre‐clinical  studies  on  the way. He  specialised  in  virology  at  St. Mary’s Hospital, being the first person to obtain MRCPath by examination in Virology in 1974. He was appointed FRCPath in 1986 and was Vice President from 1999 to 2002. Early interest centered on Hepatitis and Herpes viruses, leading to appointment as Reader  in 1982. During  the 1980s Don was amongst  the  first virologists  to encompass  the HIV epidemic. 1990 saw a move  to  the Barts/London School as Professor of Virology, becoming  in 1998 Academic and Clinical Head  of Microbiology  and  Virology  for  the  combined Medical  School  and NHS  Trust.  Don’s  interest  in Infection Control took him gradually  into the  field of TSEs. He chaired the ACDP TSE working group and was vice Chair of the CJD Incidents Panel. These roles and other related appointments followed him into an active retirement. He was appointed a richly deserved CBE in 2006. Don was a brilliant teacher, wise counsellor, and a gentle and kind man. 

10.00   Registration & refreshments 

10.30   Don Jeffries – an appreciation – Dr Geoff Ridgway 

11.00   Update on Schmollenberg virus and New and Emerging Infections – Dr Dilys Morgan 

11.30   Update on HIV – Professor Jane Anderson 

12.00   Update on HIV treatment and prevention‐ Dr Anna Maria Geretti 

12.30  Lunch 

13.20   Update on hepatitis virus epidemiology – Dr Samreen Ijaz 

13.50   Update on hepatitis virus prevention and treatment – To be confirmed 

 14.20 Update on CJD epidemiology – Professor James Ironside 

14.50   Hello and goodbye BSE? – Dr Ray Bradley 

15.10   Drinks reception 

16.30   Close 

Registration to this event is free of charge, but we will need confirmation of all attendees. If you wish to attend please contact the Events Manager, Michelle Merrett on Email: michelle.merrett@rcpath.org or Telephone: 020 7451 6740 to confirm your place. 

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