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8 unusual facts about Royal Society of Medicine


Charles W. Socarides

Socarides was a life member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, where he chaired a discussion group, and an affiliate member of the Royal Society of Medicine in London, United Kingdom.

Donald Rix

He was a fellow of the College of American Pathologists, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Royal Society of Medicine, and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.

Edwin Hurry Fenwick

It was largely through the efforts of Fenwick that urology was shaped into a specialty in Great Britain, recognized by the Royal Society of Medicine.

Hutchison baronets

The Hutchison Baronetcy, of Thurle in Streatly in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 July 1939 for Robert Hutchison, President of the Royal Society of Medicine and of the Royal College of Physicians.

Leonard Arthur

He served on the Council of the British Paediatric Association, was secretary of the Paediatric Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and chaired the Trent Regional Advisory Sub-committee in Paediatrics, sitting also on the Regional Medical Committee.

One Stop Wide Awake surgery

One Stop Wide Awake (OSWA) is a surgical model which was initially developed for hand surgery in the UK and now recognised by the Royal Society of Medicine press.

Sylvia Lawler

Lawler's lifetime work was recognised in the form of the Royal Society of Medicine Syliver Lawler prize, each year two prizes are offered for the best scientific paper and the best clinical paper.

William Shainline Middleton

Middleton was an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK); a Master and former President of the American College of Physicians; a recipient of the Alumni Award of Merit from the University of Pennsylvania; and a recipient of the UW Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching.


Ambush defence

An example of the ambush defence is found in a paper given by Judge John Milford QC at a 1994 Joint Conference entitled "Beyond reasonable doubt" organised by the Royal Society of Medicine and the Expert Witness Institute.

Lyall Stuart Scott

Scott served on the editorial committee of the British Journal of Urology, on the council of the British Association of Urological Surgeons and on the urology committee of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Parveen Kumar

Parveen June Kumar CBE is a British doctor who served as President of the British Medical Association in 2006, and of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2010 to 2012.

Robin C. N. Williamson

Robin C. N. Williamson (1942-) is Professor and Head of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hammersmith Hospital, London and a former Dean and president of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).


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Naguib Pasha Mahfouz

On 1 July 1947, the Royal Society of Medicine of England bestowed its Honorary Fellowship upon Professor Naguib Mahfouz together with Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin, and an atomic scientist.