The 2014 Punch Club meeting was organised between 8 & 10 October at the Washington Mayflower Hotel, London by David Badenoch.
Following supper on 8 Oct chez Badenoch, the outstanding members' programme of talks is shown below:
| THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER |
| Peter Harper, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Guy's Hospital, London |
Oncological dilemmas in urology |
| Bijan Khubehi, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London |
The future of localisation of tumour in partial nephrectomy |
| Jeremy Ockrim, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University College London Hospital |
Making the wet dry |
| Clare Allen, Consultant Uro-Radiologist, University College London Hospital |
MRI scanning & the advance in diagnosing prostatic cancer |
| John Kelly, Professor of Uro-Oncology, University College London Hospital |
Surgery for high-risk prostate cancer: harm or benefit? |
On 9 Oct, the accompanying persons were invited to a cookery course at La Cucina Caldesi Cookery School where they were later joined for lunch by the members to sample the newly-created pasta dishes.
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In the afternoon, members & partners had a guided tour of Spencer House - a beautiful 18th century palace. The club dinner was held in the Garrick Club, courtesy of Garrick members David Badenoch & Mike Dineen.
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The menu is shown below (click the image for a full-screen version:
On 10 Oct, the accompanying persons enjoyed a guided tour of the Fleming Collection, followed by coffee and pastries at Fortnum & Mason. After lunch at the Mayfair Hotel, those who had any energy left were encouraged to explore nearby Burlington Arcade & Bond Street before returning home. Presentations from the second-day scientific session are listed in the table below:
| FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER |
| Daron Smith, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University College London Hospital |
The ureteroscopic management of ureteric trauma |
| Robert Forman, Consultant Fertility Gynaecologist & Medical Director, CRM Care, London |
IVF: from Oldham to Silicon Valley |
| Sir John Cunningham, Professor of Renal Medicine, University College London Hospital |
What the urologist needs to know about the kidney |
| Charles Dewhurst, Senior Lawyer, MDU |
Legal challenges to doctors |
| Norman Williams, Professor of Surgery, Barts & the London School of Medicine, Past President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |
Reflections & current perspectives of a recent RCS President |
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