Pinkerton Memorial Lecture (The Junior Anaesthetists’ Group Annual Guest Lecture )

The Guest Lecture became known as the Pinkerton Memorial Lecture in 1982 in honour of H H (Tony) Pinkerton, President of the Association (1965-1967) at the time the Junior Anaesthetists’ Group was founded. A bronze medal is presented to the Pinkerton Lecturer.

Guest Lecturers

|2000's | 1990's | 1980's | 1970's |

1973

J Alfred Lee, Southend-on-Sea

1974

A number of eminent anaesthetists

1975/6

No guest lectures

1977

J Needham, Director, East Asian History of Science Library, Cambridge

1978

Mary Whittaker, University of Exeter

1979

R de G Hanson, Surgeon Commander, RN

1980

A A Spence, Editor of the British Journal of Anaesthesia and later Professor of Anaesthesia, Edinburgh and Glasgow

1981

C Armstrong-Esther, Professor of Nursing Studies, Guildford

Pinkerton Memorial Lecturers

1982

C J Hull, Professor of Anaesthesia, Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Dangerous Ground"

1983

D J Gee, Professor of Forensic Medicine, Leeds "Criminal View of Life and Death"

1984

D C Flenley, Professor of Respiratory Diseases, Edinburgh "Sleep, Breathing and Oxygen"

1985

A Maynard, Professor of Health Economics, York "Rationing Care and Efficiency"

1986

K Rawnsley, Emeritus Professor of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales "The Sick Doctor"

1987

J W Dundee, Professor of Anaesthesia, Queens University Belfast "A Travelling Professor"

1988

M J Halsey, Reader, Medical Research Centre, Northwick Park "Basic Science and Anaesthesia"

1989

R Dyson, Professor of Clinical Management, University of Keele Clinical and resource management. "What are the Options for Anaesthetists?"

1990

W C Bowman, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde "What ’s New at the Neuromuscular Junction?"

1991

T B Boulton, Consultant Anaesthetist, Oxford and Reading , President of the Association of Anaesthetists 1984-1986 "From Black Gas to Propofol"

1992

J S M Zorab, Consultant Anaesthetist, Bristol , President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists 1988-1992 "Twenty-Five Years of Development in European and World Anaesthesia"

1993

Brian Edwards, Chief Executive of Trent Regional Health Authority "Have We Seen the High Point of the Development of the Health Service?"

1994

A Taylor, CBE. Solicitor, Past Chairman of the National Association of Health Authorities "A Professional Agenda for Aanaesthetists"

1995

S Brandon, Professor of Psychiatry and Postgraduate Dean, Leicester "The Cost of Caring"

1996

J S Milledge, Consultant Physician "High Altitude Medicine"

1997

I Calder, Consultant Anaesthetist, London "Lead Kindly Light"

1998

G Hume, Freelance Journalist, Edinburgh "Medicine in the Media"

1999

Mike Stroud OBE "Survival of the Fittest"

2000

D K Whittaker, reader in oral biology & forensic Dentistry, Consultant dental surgeon, UHW, Cardiff "Forensic Dental Science in Investigation of Serious Crime"

2001

John Clark, Roslin Institute, Midlothian "Genetic Modification, Home of Dolly the Sheep"

2002

Philip Routledge, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiff "Drug Safety - a Titanic Struggle"

2003

D Boxall, Cameron Balloons "Over, Around and Out of this World – Taking Balloons to the Limit"

2004

Admiral Frank Golden, Portsmouth "Immersion Related Deaths"

2005

Kevin Fong, Co-Director, Centre for Aviation, Space and extreme Environment medicine, UCL , London "Medicine for Mars - The Next Small Step"

2006

John Burn, Medical Director, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne , UK "Running in the Blood"