2016 Middlesbro'

The 2016 meeting took place in Middlesbrough, hosted by Janet Whiteway from 5 to 7 October.

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Members and their partners were accommodated in Jurys Inn Hotel, close to the Teesside docks. On the evening of 5 October, they were transported to Janet's home where they were wined and dined, enjoying Janet's own culinary creations.

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The accompanying persons were transported to Preston Park Museum & Grounds for a morning of explorations whilst members attended the fdirst scientific session on the Kilburn Room at the hotel. The presentations given at this session are shown in the table below:

THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER (Kilburn Room, Jurys Inn Hotel)
Janet Whiteway, Consultant Urological Surgeon, James Cook Universtiy Hospital, Middlesbrough	A bit about Middlesbrough
Graham Philips, Consultant Gynaecologist, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough	Is endometriosis a urological disease?
Geoff Naisby, Consultant Uro-Radiologist, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough	Hello, I'm a radiologist, can I help?
Chris Harding, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne	Non-invasive urodynamics
Aftab Bhatti, Consultant Urological DSurgeon James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough & Visiting Professor, UCLA	Lessons learned from the masterclasses

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After the scientific session, members were also transported to Preston Park (pictured below) to join up with their partners for lunch. After lunch, everyone present was encouraged to participate in a session where couples attempted to learn a few simple tango steps. This required them to complete a medical exemption statement (!), possess a certain amount of determination and display a talent for not tripping over their own (or other people's) feet. At the end of the training session, Jim & Charlotte Adshead were deemed to have best demonstrated all these requirements, and deservedly became the proud recipients of the "Tango Cup".

A few photos of this event are displayed below. They also show a few images from the first scientific session, and members with guests & partners enjoying an outstanding dinner with entertainment from a professional harpist at Middlesbrough FC's Riverside Stadium. After tthe dinner, all sttendees were escorted on a guided tour of the stadium, including the changing rooms (immaculate & tidily equipped for the home team - basic & scruffy for the away team), board rooms, gymnasium, press centre (where some participants reheqrsed their "game of two halves" or "sick as a parrot" speeches) and the cherished pitch itself.

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The scientific session on 7 October included the following presentations:

FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER (Kilburn Room, Jurys Inn Hotel)
David Chadwick, Consultant Urological Surgeon, James Cook Universtiy Hospital, Middlesbrough	Urology on Teesside over 20 years: up the Boro!
Tony Unsworth, Emeritus Professor of Engineering, Durham University	Engineering the human body: go with the flow!
Nicola Storey, Consultant Oncologist, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough	IMRT: Middlesbrough radiotherapy triumph
Clive Peedell, Consultant Oncologist, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough & Parliamentary candidate for Witney	The politics of NHS reform
All (led by Jeremy Noble)	A tribute to the late Michael Corcoran (click here for a condolence card in the record of Michael Corcoran's 2005 Punch Club meeting in Galway)

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