Author: Semon Lecture Trust

Mr Shahz Ahmed presented his Semon Lecture on the 3rd of November 2023 at the Royal Society of Medicine. He started by describing the excellence of Felix Semon and then moved onto looking at different fields, such as chess, music, and sport, that have take home messages for doctors and how they can improve their … Continue reading “Surgical Excellence – What Can We Learn?”

Professor Lucian Sulica delivered his Semon Lecture on the 4th of November 2022 at the Royal Society of Medicine. He started by talking about the causes of vocal cord paralysis and the work up needed to investigate, then spoke about Semon’s Law and how our understanding of this has changed, before going on to show … Continue reading “Vocal Fold Paralysis Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”

Professor Kevin Harrington gave his Semon Lecture on the 5th of November 2021 at the Royal Society of Medicine. He spoke about the improvements made in radiation oncology, oncology, and surgery in treating head and neck cancers. After explaining the basics of cancer immunotherapy, he went on to discuss various clinical trials and the treatment … Continue reading “Will Immunotherapy Put Head and Neck Surgeons Out of Business?”

Professor Johan Fagan delivered his Semon Lecture on the 6th of November 2020 online, in a first for the lecture series due to the coronavirus pandemic. He looked at his own experiences working in Cape Town and contrasted this with how it may be done in the United Kingdom, due to South Africa’s different financial, … Continue reading “Laryngectomy Practice Based on Personal Research”

Mr John Watkinson delivered his Semon Lecture on the 1st of November 2019 at the Royal Society of Medicine. His lecture started by focussing on Sir Felix Semon and his contributions to the history of ENT. He then looked at his own experience of thyroid and head and neck surgery and how surgeons in those … Continue reading “From Felix to the Helix, and from the Cradle to the Grave – Semon’s Contribution to Thyroid Surgery”

Professor Anil D’Cruz delivered his Semon Lecture on the 2nd of November 2018 at the Royal Society of Medicine. His talk focused around the increasing incidence of head and neck cancers in India due to the widespread use of tobacco. He first looked at the current management of advanced head and neck cancer, before moving … Continue reading “Attempts at Addressing the Head and Neck Conundrum in the Developing World”

Professor Ralph William Gilbert presented his Semon Lecture on the 3rd of November 2017 at the Royal Society of Medicine. His lecture focused on four main head and neck reconstructions and looked at how each of them affected a patient’s life and what innovations could be used in the future to solve or streamline any … Continue reading “Experience and Innovation in Head and Neck Surgery”

Professor Janet Ann Wilson delivered her Semon Lecture on the 4th of November 2016 at the Royal Society of Medicine. She spent the beginning of her lecture discussing Sir Felix Semon and his life and work in great detail. Wilson explores a number of research areas, such as laryngeal cancers and the trial of proton … Continue reading “Semon’s Laryngological Legacy: Acumen, Research and Innovation”

Professor Carl H Snyderman gave his Semon Lecture on the 6th of November 2015 at the Royal Society of Medicine. Although the lecture given here is not the one given for the Semon Lecture, the content is very similar. His lecture looks at the process and role of innovation in advancing and developing technologies. Snyderman … Continue reading “Paradigm Shifts in Skull Base Surgery and the Creative Process”

Professor Susan Margaret Standring presented her Semon Lecture on the 7th of November 2014 at the Royal Society of Medicine. Although the lecture available here is not the exact one given, the content is very similar without as much specialist ENT history as was in the lecture. Her lecture looks at the history of anatomy … Continue reading “The Devil is in the Detail”