What’s the point in having a prostate?

Speaker: Professor Anthony Mundy PhD (Hon), FRCP, FRCS, FRACS (Hon), FACS (Hon)

Professor Mundy will ask the question “What’s the point of having a prostate?”. It could be said, almost sarcastically, that one point is to give men a source of distress, disruption and sometimes death due to the potential for prostate cancer.

If you are intending to attend this year’s Medical Professions Meeting at The Athenaeum and be educated on the functions and malfunctions of the prostate gland, please register now to avoid disappointment.

Spaces are limited and time is short. Final numbers are required by the Club for catering purposes in less than 48 hours, such is the substantial quality and size of the buffet menu.

You will be privileged to hear Professor Tony Mundy, a distinguished urologist and Old Millhillian, speak on the purpose of the prostate and how it might cause trouble, not least as prostatic cancer for which a range of therapeutic measures is available, including radical resection of the gland. This can leave patients with undesirable consequences, the surgical correction of which Professor Mundy is an expert.

Now in its 12th year of the current format, the Medical Professions Meeting is among the most well attended and successful of our Club’s Careers Networking Events and this year is no exception with eight Sixth Form Students attending from the School, each with aspirations to pursue a career in one of the medical professions.

Please join us and meet these bright young people who will help maintain the Foundation’s tradition of preparing young people for a life in medicine. I look forward to welcoming you next Wednesday evening from 5.30pm.

I am pleased that our President, John Hellinikakis, and our Chairman, Gordon Mizner will also be with us.

Dr Russell Cowan

drrussellcowan@gmail.com