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We are meeting in Portmeirion, 2nd and 3rd May 2025
We are meeting in Portmeirion, 2nd and 3rd May 2025
Confirmed Speakers & Talks
Dr James Bolt
Dr James Bolt
Consultant Geriatrician
"The Future of Parkinsons Disease Has Arrived"
Jim Bolt is a Geriatrician working in the Royal Glamorgan hospital, specialising in Parkinsons Disease. He was first to introduce produodopa to Wales . He also has a degree in Geology, trained as a General Practitioner and has worked in Prison Medicine
Dr Celia Beynon
Dr Celia Beynon
Consultant Rheumatologist
"Rheumatology at the Front Door"
Celia is a consultant rheumatologist and acute physician working in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. She has been in post since March 2021. She established the rheumatology hot clinic alongside her colleagues in the acute medicine department to support early discharge and admission avoidance for appropriate patients.
Dr Owen Pickrell
Dr Owen Pickrell
Consultant Neurologist
"How to be Seizure Savvy"
Owen is a clinical academic neurologist at Morriston Hospital, Swansea and Swansea University Medical School. He has a sub-speciality clinical interest in epilepsy and his research interests include using routinely-collected data for neurology research, natural language processing and epilepsy genetics.
Dr Kusuma Boregowda
Dr Kusuma Boregowda
Consultant Endocrinologist
"Obesity in Wales"
Kusuma is a consultant in diabetes/Endocrinology and acute medicine in Swansea Bay University Health Board. She is involved in level 3 weight management service and committed to improve quality of life of people with obesity.
Dr Jack Boylan
Dr Jack Boylan
ST7 Geriatric Medicine
"Osteoporosis for the Steroid Prescriber"
Dr Jack Boylan is due to complete his Registrar training in February 2025, alongside his role as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Metabolic Bone Health. He has successfully interviewed to be a Consultant Physician in Metabolic Bone Health, Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine working in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. He has an active interest in research, based in the Bone Research Unit, University Hospital Llandough.
Dr Amit Benjamin
Dr Amit Benjamin
Consultant Respiratory Physician
"Complaints: The view of a very average doctor"
Amit is a self-confessed "very average" respiratory physician. He is a gradute of the welsh training scheme and has worked across South Wales before settling into a consultant role in in the Royal Glamorgan. Outside of work he enjoys surfing and is a black belt in karate, both of which he enjoys reminding his collegues about.
Dr Shaun Smale
Dr Shaun Smale
HEIW Head of School
"Update from HEIW"
...bio to follow...
Dr Aarij Siddiqui
Dr Aarij Siddiqui
Consultant Gastroenterologist
"Abnormal LFTs on admission"
Aarij has been a Consultant Gastroenterologist and hepatologist in Swansea Bay University Health Board since December 2020. He is a RCP Tutor. His interests include hepatology, improving resident doctors training and patient experience of the NHS
Portmeirion Village will once again host the Society of Physicians in Wales for our Spring Meeting on the 2nd & 3th May 2025.
We traditionally start at 1300h on the 2th May, with the Bill Williams Memorial Lecture running from 1700-1800.
We return to the Portmeirion Hotel for the conference meal at 1930h
The conference restarts on Saturday at 0930h
We will occupy the HERCULES HALL in the centre of the Portmeirion Village.
This is a prestigious venue in the middle of the village for which we have exclusive access for the two days of the conference.
Breaks are catered for fantastically by the Portmeirion staff with a light lunch on arrival followed by tea and coffee throughout the conference.
Sponsors are typically not invited to the meeting.
As always there will be a conference meal on the Friday evening. This is a perfect opportunity to meet old and new friends. As a "society built on friendship" the hierarchy normally associated with hospital medicine is routinely dispensed with.
There is limited hotel space in the Portmeirion Hotel and Village. We recommend booking early if you wish to attend. There are lots of alternative accommodation in Porthmadog, a few miles down the road from Portmeirion, including a Travel Lodge and Premier Inn which our members often use.
For those staying in Porthmadog, you can leave your car in the Portmeirion car park during the day, but it cannot be left overnight. We usually arrange taxi transport back to Porthmadog centre.
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