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2010 Newcastle Hospitals Congress
Royal Newcastle Hospital Heritage Oration
The Royal Newcastle Hospital Heritage Trust, in conjunction with the University of Newcastle Foundation, annually awards a visiting fellowship to a prominent scholar to visit and teach in Newcastle. The Fellowship is awarded on the basis of innovative and outstanding performance in health scholarship, clinical achievement, health services and/or research relevant to at least one of the values associated with the Royal Newcastle Hospital. The perpetual fellowship serves as a legacy to the values of RNH and honours the hospital’s role in the improvement of healthcare for the Hunter Valley and beyond.
	From witch doctor to which doctor? How medicine became scientific
	Presented by Professor James Isbister, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital
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2010 Newcastle Hospitals Congress
John Irvine Hunter Memorial Lecture
In 1997 the family of John Irvine Hunter gave a substantial gift to the University of Newcastle to fund the presentation of an occasional lecture series. It was the family's wish that the lecture be delivered at John Hunter Hospital by an eminent person, on a subject of importance to medical practitioners, particularly preventative medicine. The 2010 Fellow was Professor James Isbister.
	From blood letting to blood transfusion to patient blood management
	Presented by Professor James Isbister, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital
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2008 Newcastle Hospitals Congress
John Irvine Hunter Memorial Lecture
	*Do our genes forecast our medical destiny? How genetics will change the practice of medicine*
	Presented by Professor David Hunter, Professor of Cancer Prevention, Harvard School of Public Health, & Challis Professor of Anatomy, University of Sydney
		screencast (4.41KB)	mp3 (6.58MB)