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The Gordon Bell Memorial Lecture is given by a guest speaker at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand National Board.
This lecture was established in 1977 to honour Sir Francis Gordon Bell (1887-1970), the second New Zealander to be elected President of the College (1947-1949).
Award recipients
2005 - James Church - Thoughts about the Management of Rectal Cancer
2004 - Professor Bruce Wolff - The Intra-Abdominal Surprise - A Guide to Incidental Surgery
2003 - Dr Ira Kodner - Hereditary Colorectal Cancer: The Rights Of the Patient vs the Rights of Others at Risk
2002 - Professor A. Fingerhut - Evidence-Based Surgery: Why Is It Important?
2001 - Professor M. Brennan - Training Requirements for the Surgeon Interested in Surgical Care of The Cancer Patient
2000 - Professor K. Jeffery - Surgical Beginnings: The Dunedin and Edinburgh Connection
1998 - Professor G.I. Taylor - The Anatomical Renaissance: Explored, Explained, Expanded and Explanted
1997 - Professor J. Perissat - An Overview of The Minimally Invasive Approach
1996 - Professor I. Taylor - Is Research Really Necessary in Surgical Training?
1995 - Professor M.R.B. Keighley
1994 - Professor J Wong
1993 - Professor G.L. Hill - Revolution In Surgery: Keyholes Or Molecules?
1992 - Miss Averil Mansfield
1991 - Professor D.C. Carter - The Challenge of Pancreatic Cancer
1989 - Professor M.F. Brennan - Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
1988 - Professor R. Williamson - A Relevant Family History
1987 - Professor A. Johnson - Future Trends in Clinical Research
1986 - W.B. Runciman - The Right to live - The Right to Die
1985 - Professor N. O'Higgins - Endocrine Aspects of Breast Cancer
1984 - B. Campbell - Team Management and Accountability
1983 - Professor S. Bengmark - Organisation of Health Services in Western Society
1982 - Professor M. Irving - The Building of the Manchester Ship Canal and the Subsequent Development of Accident Services in the UK
1981 - Professor J.L. Dawson - Medical Education and the London Medical Schools
1980 - Professor H.A.F. Dudley - From Edinburgh, an Academic Surgeon
1979 - Professor H. Ellis - Cutting for the Stonev
1978 - Professor R.B. Welbourn - Science and Surgery