New Members' Ceremonies
78 new members celebrated joining the College at our latest New Members’ Ceremony, which took place at the College headquarters in London on 13 October 2022.
The ceremony welcomed doctors from far and wide with overseas members travelling from Ireland, Oman, India, Mauritius, and Malaysia, with four members attending virtually. New members were joined by over 100 friends and family members.
The new members – who have all passed our CASC exam - were given a warm welcome by senior members of the College including the Registrar (Dr Trudi Seneviratne), Treasurer (Professor John Crichton) and President (Dr Adrian James). Our College Dean, Dr Subodh Dave, could not be in attendance but recorded a message.
Dr James shared a list of College achievements with the members, including details of our latest Choose Psychiatry campaign.
New members also heard from the Chair of the Psychiatric Trainees Committee, Dr Chris Walsh.
Previous ceremonies
74 new members celebrated joining the College at our latest New Members’ Ceremony, which took place at the College headquarters in London on 6 October 2022.
The ceremony welcomed doctors from far and wide with eight overseas members travelling from Ireland, Oman, India, Mauritius, Malaysia and Australia.
The new members – who have all passed our CASC exam - were given a warm welcome by senior members of the College including the Dean (Professor Subodh Dave), Registrar (Dr Trudi Seneviratne), Treasurer (Professor John Crichton) and President (Dr Adrian James).
Dr James highlighted the fact that these new members have helped expand College membership to over 20,000 members.
New members also heard from the Chair of the Psychiatric Trainees Committee, Dr Chris Walsh, who shared details of his own career journey.
53 new members joined the College at our latest New Members’ Ceremony, which took place at the College on 17 October 2019
Our New Members' Ceremonies often draw doctors from far and wide and today was no exception: five had travelled all the way from Malaysia, four from Egypt, two from India and one from Nigeria. The ages of the new members – who have all passed our CASC exam - ranged from 29 to 53, with some having re-trained from other medical specialties.
Couple Dr Monika Gorny and Dr Jeremy Greening both collected their scrolls together. Having met whilst studying at University College London, they found they both shared a love of psychiatry and chose the same career path. Earlier this year, they welcomed their daughter, Meadow, into the world, who joined the pair in their group photo.
The speeches
Dr Kate Lovett, College Dean, gave her speech remotely as she was in Hong Kong. Dr Lovett drew comparisons between our new members and beloved TV icon Dr Who, highlighting that ingenuity, passion and a love of supporting others are integral to the practice of psychiatry. College President Professor Wendy Burn, Registrar Dr Adrian James and Dr Ross Runciman of the Psychiatric Trainees Committee also gave a warm welcome to those assembled.
At our last New Members' Ceremony on 3 October 2019, forty new members, some coming from as far as Australia, gathered at the College's London offices for our latest New Members' Ceremony.
Dr Palwasha Sareer, who attended the event with her husband Dr Muhammad Khan, traveled over 10,000 miles to be at the event, while others had come from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Malta, Ireland, and across the UK. The ages of the new members - who have all passed our CASC exam – ranged from 28 to 56.