Michael Osborn (pathologist)
# Michael Osborn (pathologist)

Michael Osborn, FRCPath is the president of the Royal College of Pathologists since November 2020 He received his medical degree from Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals in London in 1995. In 2000, he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and in 2004, he was named a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. He was hired as a consultant in 2004 with a focus on postmortems, gastrointestinal pathology, and instructing undergraduate students. He is the department head at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London and a consultant histopathologist for North West London Pathology. He contributed to the COVID-19 postmortem site for the college and wrote many guide materials.

## Select publications

* Brian P Hanley; Sebastian B Lucas; Esther Youd; Benjamin Swift; Michael Osborn (20 March 2020). "Autopsy in suspected COVID-19 cases". Journal of Clinical Pathology. doi:10.1136/JCLINPATH-2020-206522. ISSN 0021-9746. PMID 32198191. S2CID 214600455. Wikidata Q90539057.
* Brian Hanley; Kikkeri N Naresh; Candice Roufosse; et al. (20 August 2020). "Histopathological findings and viral tropism in UK patients with severe fatal COVID-19: a post-mortem study". The Lancet Microbe. doi:10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30115-4. ISSN 2666-5247. PMC 7440861. PMID 32844161. Wikidata Q98727210.
