7/79 -12/79 Intern (H.O.) in General Surgery at Sligo General Hospital, Ireland. 1/80 -6/80 Intern (H.O.) in Medicine at Regional Hospital Galway, Ireland. 7/80 -6/81 S.H.O. in Haematology in the University Department of Pathology, Regional Hospital, Galway, Ireland 7/81 -7/83 S.H.O. in Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy in the University Department of Pathology, Regional Hospital, Galway, Ireland. 8/83 -6/84 Registrar in Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy in the University Department of Pathology, Regional Hospital, Galway, Ireland. 8/84 - 7/88 Lecturer in Pathology/ Honorary Senior Registrar in the Department of Pathology, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT 8/88 - 12/89 Tenured Lecturer in Pathology/ Honorary Senior Registrar in the University of Manchester. 1/90 - 9/93 Tenured Lecturer in Pathology in the University of Manchester/Honorary Consultant Pathologist to Central Manchester Healthcare Trust 9/93 - 10/16 Tenured Senior Lecturer in Pathology in the University of Manchester/Honorary Consultant Pathologist to Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. 11/16 - current Consultant Gastrointestinal Pathologist/Honorary Professor Emeritus to Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lynch syndrome and inherited bowel cancers

Anal cancer screening

Pancreatic cancer

Lecturer on all years of Medical Course, years 1-2 Dental course, B Nurs, BSc Pharm Yrs 3-4

Chair of the Nutrition Metabolism and Excretion (NME) Group, Year 3 Medical School

Chair, Examinations Committee, Medical School Organiser, Pathology for Years 1-2 Dental Course Member, Dental Progress Committee Member, Medical Education Committee Member, Curriculum Development Group, Medical School Chair, Specialty Training Committee in Histopathology, North West Region Regional Specialty Adviser in Histopathology for Royal College of Pathologists in North West Region.

Collaborators

Professor Henry Kitchener, Dr Emma Crosbie

Professor James Hill, Professor Gareth Evans, Dr Fiona Lalloo 

Professor Ajith Siriwardena

Dr Cathy Tournier

1979 - MB BCh BAO - NUIreland (Galway) 1982 - BSc Hons in Pathology - NUIreland (Galway) 1986 - MRCPath Histopathology 1992 - MD - NUIreland (Galway) 1997 - FRCPath Histopathology

Histopathology of gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas

Immunohistochemistry

Interpretation of molecular analysis in a clinicopathological setting

Treasurer and President-elect of British Division of the International Academy of Pathology (BDIAP) and Secretary of the International Academy of Pathology (IAP) [organisations which promote pathology within the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Holland (BDIAP) and worldwide (IAP)]

President Manchester Medical Society (2016-17); previously Chairman and Secretary