Michael Osborn (pathologist)

Michael Osborn FRCPath
Nationality	British
Known for	President of the Royal College of Pathologists
Scientific career
Fields	Pathology
Institutions	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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.