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The Cellular and Anatomical Pathology Department is located on level 4 Derriford Hospital and includes Histopathology, Cytopathology, Neuropathology, and Anatomical Pathology.

The Department receives approximately 38,000 surgical biopsies, 2,000 non-cervical cytology samples, and undertakes 1,100 postmortem examinations each year.

The laboratory performs a range of tests on tissue samples in order to determine the nature of a patient’s disease. Techniques employed may include the application of special stains, immunocytochemistry, electron microscopy and molecular techniques such as in situ hybridization. A major part of the work involves the diagnosis of cancer and pre-cancerous conditions that enables doctors to give the best type of treatment to their patients. The majority of straight forward biopsies and resections (i.e. those not requiring additional tests) are reported within 14 working days, and fluid samples, within 5 working days. Electronic access to the laboratory database for results is available via ICM, iLab and the GP order communication system, Sunquest ICE.

As a department we endeavour to provide you with the best possible service at all times. However if you do have cause to make a complaint about the service you have received we will do all we can to help.

Please contact:

Steve Blunden, Operations Manager

Louise Keers, Technical Service Lead

Dr Jemimah Denson, Consultant Pathologist

Cellular and Anatomical Pathology	Contact details for advice
Monday – Friday 08.30 – 17.30	Normal service	Main reception 30836 (01752) 430836 *
Monday – Friday 17.30 – 08.30	On call service (see below)	On call Biomedical Scientist via Derriford Switchboard
Saturday/Sunday/Bank Holidays	On call service (see below)	On call Biomedical Scientist via Derriford Switchboard
Individual sections within Cellular and Anatomical Pathology
	External	Internal
Histology	01752 430837	30837
Cytology	01752 438430	38430
Neuropathology	01752 430852	30852
Mortuary	01752 432400	55045

 

Contact Cellular and Anatomical Pathology

Medical Staff

Useful Telephone Numbers
		External	Internal
General enquiries and results		01752 430836	30836
Medical staff	Special interest(s)
Dr Jemimah Denson	Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Pathology Medical Liver Pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology	01752 432662	32662
Dr Denson (Secretary)		01752 432657	32657
Dr Luke Farmkiss	Hepatobiliary Pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology Gynae Pathology	01752 430210	30210
Dr Farmkiss (secretary)		01752 437968	37968
Dr Fatme Ghandour	Uropathology Thoracic pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology	01752 432656	32656
Dr Ghandour (secretary)		01752 432654	32654
Dr Rob Hadden	Placental Pathology Neuroendocrine Uropathology Gynae Pathology	01752 433152	33152
Dr Hadden (secretary)		01752 432654	32654
Dr Dean Harmse	Dermatopathology Head & Neck	01752 430191	30191
Dr Harmse (secretary)		01752 432653	32653
Dr David Hilton	Neuropathology	01752 431360	31360
Dr Hilton (secretary)		01752 432653	32653
Dr Sofia Kouneli	Breast Pathology Gynaecological Pathology	01752 430213	30213
Dr Kouneli (Secretary)		01752 432659	32659
Dr Paul Malcolm	Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology Breast Pathology	01752 438446	38446
Dr Malcolm (Secretary)		01752 432657	32657
Dr Frances McCormick	Urological and Renal Pathology Hepato-pancreatic bilary pathology	01752 438447	38447
Dr McCormick (secretary)		01752 432661	32661
Dr Samer Nassif	Lymphoma Gastrointestinal Pathology Uropathology	01752 437968	37968
Dr Nassif (secretary)		432657	32657
Dr Adewunmi Oriolowo (Deputy Departmental Head)	Gynaecological Pathology Soft Tissue Pathology Bone Pathology	01752 430190	30190
Dr Oriolowo (secretary)		432663	32663
Dr Aditya Shivane	Neuropathology Ophthalmic Pathology Lymphoma	01752 432033	32033
Dr Shivane (Secretary)		01752 432653	32653
Dr Rasika Singh	Head and Neck Pathology Lymphoma Dermatopathology	01752 433093	33093
Dr Singh (secretary)		01752 432659	32659
Dr Katherine Syred	Lung Pathology Medical Liver Pathology Soft Tissue Pathology Skin Pathology	01752 432668	32668
Dr Katherine Syred (Secretary)		432654	32654

 

Non-Medical Staff

Steve Blunden – Operations Manager	01752 430851	30851
Louise Keers – Technical Service Lead	01752 430851	30851
Philip Edwards – Neuropathology Services Manager	432687	32687
Paul Mingo – Lead APT for Mortuary	01752 245045	55045
Joanna Ford – Office Manager	01752 432653	32653
Jamie Wyatt – Admin Secretary (& Molecular enquiries)	01752 430851	30851

Frozen sections and on call staff
Frozen sections – Histopathology	01752 430837	30837
Frozen sections – Neuropathology	01752 430852	30852
On Call Biomedical Scientist (via Switchboard)	01752 202082

Reviewed December 2023
This page will be updated June 2024