Cellular and Anatomical Pathology

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:

• Rob Archer, Operations Manager

• Louise Keers, Technical Service Lead

• Samer Nassif and Luke Farmkiss , Consultant Pathologists

Contact Cellular and Anatomical Pathology

Day and times	Service level	Contact details for advice
Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm	Normal service	Main reception 30836 or (01752) 430836 *
Monday to Friday, 5:30pm to 8am	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

Contacts for individual sections within Cellular and Anatomical Pathology

Section	External number	Internal number
Histology	01752 430837	30837
Cytology	01752 438430	38430
Neuropathology	01752 430852	30852
Mortuary	01752 432400	55045

 

Staff Contacts for Cellular and Anatomical Pathology

Medical Staff

General enquiries and results: 01752 430836 or 30836

Staff contact numbers

Medical staff	Special interest(s)	External number	Internal number
Dr Samer Nassif (Co-Service Line Clinical Director)	Lymphoma Gastrointestinal Pathology Uropathology	01752 437968	37968
Dr Nassif (Medical Secretary)		432657	32657
Dr Luke Farmkiss (Co-Service Line Clinical Director)	Hepatobiliary Pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology Gynae Pathology	01752 430210	30210
Dr Farmkiss (Medical Secretary)		01752 437968	37968
Dr Jemimah Denson	Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Pathology Medical Liver Pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology	01752 432662	32662
Dr Denson (Medical Secretary)		01752 432657	32657
Dr Indranil Das (Locum)	Gastrointestinal Pathology Gynaecological Pathology Uropathology
Dr Das (Medical Secretary)		01752 432663	32663
Dr Adam Douglas	Gastrointestinal Pathology Medical Liver Thoracic Pathology Hepatobiliary Pathology Cytology Autopsy	01752 430215	30215
Dr Douglas (Medical Secretary)		01752 432654	32654
Dr Fatme Ghandour	Uropathology Thoracic pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology	01752 438447	38447
Dr Ghandour (Medical Secretary)		01752 438447	38447
Dr Sarah Grenfell	Medical Renal Pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology Head & Neck Pathology Endocrine Pathology	01752 433573	33573
Dr Grenfell (Medical Secretary)		01752 432661	32661
Dr Rob Hadden	Placental Pathology Neuroendocrine Uropathology Gynae Pathology	01752 433152	33152
Dr Hadden (Medical Secretary)		01752 432661	32661
Dr Dean Harmse	Dermatopathology Autopsy	01752 430191	30191
Dr Harmse (Medical Secretary)		01752 432653	32653
Dr David Hilton	Neuropathology	01752 431360	31360
Dr Hilton (Medical Secretary)		01752 432653	32653
Dr Sofia Kouneli	Breast Pathology Gynaecological Pathology	01752 430213	30213
Dr Kouneli (Medical Secretary)		01752 432659	32659
Dr Jacqui Lai	Breast Pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology	01752 433891	33891
Dr Lai (Medical Secretary)		01752 432654	32654
Dr Adewunmi Oriolowo	Gynaecological Pathology Soft Tissue Pathology Bone Pathology Breast Pathology Thyroid Pathology Cytology Autopsy	01752 430190	30190
Dr Oriolowo (Medical Secretary)		432663	32663
Dr Niall Scully	Gynaecological Pathology Molecular (Lead)	01752 432656	32656
Dr Scully (Medical Secretary)		01752 432661	32661
Dr Aditya Shivane	Neuropathology Ophthalmic Pathology Lymphoma	01752 432033	32033
Dr Shivane (Medical Secretary)		01752 432653	32653
Dr Rasika Singh	Head and Neck Pathology Lymphoma Pathology Dermatopathology	01752 433093	33093
Dr Singh (Medical Secretary)		01752 432659	32659
Madeleine Stephens (Consultant Healthcare Scientist in Dermatopathology)	Dermatopathology	01752 438446	38446
Madeleine Stephens (Medical Secretary)		01752 432663	32663
Dr Katherine Syred	Thoracic Pathology Skin Pathology Autopsy (HTA Lead)	01752 432668	32668
Dr Katherine Syred (Medical Secretary)		432654	32654

 

Non-Medical Staff

Staff	External number	Internal number
Rob Archer – 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 and on call staff	External number	Internal number
Frozen sections – Histopathology	01752 430837	30837
Frozen sections – Neuropathology	01752 430852	30852
On Call Biomedical Scientist (via Switchboard)	01752 202082

Reviewed December 2024
This page will be updated June 2025