James Underwood

Infobox_Scientist
name = James Cresseé Elphinstone Underwood
caption = James Underwood in 2002.
birth_date = birth date and age|1942|1|1
birth_place = Walsall, UK
residence = UK
nationality = British
field = Medicine, Pathologist
work_institution = University of Sheffield School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
alma_mater = St Bartholomew's Hospital
doctoral_advisor = -
doctoral_students = -
known_for = General and Systematic Pathology
prizes = Gold medal 2006
religion =
footnotes=

Sir James Cresseé Elphinstone Underwood is an eminent British scientist who was awarded a knighthood for services to medicine in the 2005 New Year honours list. [cite web|url=http://www.rcpath.org/index.asp?PageID=775|title=Royal College of Pathologists|accessdate=2007-07-25]

Early life and education

Underwood was born at Walsall, in 1942, where his father, John Elphinstone Underwood was a general practictioner and his mother, Mary Underwood had been a nurse. [ [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7320/1072?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=JCE+Underwood&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=10&resourcetype=HWCIT#resp8 BMJ Obituary] . Retrieved 2007-09-08] The family settled in Cheltenham in 1948.He was educated at Downside School, Somerset [ [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6118018 Underwood, Sir James Cresseé Elphinstone, in "Who's Who 2007"] . Retrieved 2007-08-15] , where he gained the best grade for physics practical A-Level in his year. From 1960 to 1967 he was a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital [cite web|url=http://iaphomepage.org/australasia/aus206/no206.html|title=International Academy of Pathology limited|accessdate=2007-07-27] , London, and a house doctor at St Stephen's Hospital, Chelsea. His wife is named Alice.

Career

He was formerly the Dean of Sheffield University's Faculty of Medicine and the Joseph Hunter Professor of Pathology at the same university as well as Consultant Histopathologist to the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. [cite web|url= http://www.shef.ac.uk/medicine/staff/underwood.html|title=The University of Sheffield|accessdate=2007-07-25] From 2002-2005, he served as the President of the Royal College of Pathologists. [cite web|url=http://www.rcpath.org/index.asp?PageID=735|title=The Royal College of Pathologists|accessdate=2007-07-27] Having more than forty years experience of using human tissues in diagnosis, education and research, he led his profession’s response to the problems arising from tissue retention and use. [cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/forum/1144293.stm |title=Alder Hey: Leading pathologist James Underwood quizzed|accessdate=2007-07-25] . Sir James is a member of the Human Tissue Authority, which monitors and regulates use or human organs in research and education [cite web|url=http://www.hta.gov.uk/search.cfm?FaArea1=CustomWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=60&useCache=false|title=Human Tissue Authority|accessdate=2007-07-25] .

Research Interests

* Liver disease
* Breast disease
* Medical Education [cite web|url=http://www.edupath.co.za/guest_speakers.asp?speaker=54|title=The 47th Annual Congress of the Federation of South African Societies of Pathology|accessdate=2007-07-27]

Books

* Editor of "General and Systematic Pathology", Churchill Livingstone, 2004 (4th edition), which has won Sir James and contributing authors the Royal Society of Medicine Book Award (2000) and the British Medical Association Medical Book Competition (2005) and a first prize in the Association of British Medical authors book production and design competition. [cite web|url=http://iaphomepage.org/australasia/aus206/no206.html|title=International Academy of Pathology limited|accessdate=2007-07-27]
* Co-editor, with Professor Massimo Pignatelli, of "Recent Advances in Histopathology"
* Co-editor of "Histopathology

References

External links

* [http://www.shef.ac.uk/medicine/staff/underwood.html Bio at University of Sheffield]
* [http://www.bingjones.co.uk/sir-james-underwood.html Portrait by Bing Jones]