Lunch Time Talk: Tissue Pathology from Antiquity to 21st Century Science

Join Surgeons' Hall Museums this autumn for our new bite sized lunch time talks.

In this lunch time talk Professor William Wallace will discuss the history of the study of tissue pathology.

Pathology is the study of the effects of disease on tissues. The earliest recognition and descriptions of tissue pathology date back to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. In this talk we will see how an appreciation of tissue pathology has shifted from naked eye observation to the development of microscopic assessment and more recently genetic analysis. We will see how the Wohl Pathology Collections fits into this story and also look and see what new advances may be coming in the near future.

Prof William Wallace graduated in Medicine from Edinburgh University in 1986 and began specialist training in Pathology in 1989. After completing this he was appointed as a Consultant Pathologist in Sheffield in 1998 before returning to Edinburgh in 2002. He developed a specialist interest in lung pathology – both lung cancer and chronic inflammatory/scarring diseases. He was made an Honorary Professor in Pathology by Edinburgh University in 2017 and retired from clinical practice in 2022. Over his career he has authored or co-authored over 150 publications including chapters in major international undergraduate and postgraduate textbooks, national and international ‘best practice guidelines’ and has been an invited speaker at academic and clinical meetings in Europe, North America and Japan.

Talks will last approximately 30 mins and there will be tea and coffee available for ticket holders.

Eventbrite charge a booking fee (0.49p + 6.5% of the ticket value) for this event which is added to your ticket price and is non-refundable.